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Time of India
a day ago
- Science
- Time of India
CUSB gets Rs 30 lakh grant for beekeeping and pollinator research
Patna: National Bee Board (NBB), under the Union ministry of agriculture and farmers' welfare, has awarded Rs 30.96 lakh to the agriculture department of Central University of South Bihar (CUSB) for completion of its two innovative research projects on beekeeping and pollinator conservation. The principal investigator of both these projects, Hemant Kumar Singh, said while one project will deal with the establishment of a high-quality nuclear stock centre, the other one will concentrate on the development of bee-friendly flower gardens. The main objective of these projects is to establish a permanent nuclear stock centre for protected, strengthened and improved colonies of Apis mellifera bee species, which will provide the necessary base for quality bee stock production. In addition, a chain of bee-friendly flower gardens will be developed to provide pollinators with a year-round source of nutrients, he said. Singh further pointed out that this project will not only strengthen the health and pollination services of bees, but will also be a concrete initiative towards innovation and environmental balance in the agriculture sector, while providing new self-employment opportunities to rural youths. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Use an AI Writing Tool That Actually Understands Your Voice Grammarly Install Now Undo Congratulating the university's agriculture department for the sanction of this award, CUSB's vice-chancellor K N Singh said these projects, on completion, will provide training and skill development in beekeeping, colony management, and honey production to rural youth and agriculture students and help the department establish a climate-friendly 'mother orchard', in which high quality fruit species will be preserved and propagated, so that the continuous availability of pollen and nectar to the bees can be ensured.
Time of India
16-06-2025
- Science
- Time of India
Scientists develop DNA test to curb illegal trade in wild quail
Patna: In a major breakthrough in wildlife forensics, a team of Indian scientists has developed a foolproof method for distinguishing between the Common Quail and the Japanese Quail, two bird species so similar that even trained ornithologists often struggle to tell them apart. The joint study was carried out by Rana Pratap Singh of the Central University of South Bihar (CUSB), Gaya; K V H Sastry of the National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru and Prateek Dey of the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), Coimbatore. Published in the prestigious scientific journal MDPI Birds, the study offers wildlife officials a powerful new tool to combat the illegal trade in wild Common Quail, frequently misrepresented as legally farmed Japanese Quail. The research was supported by the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change. The team developed a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) technique targeting a specific gene in the birds' DNA. Explaining the technique, team leader Rana Pratap Singh said, "What makes our method particularly powerful is its simplicity and reliability. Wildlife officials with basic laboratory facilities can now definitively identify these species within hours, rather than relying on uncertain morphological characteristics." by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Buy Brass Idols - Handmade Brass Statues for Home & Gifting Luxeartisanship Buy Now Undo The method works by detecting a unique site in the COX1 gene of the Common Quail that is absent in the Japanese Quail. When the DNA is treated with a specific enzyme called BsaBI, it produces distinct fragments, generating different banding patterns for each species when visualised on a gel, Singh said. The illegal trade of wild Common Quail has long been a problem in India. While Japanese Quail farming is legal, the hunting of wild Common Quail is prohibited. The Indian govt had earlier banned Japanese Quail farming altogether due to the difficulty in distinguishing between the two species, before lifting the ban after further evaluation. Research scholar Prateek Dey said distinguishing the Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix) from the Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica) has posed a long-standing challenge for wildlife conservation. "The uncanny similarity between these species facilitated illegal wildlife trade and hampered conservation efforts for years. Our technique provides a practical solution that empowers wildlife managers to regulate the illegal trade effectively," he said. This breakthrough could have major implications for quail conservation across Asia, Europe and Africa. Beyond its immediate use in law enforcement, the study highlights the broader value of molecular techniques in species conservation. Another team member, Sastry, added that the team had initially attempted to use microsatellite markers for species identification but found the PCR-RFLP method to be far more reliable.
Time of India
14-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
CUSB to start PG diploma in pharmacy from current session
Patna: The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) has accorded its approval to the postgraduate diploma course in pharmacy at the Central University of South Bihar (CUSB) from the current academic session (2025-26). Tired of too many ads? go ad free now CUSB's pharmacy department head Vivek Dave said the department had already been running M Pharma and Ph D courses under the School of Health Sciences quite successfully. Now, with the approval of PCI, it will also start two-year PG diploma course from the current session. The dean of the school of health sciences at CUSB, Subrat Kumar Bhattamisra, said that there would be a total of 60 seats in the diploma in pharmacy course, and admission to this new course would be made through CUET (Common University Entrance Test) 2025. Expressing his pleasure at the PCI's approval of the new pharmacy course to be launched this year, CUSB vice-chancellor K N Singh pointed out that this course would directly benefit a large section of the society as it would help the country achieve its goal of a developed nation by the year 2047. The university has already introduced a number of new innovative courses in the larger interest of the local youth as well as the society, he added.
Time of India
10-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
CUSB PG 1st cut-off list today, MGCU's next week
Patna: First cut-off list for admission to the 28 postgraduate programmes in Central University of South Bihar (CUSB) will be released on Wednesday. The online registration for counselling and admissions in 2025-26 session had ended on June 2 itself. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Giving details of the admission process, an official of CUSB told this newspaper that candidates figuring in the list will have to submit the fee for admission from June 11 to 15, 2025. If the seats remain vacant after the end of admissions from the first cut-off list, the second cut-off list will be released on June 20. Subsequently, if some seats are still left vacant after the admissions from the second cut-off list, the third cut-off list will be announced on June 27. The final list of admitted students for the academic year 2025-26 will be published on the university's website on July 8. The classes of newly admitted PG students will commence from July 14, he said. There are altogether 1,208 sanctioned seats in all the 28 PG programmes, including data science and applied statistics, artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology, bioinformatics, environmental science, life science, geology, geography, mathematics, pharmaceutics, pharmacology, physics, chemistry, statistics, commerce, journalism and mass communications, psychology, sociology, social work, economics, political science and international relations, history, English, Hindi, education, law and physical education. The university will also admit students to one-year PG diploma course in yoga. Mahatma Gandhi Central University, another central university in Bihar, is likely to declare its first cut-off list for PG admission next week. The online registration for admission in 19 postgraduate programmes of the university ended on Tuesday. An official of MGCU said the university will admit altogether 644 students in its 19 PG programmes, including physics, chemistry, mathematics, botany, zoology, biotechnology, journalism and mass communications, library and information science, business administration, commerce, Hindi, English, Sanskrit, political science, sociology, economics, Gandhian and peace studies, social work and education. There are 33 seats in each of these programmes except in MBA (50 seats), she said.
Time of India
25-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
June 2 last date for CUSB PG course registration
1 2 3 Patna: Following the publication of Common University Entrance Test (CUET) (PG) results by National Testing Agency, the Central University of South Bihar (CUSB) has started online registration for admission to its 28 postgraduate programmes in 2025-26 session. The last date of online registration on the university's website is June 2. The university's public relations officer Mohd Mudassir Alam said that all the candidates who for CUSB in CUET (PG) may register themselves without any consideration of the cut-off marks for courses, including data science and applied statistics, artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology, bioinformatics, environmental science, life science, geology, geography, mathematics, pharmaceutics, pharmacology, physics, chemistry, statistics, commerce, journalism and mass communications, psychology, sociology, social work, economics, political science and international relations, history, English, Hindi, education, law and physical education. The university will also admit students to one-year PG diploma course in yoga. This year, the university has increased the intake of LLM (one-year) programme to 50 seats from earlier 38. The university's deputy registrar Kumar Kaushal said that interested candidates can participate in the counselling process till June 2 by paying a registration fee (non-refundable) of Rs 500 for each programme (Rs 200 for SC/ST/PWD category candidates). "Programme-wise merit list for admission will be prepared only from among those candidates who register themselves for admission within the prescribed time. Only the candidates registered on the CUSB portal will be provided counselling and admission opportunity," he said. The first cut-off list will be declared on June 11, following which the selected candidates can submit the admission fee by June 15. If seats remain vacant, the second cut-off list will be released on June 20, and subsequently the third cut-off list will be announced on June 27. The final list of admitted students for the academic year 2025-26 will be published on the university's website on July 8. The classes of newly admitted PG students will commence from July 14.
