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…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The teachers’ body at JNU on Thursday slammed the administration’s “compulsory attendance” decision as a “malicious” act to create a problem “where none exists”, maintaining that it was taken despite…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Delhi government’s first priority is to upgrade education, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said after launching a mobile app that would connect about 16,000 members of School Management Committees (SMCs)….
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The government wants AYUSH medical graduates to clear an exit examination before becoming eligible to practise the profession, something on the lines of a similar norm proposed in the National…
Kolkata, Dec 28 (IANS) Offers were made to as many as 1,200 students at the end of phase one of the 2017-18 placement season at IIT Kharagpur — a 15 per cent jump from last…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) The Delhi government on Tuesday approved a scheme under which students of government schools here will be given free coaching in 31 different games and sport including cricket, chess, and…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) NITI Aayog has selected an additional 1,500 schools for setting up Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) under the government’s flagship programme Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) taking the total number of such…
By Sarwar Kashani New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) India has an ambitious target of providing higher education to 40 million students by 2020 and to achieve the goal it should allow foreign universities to operate…
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday called on Indian academic institutions to lay emphasis on quality research work to earn global recognition and build “an educational eco-system comparable with the best…
Bengaluru, Dec 24 (IANS) Asserting that India was the only nation to integrate material development with the inner world, the Dalai Lama on Sunday advised Tibetans to imbibe ancient Indian wisdom as well as environmental…
By P.D. Rai The struggle for autonomy has been going on within the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) from inception. Initially, this was addressed by just staying away from the main system and awarding Post-Graduate…
By Nikhil M. Babu Khoda (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 24 (IANS) Ten years ago, when three women walked into Shabnam’s one-roomed home here one afternoon, her six- and seven-year-old daughters, Sana and Shaima, were school dropouts….
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The Indian Science Congress’ 105th Annual Session, scheduled to be held during January 3-7, 2018 has been postponed at the host, Osmania University’s request and has nothing to do with…
Chennai, Dec 23 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday called engineers “agents of change” and said they can play a much larger role in providing solutions to key challenges faced by India. “Disciplines such…
Gandhinagar, Dec 22 (IANS) Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said there was immense wealth of ideas and innovation in children and it should be encouraged by institutes like the IITs and NIDs. Presiding over…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Friday announced a Distinguished Alumni Award, instituted to strengthen the bond between the varsity and its former pupils. “Jawaharlal Nehru University has instituted Annual…
Imphal, Dec 22 (IANS) The Manipur government has terminated the services of five primary school teachers, who were found skipping school classes to pursue their studies in the medical colleges of Manipur, an official said…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Motilal Nehru College (Morning) stayed its decision to sack three faculty members, including two who have been with the college for seven years, following a day-long demonstration by the Delhi…
Lucknow, Dec 22 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government has stopped the salaries of 298 staff and teachers at 43 madrasas in the state that have not submitted the required details, an official said on Friday….
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Urging students to engage with neighbourhood rural communities, Union Minister of State for Rural Development Ram Kripal Yadav on Thursday said that learning from them can make academics vibrant. “Engage…