New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) In order to make the application process for examinations and jobs accessible to all aspirants, a PIL in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked government for a centralised system…
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) Researchers at IIT-Kharagpur have developed a solution to access encrypted data on cloud server with keywords, without the need for decryption nor compromising the security of the system, a statement said…
Shillong, April 12 (IANS) Thousands of school and college teachers on Wednesday protested against the Congress-led Meghalaya United Alliance government’s “unresponsivea and “adamant attitude” towards their demands. The teachers, under the banner Joint Action Committee…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The cabinet on Wednesday approved the setting up of a permanent campus for the Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE) in Andhra Pradesh to offer undergraduate courses in petroleum…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Delhi University students on Wednesday called to root out casteism from higher education at a public meeting held just two days ahead of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s birth anniversary. The meeting…
Chandigarh, April 12 (IANS) A day after Chandigarh Police booked 66 students on sedition charges after violence on the Panjab University campus here over fee hike, university authorities on Wednesday sought the dropping of the…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday said that it will form an “expert group” after winning the Delhi civic bodies elections to improve infrastructure and teaching standards in the schools. The Congress’s…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Fashion designer Raghavendra Rathore, known for offering a touch of royalty to his customers with his bespoke ensembles, has now taken up the initiative of bringing focus on the issue…
By Anuj Sharma New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Aiming to help create startups and build successful technology careers, Cisco will train 250,000 students in the country over a period of time, a top executive from…
Chandigarh, April 11 (IANS) Around 50 people, including students, police personnel and even journalists, were injured as students, protesting a massive fee hike for various courses, clashed with police on the Panjab University campus here…
Gurugram, April 11 (IANS) Australian minister Simon Birmingham on Tuesday awarded a three-year scholarship worth AU$1.1 million (Rs. 53,315,968.06) to 11 Indian students while leading a high-level delegation visit to the TERI-Deakin Nanobiotechnology Centre (TDNBC)…
Vijayawada, April 11 (IANS) It’s common for children to refuse to go to school. Some skip food while others wander on streets but an 8-year-old boy in Andhra Pradesh created a scare by threatening to…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The University Grants Commission (UGC) has written to universities across the country, asking them to ensure an “elaborate training programme” on Common Yoga Protocol for the 3rd International Day of…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Australian Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham on Tuesday said India is a significant opportunity for the educators of his country and Australia will contribute to education, which is…
London, April 11 (IANS/WAM) United Arab Emirate’s Supreme Council member and ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi visited Britain’s University of Surrey and explored ways to build academic cooperation between the two…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 11 (IANS) Malayalam will have to be taught compulsorily at all schools till Class 10 in the state irrespective of the syllabus, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told the media on Tuesday. An…
Chandigarh, April 11 (IANS) Tension prevailed on the Panjab University campus on Tuesday as students, protesting the fee hike for various courses, clashed with the police. Police sources said that a few students were injured…
Visakhapatnam, April 11 (IANS) As many as 7,000 girl students on Tuesday performed classical dance ‘Kuchpudi’ in this Andhra Pradesh coastal city to set a Guinness World record. The girls from 21 government-run residential schools…
Dhaka, April 11 (IANS) The father of a Maldivian model who was found dead in her college in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, last month has accused her best friend, a student from India’s Jammu and Kashmir, of…
By Ashwini Deshpande & Manjistha Banerji Around 3.5 per cent of children between the ages of 11 and 14 years, and 13.5 per cent between the ages of 15 and 16 years were dropouts, while…