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Smart India Hackathon final for hardware products to be held at IISc, Bengaluru
Ians •Under the hardware edition, 4,362 ideas were received, with 50,000 students participating from 752 technical institutions.
Karanataka government to gift laptops to 1.5 lakh children from poor families
Ians •The laptops will be given to only those students whose family annual income was Rs 2.5 lakh.
Prakash Javadekar launches anti-ragging mobile app, says zero tolerance for culprits
•New Delhi: There would be no tolerance for those involved in any ragging incidents and such students would not be allowed to continue their education, HRD minister Prakash Javadekar said.
In US colleges, marijuana users outnumber cigarette smokers for the first time
Fp Staff •Is the number of college students who smoke marijuana daily actually more than the number of cigarette smokers? A study reported by website Science Daily suggests so.
Mangalore: Goons thrash college student after group photo with girls goes viral on Whatsapp
Fp Staff •In another case of forced moral policing in Mangalore, one college student was thrashed by a group of men after his photo with his classmates went viral on social media.
Modi's Swachh Bharat: College students newest recruits to keep campus clean
Fp Staff •After roping in politicians and celebrities, government is pitching Swachh Bharat Abhiyan to college students in exchange of 10 marks at end of the year.
Mexico: Missing students' bodies not found in mass graves
Fp Archives •None of the bodies found in five mass graves in southern Mexico belonged to 43 college students who have been missing for nearly three weeks since a clash with police.
Does it suck to be an IITian? Students fight it out in viral post
Fp Staff •A question went viral and it was hardly surprising when this was trending on social media. "What things make you feel ashamed that you are an IITian?"
Racial intolerance? Nigerian students told to move out of flats in Mumbai
Fp Staff •At least twenty five Nigerian students residing in a Mumbai complex were told to move out by real estate agents and their landlords within 15 days.
Student volunteers from over 40 foreign universities support AAP
Fp Archives •The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has got support from a network of volunteers, comprising of students from over forty universities in the US, Canada, Britain, Hungary and Singapore in its electoral venture