Hyderabad, April 26 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said sustaining and reinvigorating higher education has become a major challenge, especially in public institutions. He identified escalation of costs of learning, market-oriented fast-track skill acquisition…
Chandigarh, April 26 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday ordered a crackdown on private medical and dental colleges in the state, warning them to either mend ways or shut shop. Accusing private institutions…
Hyderabad, April 26 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday described the last Nizam of Hyderabad State Mir Osman Ali Khan as a visionary, who founded Osmania University 100 years ago. Inaugurating the centenary celebrations of…
New York, April 26 (IANS) Aiming to educate communities globally, Apple will launch numerous teaching sessions in May in all its 495 stores, ranging in topics from photo and video to music, coding, art and…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Websites of Delhi University (DU), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Indian Institute of Technology -Delhi and some other educational and training institutions were hacked allegedly by some Pakistan-based groups on Tuesday….
By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, April 25 (IANS) It was India’s first university to adopt Urdu as the medium of instruction — but with English as a compulsory subject. And, as it turns 100 on Wednesday,…
Panaji, April 25 (IANS) Women’s empowerment through education will have a positive impact on our future generations, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday. He also called for a greater collaboration between universities and industries in…
New York, April 25 (IANS) Educational programme “Super 30” founder and mathematician Anand Kumar on Tuesday said that talented poor students should be given adequate financial support, so that they are not deprived of higher…
Panaji, April 25 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee was conferred an honorary D.Litt by the Goa University on Tuesday. Mukherjee was in the coastal state to preside over the 29th Goa University convocation ceremony at the…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed a single judge order that upheld the JNU admission policy to implement a UGC notification putting a cap on the number of M.Phil…
Los Angeles, April 25 (IANS) Actress Faye Dunaway says that she felt very guilty about the Oscars mishap that led to her and actor Warren Beatty mistakenly announcing “La La Land” as the Best Picture…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) A software developed by Jamia Milia Islamia students to detect “unwanted drones” at or near airports will be used for security by the Airport Authority of India (AAI), a varsity…
Bhubaneswar, April 24 (IANS) The Odisha government on Monday ordered the closure of schools till June 18 in view of the prevailing heat wave in the state. All government and private schools in the state…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Fearing cancellation of the biannual National Eligibility Test (NET) examination, the All India Students Association (AISA) demonstrated outside the University Grant Commission (UGC) office here on Monday and sought its…
Srinagar, April 24 (IANS) At least 15 policemen, including three senior officers, were injured here on Monday in clashes between protesting students and security forces. Students of S.P. College, S.P. Higher Secondary School and Government…
Srinagar, April 24 (IANS) As colleges and universities opened on Monday after a week in the Kashmir Valley, students again clashed with security forces and resorted to stone pelting, officials said. Students of the S….
New York, April 24 (IANS) Three months after leaving the White House, former US President Barack Obama will deliver his first public remarks of his post-presidency on Monday, a media report has said. Obama is…
Srinagar, April 24 (IANS) The authorities on Monday ordered opening of universities, colleges and higher secondary schools in Jammu and Kashmir after a week’s closure. An official statement issued in summer capital Srinagar by the…
🔊 Listen to this Washington, April 23 (IANS) Bearing protest signs and many wearing lab coats, thousands of scientists from around the US began gathering here to express their objections to the cutbacks in scientific…
🔊 Listen to this New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Hundreds of volunteers including students and officials of the US embassy were out on the streets here on Saturday to promote air quality awareness among people…