Education News in India

Policy changes must for more women in science: Nirupama Rao 6/Jan/2012
Making a strong pitch for out-of-the-box thinking, India's Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao favoured policy interventions to encourage participation and retention of women in the science and technology sector. "It is time to think out of the box, think big if we have to emerge as global leader ..
Frankenstein ants created 6/Jan/2012
Scientists have created what they claim are "Frankenstein" ants, called "supersoldiers", after they discovered a unique way to activate genes in normal ants that turn them into creatures with gigantic heads and jaws. An Asian-origin researcher-led team at McGill University in ..
Chilean Govt erases word "Dictatorship" in Textbooks 6/Jan/2012
The Chilean government has replaced the word "dictatorship" with "military regime" in primary school history textbooks in reference to Augusto Pinochet's administration (1973-1990), leading to an uproar from the opposition parties. The decision was taken by the Ministry of ..
NIIT Tech wins two more police projects 6/Jan/2012
Having successfully commissioned the Border Security Force Intranet project for the central government, NIIT Technology said it will enhance its focus on state police departments and it has already won five deals in different states. "When we had won this Rs 229 crore Intranet ..
RBS, Societe Generale may cut over 11,500 jobs 6/Jan/2012
More than 11,500 banking jobs could be axed globally as a result of separate restructuring initiatives being undertaken by two European banks, RBS and Societe Generale, media reports have said. The job cuts comes in the wake of the banking sector, especially investment banking ..
Education dept yet to wake up to National Year of Mathematics 6/Jan/2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh might have declared 2012 as the National Year of Mathematics. But the message is yet to catch up with school education department officials. "He has just announced it. We are yet to chalk out any special programmes for promoting math skills among students," said an ..
No CET, only central test for MBA aspirants 6/Jan/2012
More than 1 lakh students will heave a sigh of relief as the state technical education directorate has decided to scrap the Common Entrance Test (CET) for admission to the two-year MBA/ MMS programme in the state. From 2013, admission to colleges like Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies and ..
Fish oil may help cure leukaemia: Scientists 6/Jan/2012
An Indian-origin scientist-led team has produced a compound from fish oil that targets and kills leukaemia stem cells. It is a key finding which they say could pave the way for new and effective treatments for the blood cancer. In experiments on mice, researchers at the Pennsylvania ..
Huge population makes difficult NCC training for all: Ansari 6/Jan/2012
Imparting NCC training to all the youths would have benefited the country but the huge population has made it a "difficult task", Vice President Hamid Ansari said. Inaugurating the annual NCC Republic Day Camp here, Ansari said, "Country would have benefited a lot had it been possible to ..
School timing changed to 9.30 am in Punjab 6/Jan/2012
Punjab government has decided to change the morning timing of schools from 9:00 am to 9:30 am in all government-run senior secondary and primary schools in the wake of foggy conditions prevailing in northern region. A spokesman of Punjab Education Department in a release said the morning time of the ..

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