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Engineering Seats In Indian Colleges Hit Lowest In 10 Years
India has witnessed a decline in engineering college seats, the lowest in 10 years with institutes applying for closure since 2015-16 and a cutback in capacity throughout. According to the All India Council for Technical Education's latest data, there are only 23.28 lakh total seats in UnderGraduate, PostGraduate, and diploma programs currently. However, engineering still makes up for 80% of the total seats in technical education.
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India Records Lowest Number Of COVID Cases On October 13 In Two Months
After a two-month stretch of witnessing rise, India recorded the lowest count of COVID-19 positive cases on October 13. India registered just 55,342 cases in last 24 hours as against the continuous spell of above 70,000 COVID-19 cases per day for the last few weeks. Besides, COVID fatalities have also declined with just 706 deaths reported. The Health Ministry informed that the active cases are consistently dropping since October 9.
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