New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The University of Delhi (DU) received 2.5 lakh applications for its undergraduate courses, a sharp decline of around 40,000 as against last year. Last year over 2.9 lakh students applied…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Effective communication suiting the target audience is crucial for the success of projects like the Swachh Bharat Mission and Namami Gange, Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley said here on…
Riyadh, June 22 (IANS) Saudi Arabia has announced a distance education programme for one million Yemenis from the beginning of the new academic year, the media reported on Wednesday. Launched by King Salman Humanitarian Aid…
Imphal, June 22 (IANS) The Kangleipak Students’ Association (KSA) in Manipur has banned the sale of “R. Gupta’s General Knowledge Book 2017”, describing the book as “offensive”. “No book shop shall stock, display or sell…
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) The Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship plans to roll out a programme on entrepreneurship in school education, an official said here on Wednesday. The curriculum would be similar to…
Kolkata, June 21 (IANS) As many as nine Indian varsities and institutes figure in the top 10 in south Asia, according to the Asian University Ranking 2016 by Britain’s Times Higher Education (THE). Indian Institute…
Bengaluru, June 21 (IANS) Nine school children travelling to school in Karnataka’s Udupi district died after their van was hit by a private bus on Tuesday morning, police said. “Seventeen students were going to Don…
Ranchi, June 21 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Tuesday said Yoga education will be included in the state’s school curriculum. “After inducting Yoga in the school education, 15-minute Yoga class will be conducted….
Patna, June 21 (IANS) A special vigilance court here on Tuesday dismissed the interim bail pleas of Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) former chairman Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh and his wife Usha Sinha, police said. The…
Kolkata, June 21 (IANS) The Visva Bharati University in West Bengal is launching a post graduate diploma course in yoga studies in the current academic session as part of its new Yoga Education Centre, eastern…
Patna, June 21 (IANS) Fifty-four children fell ill on Tuesday after eating midday meal at a government school in Bihar’s Aurangabad district, an official said. They were admitted to a Nabinagar hospital where the condition…
Kolkata, June 21 (IANS) In a bid to make children’s commute to and from schools safe, a team at IIT-Kharagpur has designed an electronic tracking system through radio frequency identification (RFID) tags which would soon…
Bhubaneswar, June 20 (IANS) The Odisha government on Monday announced it would bear all expenses of study and boarding of three meritorious poor students who recently cracked all India entrance examinations. “I congratulate them for…
Ahmedabad, June 20 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court on Monday issued notice to the Chief Information Commissioner following a petition filed by the Gujarat University in connection with the controversy over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Delhi University’s Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa College to commence its admission process under the minority status granted to the college in 2011….
Guwahati, June 20 (IANS) Two days after Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal suggested that the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) declare the results of the state civil services examination three hours after holding the viva…
By Anil Sharma Jaipur, June 20 (IANS) Shiv Charan, 82, who appeared in the Rajasthan board’s Class 10 exam for the 47th time a few months back, has failed once again. The results of the…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) on Monday said that it will celebrate the second International Yoga Day on Tuesday by organising several yoga sessions to mark the event. “The first Yoga…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) A rare collection of Quran manuscripts dating back from 15th to 20th centuries will be on a display at two-week long exhibition beginning on Tuesday at the Jamia Millia Islamia…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Educational institutions in India need to strengthen partnerships with technology firms to have a strong platform to launch a new high-achieving student generation, says a new report by software major…