Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) Two educational institutions have denied reports that they have been “blacklisted” by the US government after some students from India were deported last week, and others not allowed to board…
Lucknow, Dec 23 (IANS) The Center for Inter-disciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health (Ci3) at the University of Chicago will get a $1 million grant for the next two years from the…
Agartala, Dec 21 (IANS) The Tripura government will introduce yoga as a subject in schools from classes one to eight from the next academic year beginning January, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here on Monday….
Tehran, Dec 19 (IANS) Tehran’s educational office announced on Saturday that schools and kindergartens in the Iranian capital will be closed on Sunday and Monday due to the alarming high air pollution in the city….
Aligarh, Dec 19 (IANS) Urdu has played a vital role during India’s freedom struggle and became instrumental in uniting Indian society “but still Urdu has failed to get its due place”, said Mohammad Aslam, Vice-Chancellor…
New York, Dec 14 (IANS) Fewer than half of high schools and only a fifth of middle schools in the US teach all the topics recommended as essential for sexual health education, a new survey…
New York, Dec 14 (IANS) Doing a PhD may require you to invest a few extra years in education, but the degree can help you earn higher-than-average salaries, new research suggests. Recipients of the PhD…
Patna: Bihar Minister Ashok Choudhary addresses a press conference in Patna on Dec 10, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Patna, Dec 10 (IANS) Bihar will use social network Facebook to help students appearing for the Class 10…
Sonipat (Haryana), Dec 3 (IANS) With 16 institutes among the top 200 places for higher education, India is placed third on the latest list of Times Higher Education BRICS and Emerging Economies Rankings, after China…
Dubai, Nov 30 (IANS) A 15-year-old Indian student here has scored a perfect 2400/2400 in the coveted Scholastic Aptitude Test exams held on November 7, a media report said on Monday. Sanchit Kapoor, who has…
Chandigarh, Nov 22 (IANS) Noted filmmaker-lyricist Gulzar has been appointed as ‘Tagore Professor of Indian Literature’ at Panjab University here. The appointment was approved by the PU syndicate, the institution’s decision-making body, on Sunday. “Panjab…
Chennai, Nov 19 (IANS) An Indian bureaucrat on Thursday regaled an audience here by revealing how he ended up heading the department of chemicals and petrochemicals despite faring badly in chemistry in school. Surjit Kumar…
New York, Nov 18 (IANS) A US university has passed a “diversity resolution” following a demand to create an “inclusion climate” for minority students after an Indian-origin student faced discrimination. The authorities at the University…
Washington, Nov 17 (IANS) In a first, researchers from the University of Washington have refrigerated water and other liquids with a laser under real-world conditions. Since the first laser was invented in 1960, those concentrated…
Dharamsala, Nov 17 (IANS) Nearly three years ago the globetrotting elderly Buddhist monk the Dalai Lama came out with a perfect prescription for the first time in history to empower the nuns. His decision encouraged…
Washington, Nov 17 (IANS) Harvard University said on Monday it received “unconfirmed” bomb threat which prompted the university to evacuate four buildings on its campus. “We received an unconfirmed bomb threat affecting the Science Centre,…
New York, Nov 7 (IANS) A “large scale” sexting scandal involving hundreds of students and their explicit photos – some of as young as eighth-graders – at a US high school has left parents outraged…
AP moots skill development training for BC artisans The State Government will soon set up a skill development and training centre each in all the 13 BC Study Circles of State to provide training to…
The University of California, Berkeley, has expressed its interest in setting up two research centres in agriculture and basic sciences. Chief secretary IYR Krishna Rao has received a letter to this effect from the university….
Meat Delicacies, Ham, Sausage, Salami, Hot dogs, Small sausages London, Oct 23 (IANS) Bacon, ham and sausages have the same cancer risk as cigarettes, according to a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), set…