By Saket Suman New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) A meagre total of 75 public libraries are serving the over 200 million population of Uttar Pradesh. Compare this to 4,028 public libraries in Tamil Nadu that…
Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) Data scientists, combining expertise in statistics and software, are much sought after in India which is experiencing dearth in the number of such experts, National Statistical Commission Chairman R.B. Barman said…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) To help them get through the Post Graduate (PG) entrance test, the Delhi University (DU) on Tuesday announced a “summer school” for students coming from disadvantaged sections of society. For…
Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) Banking on Big Data analytics, National Statistical Commission Chairman R.B. Barman on Tuesday said the “herculean task” to move to web-based reporting system for data processing has begun in India. “We…
Bhubaneswar, May 30 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday sought the urgent personal intervention of Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar to address the discrepancies in CBSE class 12 results of the…
Chennai, May 30 (IANS) A PhD scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM), on Tuesday suffered serious eye injury when he was attacked by a group of students for participating in a ‘beef…
Patna, May 30 (IANS) Nearly 70 per cent students who took the Class 12 Science stream exams of the Bihar School Examination Board have failed, while 76 per cent students who took the Arts exam…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) With increased internet penetration amid a surge in smartphone ownership, the online education industry in India is poised to hit $1.96 billion by 2021, a joint report by Google and…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 30 (IANS) In a move to ensure safety of kids who are put up in daycare centres, the Kerala Police has directed such centres to install Internet Protocol CCTVs, which will be live…
Dehradun, May 30 (IANS) Aditya Ghildiyal of Srinagar, Garhwal, topped the merit list in Class 12 while Kumari Aisha Gauri of Vijay Nagar, Rudraprayag, stood first in the Class 10 merit list of the Uttarakhand…
Patna, May 30 (IANS) Nearly 70 per cent of students who took the Class 12 Science stream exams of the Bihar School Examination Board failed, while 76 per cent students who took the Arts exam…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Taking a tough stand against ragging, Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said that it needed to be completely eliminated from campuses. Launching an anti-ragging mobile app…
Kuwait, May 29 (IANS/WAM) A Kuwaiti foundation and Unicef have signed two agreements worth $6 million to provide education for Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan, a Saudi News Agency said. The agreements are part…
Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) Ananya Maity of the Heritage School here was declared as the topper of ISC (12th) Boards with 99.5 per cent marks, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations announced on…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Manipur Governor Najma Heptulla has been unanimously elected as Chancellor (Amir-e-Jamia) of Jamia Millia Islamia for five years by the university’s court in a special meeting held on May 25,…
Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) Ananya Maity of the Heritage School, here was declared as the topper of ISC (12th) Boards with 99.5 per cent marks, the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations announced on Monday….
Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) on Monday said IIT Kharagpur could work with the regulator in making an inventory of e-waste generated in the state. The board also planned…
Bengaluru, May 29 (IANS) Director-actor Saurabh Shukla’s play “2 To Tango, 3 To Jive”, which marked its 100th show in Mumbai earlier this month, will be staged here for a project to educate underprivileged children….
By Shreya Shah Literacy programmes for mothers can not only improve their own learning skills but also impact their children’s education, a recent study has found. During the one-year study, conducted in 480 villages of…
Lahore, May 29 (IANS) Two teachers allegedly pushed a Class nine girl student from the third floor of the school building in Pakistan’s Lahore city, causing life-threatening injuries, the media reported on Monday. The incident…