New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Student leaders from various groups from different parts of the country on Wednesday here agreed upon the need to overhaul the Lyngdoh Committee guidelines on student union elections. They called…
Tura (Meghalaya), Jan 3 (IANS) Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for the 100-seat Tura medical college here in western Meghalaya. The medical college will come over 100 acres at Doldegre…
Bengaluru, Jan 3 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday gifted free laptops to about 31,000 degree college students belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). All the laptops have two stickers -…
By Kishori Sud Gwalior, Jan 3 (IANS) Santoor player and teacher Bhajan Sopori, who hails from a family that has played the stringed instrument for over six generations, believes that if art and individuals are…
Kolkata, Jan 2 (IANS) The IIT-Kharagpur on Tuesday said it has joined hand with three US ‘Ivy League’ universities for a water urbanism project at Varanasi to conduct an interdisciplinary study of infrastructure, healthcare and…
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Army chief Gen. Bipin Rawat met students from two northeast states on Tuesday and encouraged them to join the armed forces and serve the cause of the nation. Talking to…
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) The government on Tuesday said that a Rs 10,000 cap on education fund paid to the children of armed forces martyrs was not being lifted, with Minister of State for…
Agartala, Jan 2 (IANS) Tribal students from Tripura will for the first time perform their traditional dance at the Republic Day parade on January 26, an official said here on Tuesday. “In all 150 tribal…
New York, Dec 31 (IANS) Boys tend to outperform girls in high-stakes science tests, but it is not because they are better students, according to researchers. The study, published in the journal Plos One, showed…
Jaipur, Dec 30 (IANS) Ace designer Raghavendra Rathore will be opening a design school for aspiring talent here in August 2018. Jewellery house Amrapali has invested in The Gurukul School of Design. “It is a…
By Imran Khan Lakhaipur (Bihar), Dec 30 (IANS) Kranti Kumari, Ramrati Kumari, Rupa Kumari and Soni Kumari have one thing in common. They are part of a small team performing street plays across this remote…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday said the government will start five “Schools of Excellence” next year in order to provide better quality education. “These schools will impart…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Delhi government on Friday approved the Education Department’s proposal for setting-up a “world-class” skill centre at Jonapur village in south Delhi at an estimated cost of around Rs 254…
Chicago, Dec 29 (IANS) An Indian-origin student was shot dead during a robbery attempt at a gas station in the US, a media report said. Nineteen-year-old Arshad Vahora was an employee at the gas station…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind will attend the 22nd convocation of NIMHANS in Karnataka on Saturday, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said on Friday. The President left for Karnataka on Friday evening…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Former Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting has taken a stance on a different crease — to bat for educational opportunities in his home state of Tasmania. The Tasmanian government has appointed…
Bengaluru, Dec 29 (IANS) In a one of its kind effort to celebrate a girl child, the first female baby born in the New Year at a civic hospital in the city will be given…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) A Bill for setting up a National Medical Commission that seeks to replace the Medical Council of India (MCI) was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday by Health Minister…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 29 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday ordered action against a school in Palakkad for allowing RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to hoist the national flag during the Independence Day celebrations. Vijayan…
Washington, Dec 29 (IANS) A US university professor who received death threats after posting several controversial tweets has said that he was resigning because the year-long harassment has made his situation “unsustainable”. George Ciccariello-Maher, a…