New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Standardisation of all the norms and practices in academia in English language is a source of resentment among the public and it can only be addressed through a “creative solution”,…
Pune, Nov 11 (IANS) Following an uproar, the Savitribai Phule Pune University on Saturday junked a 10-year-old circular stipulating that a gold medalist must be “a vegetarian, free of any vices”, said a top varsity…
Agartala, Nov 11 (IANS) India’s star gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who narrowly missed out on a bronze medal in the women’s vault event at the Rio Olympics last year, was on Saturday conferred a D.Litt. degree…
Bhubaneswar, Nov 11 (IANS) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said teachers play a key role in transforming the society and they can never be replaced by anything, including Google. “No doubt Google is…
Pune, Nov 11 (IANS) Following an uproar, the Savitribai Phule Pune University on Saturday junked a 10-year-old circular stipulating that a gold medalist must be “a vegetarian, free of any vices”, said a top varsity…
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal, in a letter to Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, on Friday sought the proposal for opening “Schools of Excellence”. “Proposal for opening of ‘Schools of…
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday cleared a proposal for creation of a National Testing Agency (NTA), to conduct entrance tests which are at present…
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) A court here on Friday deferred the hearing on the CBI’s plea seeking consent for a lie detector test of nine students in connection with the case of the missing…
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) In an unusual order, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Friday annulled an order by the Justice J. Chelameswar-led bench for the setting up of a five-judge constitution bench…
Lucknow, Nov 10 (IANS) Over 10,000 students from various educational institutions formed a human chain in Uttar Pradesh’s Vrindavan on Friday to express solidarity with the ban on polythene use and to make people aware…
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday set up a five-judge constitution bench to hear a plea seeking a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the role of a former Orissa High…
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday took exception to the manner in which a second petition seeking a SIT probe into the alleged role of a retired Orissa High Court judge…
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) YouTube Kids on Friday announced new measures for parents if they find kids watching inappropriate videos at home even by mistake. Parents can now report inappropriate videos to YouTube which…
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Thursday asked universities to send proposals to set up a Chair in their institutions named after the 19th century social reformer Swami Dayanand Saraswati….
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday referred to a five-judge constitution bench a petition seeking probe into the alleged role of a retired Orissa High Court judge in a scam involving…
Gurugram, Nov 9 (IANS) All private and government schools here have been shut for Friday and Saturday along with brick kilns amid rising pollution levels, it was announced on Thursday. Gurugram authorities also decided to…
Ghaziabad, Nov 9 (IANS) In view of the rising pollution levels, Ghaziabad District Magistrate Ritu Maheshwari on Thursday ordered the closure of all government and private schools up to Class 8 till November 12. The…
Beijing, Nov 9 (IANS) US First Lady Melania Trump on Thursday morning visited Banchang Elementary School in Beijing, accompanied by Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping. In a high-spirited atmosphere, Peng and Trump…
By Anand Singh New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) The family of the seven-year-old boy murdered in the Ryan International School campus in Gurugram has demanded that the CBI must question the Pintos, the founders of…
Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday sought the help of Belgium in setting up a university in the state exclusively pertaining to diamond industry-related courses, officials said. At a function…