News from the world of Education: November 24, 2021
The Hindu
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The sixth edition of the European Higher Education Virtual Fair (EHEVF) India will be held from November 24 to 26 through a 3D virtual platform that will connect European higher education institutions with Indian students. One hundred and twenty higher education institutes from 24 EU Member States including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, and more, will be present at the fair. Universities including Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Ireland; Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands; Aarhus University, Denmark; Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, and more, are participating. Students can interact with European universities through webinars, live chats, video calls and learn about higher education opportunities. Those interested, register at
Aasheesh Pittie says birdwatching is not very unlike hunting, except that nothing is killed. “You track… you want to follow the bird… see it,” he says about this activity that he has pursued for nearly fifty years. Pittie, the editor of the ornithological journal Indian Birds, author of many classic reference books about birds and most recently, a collection of bird essays titled The Living Air: Pleasures of Birds and Birdwatching, was speaking at an event organised by the Archives of the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS).