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The students of Ram Manohar Lohia Law University, (RMLLU) have stormed into the finals of the 13^th Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition (IEMCC) that are scheduled to be held in Florida in March 2008. The finals would be competed by 35 teams from across the globe. The initial rounds in India were competed by 21 teams belonging to different law institutions/universities.

A team of five students pursuing B. Tech from The Babu Banarasi Das National Institute of Technology and Management have won the Go-Alive Challenge Contest organized by Microsoft Corp India Pvt. Ltd. This national-level contest was organised by Microsoft. The competition saw the students competing for developing the best website for their respective educational institutions.

This even was a part of the Microsoft Windows Live@Edu Programme and the students were asked to create an innovative website. The event saw participation from nearly 250 colleges from across the country. The winning team of students won a cash prize of Rs 250,000.

A group of 120 students and their 30 year old chemistry teacher Giovanni Cogollo made a record breaking attempt of continuous teaching class for 72 hours. The students belong to Alfonso Lopez Pumarejo school in Turbaco, in the province of Bolivar, Columbia.

Now students and their teacher wants it to be officially recognized as a Guinness record for longest non-stop teaching class. The original purpose of this attempt was to help collect fund for charity to medical institute for treatment of 70 children suffering from cancer.

During the attempt students were allowed to take 5 minutes break after every 1 hour, but the children decided to take breaks in longer periods, which helped them in achieving this record.