New York, Dec 16 (IANS) Using the internet in classrooms for study purposes, is likely to affect academic performance, even among the most intelligent and motivated of students, researchers warned. When internet is used in…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) The Union government’s digital transactions awareness campaign has got a tremendous response with over a lakh students from higher educational institutions becoming a part of the drive, HRD Minister Prakash…
Ahmedabad, Dec 15 (IANS) Over 100 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers were on Thursday detained outside the Gujarat High Court for staging a demonstration ahead of a hearing on a petition on Prime Minister Narendra…
Patna, Dec 15 (IANS) At an age when most children are only engaged in games and playing, this nine-year-old knows all about the planet Mars. Meet Kautilya whose prodigious knowledge, comprehension and sharp memory is…
Mumbai, Dec 15 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and UK-based scholar in Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu John Ralston Marr have been named for this year’s SIES-Sri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati National Eminence Award, an official said…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come clean on his educational qualification. Addressing reporters at his residence here, Kejriwal alleged that Modi’s reluctance…
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the central government to formulate a National Action Plan to combat drug abuse amongst children and undertake a survey to know the extent of…
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the police’s Crime Branch to search every nook and cranny of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus with the help of sniffer dogs…
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the police’s Crime Branch to search every nook and cranny of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus with the help of sniffer dogs…
Chindwara (Madhya Pradesh), Dec 14 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said that there will be unrest and frustration in the country if it is unable to provide jobs to the youth. “India with the…
Chandigarh, Dec 14 (IANS) Funds released to schools and other institutions in Haryana for various projects will now be monitored through a web-based technology, state Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said on Wednesday. “The Haryana…
Chandigarh, Dec 14 (IANS) All government colleges in Haryana will be made free Wi-Fi campuses, a Minister said on Wednesday. Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said the Department of Higher Education has decided to set…
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The Health Ministry on Wednesday said that National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for super specialty courses will be held in various cities on June 10, 2017. “The examination being…
Ahmedabad, Dec 13 (IANS) Directors of 19 of the 20 prestigious Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) on Tuesday discussed ways to hire more people from the socio-economically weaker sections of the society in faculty positions….
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Domestic mobile wallet platform MobiKwik will facilitate digital payments for students in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi, the company said on Tuesday. Mobikwik’s association…
Sharjah, Dec 13 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate a new Indian school in Sharjah on December 22, local media reported on Tuesday. Vijayan will be making his first visit to the United…
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government declared a holiday on Tuesday for all educational institutions in Chennai, Kanchipuram and Thiruvallur districts. In a brief statement issued here the government said all government and…
London, Dec 12 (IANS) The British Home Office was considering cutting international student numbers at Britain’s universities by nearly half, media reported on Monday. The threat was being greeted with dismay by university heads, who…
Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) Activists and residents of the ashram at Visva Bharati University in Santiniketan will seek President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention against shooting of a “commercial film” inside the…
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) The JNU Students Union (JNUSU) on Monday called the university administration’s decision to set up grills at the protest site on the campus an attempt to destroy the “culture of…