New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The Council of Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR) has been ranked world’s 12th best government institution, according to a report. Out of 746 institutions, France’s National Centre for Scientific Research was…
Kolkata, July 26 (IANS) Historian Sujata Mukherjee will teach history of modern India with special emphasis on science, gender issues and health care at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand as the Indian…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has extended till August 30 the last date for entries for its second annual competition for short films on human rights, an official statement…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which seeks to set up six new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) including one at Jammu. The…
Hyderabad, July 25 (IANS) Pharma major Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories on Monday presented scholarship to 250 students of government-run schools in Telangana for the academic year 2015-2016. The scholarships were awarded to those students of 22…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which seeks to set up six new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). The New IITs are to…
Ghaziabad, July 25 (IANS) The Ghaziabad district administration has asked about a dozen schools and colleges located along the National Highway-58 to close for a week in view of Kanwaria Yatra, the annual pilgrimage of…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) As many as 81 per cent of the citizens want a regulatory body to monitor school fee hikes by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) as well as the…
New Delhi/Islamabad, July 25 (IANS) The government on Monday directed its officials in the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to send their wards outside Pakistan for their education, a move Pakistan described an âinternal, administrative…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Several students who appeared here on Sunday in National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) complained they were treated badly by the invigilators — some of the male examinees were told…
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) Marshalling creativity and fantasy, an IIT-Kharagpur student has depicted the beauty of the premier institute’s sprawling campus with an animation on the lines of HBO’s hit fantasy drama TV series “Game…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The government on Monday directed its officials in the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to send their wards outside Pakistan for their education. “It is a normal practice for all…
By Anil Sharma Jaipur, July 25 (IANS) Every afternoon between 3 pm and 5 pm, the community centre at Neem Ka Thana town in Sikar district comes alive. Scores of children — all ragpickers –…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Rashtriya Sawemsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said teachers ought to lay emphasis on the importance of “traditional values and culture” as well. “Besides academic teachings, teachers should…
Bengaluru, July 24 (IANS) The Karnataka government declared two day holidays for all schools across the state from Monday in view of the indefinite strike call by the state-run bus transport corporation’s employees for wage…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) About 90 per cent of 4.75 lakh candidates who had registered for the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) II exam for admission to medical and dental colleges took the…
Hyderabad, July 24 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Sunday said the agriculture in India barely give subsistence earnings to farmers and this was leading to inequality. He said the country cannot afford to have…
Hyderabad, July 24 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday inaugurated Symbiosis International University’s (SIU) Hyderabad campus. The campus spread over 40 acres of land has come up at Mamidpally village in Mahabubnagar district…
Muzaffarpur (Bihar), July 23 (IANS) Amid controversy over irregularities in Bihar’s education system, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has opened a centre for vocational education here, a statement said. “The institute would partner with…
Mysuru, July 23 (IANS) India needs more and better innovations for growth that is faster, sustainable, more inclusive and has a competitive edge, Vice President Hamid Ansari said on Saturday. “We will need more, and…