Washington, May 13 (IANS) The Obama administration has told schools to allow transgender students to use the toilets that match their chosen gender identity. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said it would protect transgender students from…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed all disciplinary action, including rustication orders, against JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya and others, on the condition that…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi has named its sports complex after former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and a new pavilion after Virendra Sehwag. “We have decided to…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) In an effort to contribute further to the “Digital India” initiative, chip-making giant Intel India on Friday launched an initiative to strengthen the use of technology in the country’s education…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The smart use of sustainable fabric along with her mother’s age-old sari incorporated in a modern creation has landed Jaipur-based Megha Sharma a two-week internship at a prestigious New Zealand…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the state government on a plea challenging a guest teacher’s removal from the post and delay in confirming 17,000 such teachers…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) At least five candidates who were supported by the Ministry of Minority Affairs with scholarships have succeeded in clearing the civil services exams this year, Union minister Najma Heptulla said…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Focusing on educating young children by engaging them through muppets featuring in TV serial Galli Galli Sim Sim, Sesame Workshop in India and MetLife Foundation has launched a new multi-media…
Kolkata: All India Democratic Students’ Organisation (AIDSO) activists stage a demonstration against National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) in Kolkata, on May 12, 2016. In a set-back to some states and private medical colleges who were trying…
By Nirendra Dev New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Elite educational institutes like Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) should have no place for caste discrimination, but this prevails in an “overt and covert” manner in the varsity,…
By Aditya Baruah Rani (Assam), May 12 (IANS) Forty-five-year-old Dhaneswar Boro is excited that his days of illiteracy are over. He can now write his name is Assamese and he is gradually getting to know…
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) Age is no bar for learning, nor are the walls of a jail. Condemned to prison life nearly eight years ago as an illiterate, Bhola Malakar at 53 now boasts of…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) A group of teachers, students and education workers from various universities in West Bengal on Wednesday condemned the recent “attack” on Jadavpur University students and faculty by the “ABVP and other…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The government on Wednesday said it favoured holding a general common medical entrance test for admissions in MBBS and BDS courses but the test should be conducted from next year….
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Launching an attack on Delhi University over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree, the AAP on Wednesday sought to know if the university had computers in 1978. Again highlighting the “discrepancies”…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will attend the centenary year celebrations of Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi on Thursday, officials said. On a two-day visit to Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, the president…
Pune, May 11 (IANS) Defying all odds, including religious discrimination that forced him to adopt a Hindu identity, a 21-year old Muslim boy from Maharashtra has cracked the prestigious UPSC examinations, the results of which…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) The Jadavpur University authorities have to be kept in the loop on permits issued by the alumni association to rent out the Triguna Sen auditorium for programmes, it was decided at…
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BA degree was genuine, the Delhi University said on Tuesday. Registrar Tarun Das said the university had checked its records and it found that the PM’s…
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice Chancellor M. Jagdeesh Kumar on Tuesday adjourned an academic council meeting after a group of teachers and students pressed their demand to discuss the high-level enquiry…