London, May 15 (IANS) Children who take part in extra-curricular activities more and have a good friends’ circle may cope better with the transition from primary to secondary school, a study has showed. “The transition…
Beijing, May 15 (IANS) UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) chief Anthony Lake on Monday praised the Belt and Road Initiative and said the organisation is happy to cooperate with China on it. Calling it an “extraordinary…
Bhubaneswar, May 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court’s Mandate Oversight Committee on Sunday gave its nod for the intake of students at the Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital in Baripada from this academic year….
Bhubaneswar, May 13 (IANS) The Odisha government has decided to impart entrepreneurship training to at least 10,000 youths during the current financial year, an official said on Saturday. It was decided at a high-level meeting…
Agartala, May 13 (IANS) After a month-long students’ agitation, Tripura Police on Friday night arrested a trader in connection with the mysterious death of his niece and a polytechnic student Anwara Chowdhury, police said on…
Lucknow, May 13 (IANS) In a bid to take load off students, the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh has decided that Saturdays will be a “no bag day” in all government run primary and secondary…
Delhi, May 12 (IANS) In a bid to build industry ready talent for the IT sector in India, Nasscom’s IT-ITeS Sector Skills Council (SSC) in association with Edcast on Friday launched the ‘Basic Learning for…
Rome, May 12 (IANS/AKI) The Italian government plans to approve legislation by the next week that will oblige all state school pupils to be immunised, Health Mminister Beatrice Lorenzin said on Friday. “I have presented…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday slammed the city police over the manner of its probe into the disappearance of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmad, who has been…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Indian students, with 63 scholarships, were the second largest beneficiary of the EU-funded Erasmus Mundus Programme, to take a Joint Masters degree in Europe, a statement said. A total of…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Innovation is fundamental for India to become a successful digital economy, a top executive from Intel said here on Friday. He was speaking at an event organised by Intel India,…
Abu Dhabi, May 12 (IANS/WAM) Rebecca Kadaga, Ugandan Parliament Speaker and the President of the African Geopolitical Group in the Inter-Parliamentary Union, has praised the UAE’s fast-paced development. “The UAE encourages all sectors to excel…
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) A virtual lab hosted by IIT Kharagpur is the first of its kind in India that lets students operate an instrument to analyse the structure of plant compounds through remote access…
Chennai, May 12 (IANS) Girls once again outperformed boys in the plus-two state board exams, results declared by the Tamil Nadu government here on Friday showed. Out of the over 8.93 lakh students who appeared…
Bhopal, May 12 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) here on Friday declared the results of exams held for Classes 10 and 12 in March. Many students from small towns in the…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, May 12 (IANS) The picture of a schoolgirl holding a basketball under her arm while kicking a vehicle of the security forces has become iconic because it sets the narrative for…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has partnered with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to set up Aadhaar enrolment centres and has asked its affiliated schools to…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said the Centre will be launching a campaign to educationally empower the poor and marginalised sections of the society. Stressing…
Chandigarh, May 11 (IANS) The Punjab unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday called for an immediate rollback of the fee hike by private schools in the state. A delegation of AAP legislators, led…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous) has decided to return to the central exchequer the Rs 96 lakh received as sponsorship from Rose Valley Group chief Gautam Kundu, the college’s Principal said on…