New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that his government will call a summit of NRI teachers to help make Delhi educational institutions world-class and the capital a “knowledge…
Manama, Aug 21 (IANS) Bahrain authorities on Tuesday announced they were suspending issuance of entry visas for Qataris. “The decision wasn’t taken because of Qatari nationals who share brotherly ties with Bahrainis, but as a…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on Tuesday announced the schedule for various entrance examinations till May 2019 to be conducted by the newly-established National Testing Agency (NTA). It…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) student wing will fight the upcoming elections of the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) with an aim to bring about a positive change in student…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) A 21-year-old student pursuing a Company Secretary (CS) course committed suicide during a video chat on Whatsapp with her male friend in north Delhi, police said on Monday. The man…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Centre, state governments and Union Territories on a PIL seeking directions to make sports a part of the Fundamental Rights as well…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) IIT-PAL lectures will now be available on the ‘Swayam’ platform and can be accessed on mobile phones anytime, the Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Monday. PAL (Professor Assisted…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Delhi Police has detained two youth from Haryana for their murderous attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Umar Khalid, days after their self-confession video went viral, an officer…
Canberra, Aug 20 (IANS) The Australian government is considering waiving debts of students who unknowingly took on loans, authorities said on Monday. The federal Student Loans Ombudsman has received more than 5,000 complaints from former…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Delhi University’s All India Students Association (AISA) President Kawalpreet Kaur and three others were assaulted by a group of youths here early on Sunday, following which four of the five…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association (JTSA) on Sunday slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his silence over a mob attack on an Assistant Professor in the state. Sanjay Kumar…
Srinagar, Aug 19 (IANS) Ramon Magsaysay awardee Sonam Wangchuk, an engineer feted for his outstanding contribution to education and innovation in remote areas of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, called on Governor N.N. Vohra on…
Tokyo, Aug 19 (IANS) The government of Japan is planning to introduce English-speaking Artificial Intelligence (AI) robots in classrooms to help children improve their English speaking skills, considered one of the worst in the world….
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, Aug 19 (IANS) Lack of ethical grounding in corporate governance is the reason behind scandals like the one involving diamantaire Nirav Modi in India, just as absence of values in business…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Commonwealth of Learning (COL), an intergovernmental organisation created by the Commonwealth Heads of Government, on Friday said that the next edition of its five-week-long online course for teachers on…
Lucknow, Aug 17 (IANS) Aiming to bridge the digital divide in the country, Logitech –global mouse and keyboards making firm — on Friday donated Devanagiri-enabled Hindi keyboards to 100 schools in Uttar Pradesh. As part…
By Seema Rajput Almost half of India’s 1.25 billion people are aged under 25, making it the youngest nation in the world. This can be India’s biggest asset if the energies of the youth are…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Delhi government on Thursday increased the number and amount of scholarships for advancing arts practice, a move which will support budding artists and artists with disabilities. “To make arts…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Two youths on Thursday claimed involvement in the murderous attack on student leader Umar Khalid in central Delhi on Monday, in a video clipping that went viral on the social…
London, Aug 16 (IANS) While social robots have the potential to become part of the educational infrastructure just like paper, white boards and computer tablets, they can never fully replace teachers, a new study suggests….