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Cabinet approves S&T pact with Canada

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New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the signing of an agreement between India and Canada to foster cooperation among the research and academic institutions of the two countries, an official statement said.

The MOU approved in the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will support the programme IC-IMPACTS (India-Canada Centre for Innovative Multidisciplinary Partnership to Accelerate Community Transformation and Sustainability), it said.

The programme has been planned to promote multidisciplinary research partnerships between the two nations.

The projects under it will be aimed at accelerating social transformation by providing solutions through application of science and technology, the statement said.

Its participants will include researchers from scientific organisations, academia and research laboratories from India and Canada.

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As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon

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Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.

Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.

CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS

The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.

COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION

He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.

The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.

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