Havana, Sep 9 (IANS) About 758 million adults around the world have never learned to read or write, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has said. Speaking at a ceremony here marking…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Polling began on Friday morning in the University of Delhi for the post of President, Vice-President, Secretary and Joint Secretary. The voting started at 8.30 a.m. across 117 booths set…
Bengaluru, Sep 8 (IANS) India’s leading education technology provider Byjus on Thursday announced raising $50 million (Rs 333 crore) from Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) and four venture capital partners to fund its expansion plans. The four…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Thursday that apart from essential literacy, sensibilities like financial, legal, and electoral literacy must be given due importance. “We must consider important…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections are set to be held on Friday. The votes will be counted on Saturday and the results declared on the same day. The…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Friday the Madhya Pradesh government’s plea for contempt proceedings against private medical colleges for holding separate counselling sessions for undergraduate courses in…
Kolkata, Sep 8 (IANS) Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar on Thursday faced an angry demonstration from slogan-shouting BJP activists, who hurled eggs at his vehicle here. Kumar, who is a leader…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 8 (IANS) A girl student was killed and 28 others were injured in a wall collapse at a private school in Odisha’s Puri district, an official said on Thursday. The dilapidated wall fell…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) A day before Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students go to polls on Friday to elect their representatives for the JNU Students Union, leading parties of the Left and BJP-affiliated ABVP…
By Anil Sharma Churu (Rajasthan), Sep 8 (IANS) There was great enthusiasm among students of this small town, some 200 kms from Rajasthan capital Jaipur, as they got an opportunity on Thursday to directly interact…
Patna, Sep 8 (IANS) Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Thursday reminded students that social harmony and respect for each other’s thoughts will help strengthen our existence and survival. He said the students’ perspective of…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Stressing that universal literacy could not be achieved without mass participation, President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday advocated the principle of “Each one, Teach one”. “India continues to have a large…
Kolkata, Sep 8 (IANS) Ramping up eco-friendly erosion control interventions, researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, have come up with a unique processing technique to fabricate degradation resistant and durable jute geotextiles. Geotextiles…
Hyderabad, Sep 8 (IANS) In its bid to inspire grassroots innovation and harness local talent in the country, Intel India along with the Department of Science & Technology (DST) on Thursday launched “Digital India Challenge…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday assured Kashmiri students studying outside the state of redressal of their problems, including regarding scholarship. Rajnath Singh held out the assurance when he…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee said on Wednesday that India is growing in all sectors and expressed the hope that it will soon be counted among the advanced nations of the world….
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Congress-affiliated National Students Union of India (NSUI) has released a sub-manifesto to address the problems being faced by students from the northeastern states. The special manifesto was released here…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking re-look by a larger constitution bench on whether minority institutions – aided and unaided – were…
Ranchi, Sep 7 (IANS) National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson Justice H.L. Dattu on Wednesday said the commission has proposed that lessons in human rights be included in the school and college curriculum. “There is…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday said engaging school teachers and university professors for non-academic work was against the constitution. The court directed that the 32 teachers who are working as…