By Vishal Narayan New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Prominent scientists across the country have dismissed Union Minister Satyapal Singh’s views on evolution as “illogical” and “untenable” and came out strongly in favour of the Darwinian…
Gandhinagar, Jan 21 (IANS) Universities should give top priority to preparing students for employability, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Sunday, lauding Gujarat University for helping many new entrepreneurs through its programmes. Addressing the varsity’s…
By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, Jan 21 (IANS) One of the five pillars of Islam, “zakat” is mandatory charity for every well-to-do Muslim. And Hyderabad Zakat and Charitable Trust (HZCT) has shown how this obligatory form…
San Francisco, Jan 21 (IANS) In what could be a move to challenge Amazon’s domination in the market, Google might soon sell audiobooks on its Play Store, media reported. News portal 9to5google reported late on…
Imphal Jan 20 (IANS) Following action against some primary schoolteachers, who were themselves enrolled as students in various medical and agriculture colleges and attending classes there, 30 such teachers have resigned in Manipur over the…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) An Iranian man studying in Jawaharlal Nehru University here has been arrested on charges of beating and sexually harassing a fellow woman student from his native country, police said on…
Yamunanagar, Jan 20 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a woman principal of a private school in Haryana’s Yamunanagar town was shot dead on Saturday by an agitated Class 12 student who had been rusticated. Principal…
Yamunanagar, Jan 20 (IANS) The principal of one of the leading schools in Haryana’s Yamunanagar was on Saturday shot dead by a Class 12 student in the school, police said. Principal Ritu Chhabra was shot…
Chandigarh, Jan 20 (IANS) A Class 12 student allegedly shot dead the principal of his school in Haryana’s Yamunanagar on Saturday, police said. The victim, Rita Chhabra, was sitting in her office when the alleged…
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) Presidency University students on Friday held a sit-in protest against alleged delay in completion of renovation of heritage Eden Hindu Hostel when the Chancellor, Governor K.N. Tripathi, was present on the…
Hyderabad, Jan 19 (IANS) The Hyderabad High Court on Friday ordered a fresh probe into the rape and murder of a pharmacy student in Andhra Pradesh a decade ago. A division bench headed by Chief…
Patna, Jan 19 (IANS) In another shocking incident, a seven-year-old boy abducted for ransom was found dead on Friday in Bihar’s West Champaran district, police said. Eve Kunwar Singh was abducted for ransom on Thursday….
Chandigarh, Jan 19 (IANS) The Haryana government is considering a proposal to exhibit photograph of teachers in classrooms to ensure that the students are taught by their real teachers and not by proxies. Haryana Chief…
Bengaluru, Jan 19 (IANS) Stating that only about 20 per cent of India’s 1.5 million engineers are employable by the industry, Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde on Friday called “unemployability” as the biggest challenge that could…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Around 50 teachers from Dalit and other marginalised sections took out a march towards the President House on Friday to demand that B.R. Ambedkar’s image should be on currency notes…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 19 (IANS) A tripartite MoU was on Friday signed for implementation of a soft skill training programme in some Odisha Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) under which 800 students will be trained over two…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) She believes that education, not charity, is the only way to bring a change in India’s existing educational and social system. And to turn this thinking into…
Tokyo, Jan 18 (IANS) The Japanese government lodged a protest with the US military Thursday over their military helicopters flying above an elementary school in Okinawa again after a US chopper dropped a window on…
Beijing, Jan 18 (IANS) About 48.9 percent of primary and middle school students in China take private lessons, and more than half say that they have to bury their heads in books and had no…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) on Thursday signed an agreement with the Agriculture Skill Council of India (ASCI) to develop new educational and training programmes in the areas…