Gurugram, Feb 28 (IANS) A special court here on Wednesday acquitted 44-year-old Ashok Kumar, the bus conductor of a private school where a Class 2 student was murdered in September last year. Kumar was arrested…
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) Trinamool Congress leader and former West Bengal Science and Technical Education Minister Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay on Wednesday said the quality of higher education in the state has fallen and there is a…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The Minister of State for Higher Education, Satyapal Singh, on Wednesday declined to respond to questions relating to his earlier comment on Isaac Newton’s Laws of Motion, which the minister…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) For full appraisal of our lives, we must learn science of spirituality, involving soul and intellect, Minister of State of Human Resource Development (HRD) Satyapal Singh said here on Wednesday….
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The Association of Publishers in India (API) on Tuesday welcomed the Delhi High Court order which stipulated that sale of non-NCERT books must not be disallowed in CBSE-affiliated schools, calling…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) A day before the Najeeb Ahmed case is to be heard in court, students from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and other universities demonstrated outside the CBI headquarters here on…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The government is going to reduce the syllabus of NCERT textbooks in the coming two to three years, Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar announced on Monday. The Minister told…
Kharagpur, Feb 26 (IANS) A IIT Kharagpur research scholar has developed a disposable and flexible battery made from paper that could generate power from the bacteria present in sewage water, the premier institute said on…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 26 (IANS) The Odisha government on Monday launched a scheme ‘Khushi’ to provide free sanitary pads to 17 lakh girl students across the state. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the free sanitary napkin…
Washington, Feb 26 (IANS) Thousands of students and parents poured into the school in Florida where a mass shooting nearly two weeks ago claimed 17 lives. The students accompanied by their parents on Sunday returned…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) It’s that time of the year when both students and parents feel “exam pressure”. Students are under pressure to perform their best, but doing so requires a balanced approach to…
Visakhapatnam, Feb 25 (IANS) Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu on Sunday laid the foundation stone here for the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) and the Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP) which…
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) With India set to become home to the world’s largest working population by 2022 and a global supplier of workforce, education, skill development and enhancing employability are the most urgent needs,…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday approved formation of an advisory council to guide and support the party’s student wing NSUI, with senior leaders Ashok Gehlot and Ajay Maken as…
Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) The protest against withdrawal of financial aid given to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) scholars at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) continued for the fourth day on Saturday with…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday said it is extremely difficult to bring together different departments in the government. “It is not easy to bring officials of different…
London, Feb 24 (IANS) Parents, please take note. A new study assures us that a long list of recurring but less severe illnesses such as ear pain, bad cough or running nose is unlikely to…
Washington, Feb 24 (IANS) An armed officer who stood outside a Florida school where a gunman killed 17 people last week “certainly did a poor job”, US President Donald Trump has said. Deputy Scot Peterson…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) B.Techs from country’s premier techinical institutes can apply for the Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF) scheme from Saturday onwards, an official statement said. Application for the research scholarship, which will…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) India and Canada on Friday resolved to combat terrorism and violent extremism in all forms and manifestations and agreed that no country should allow its territory to be used for…