Education News in India

Short-lived stress primes the brain for improved performance and optimal .. 18/Apr/2013
Being over worked and stressed may have a positive side, say scientists who found short-lived stress primes the brain for improved performance and optimal alertness. Researchers from University of California, Berkeley uncovered exactly how acute stress short lived, not chronic primes the brain for ..
Scientists develop computerised fabrics that change their colour and shape .. 18/Apr/2013
Scientists have taken a quantum leap in textile design by developing computerised fabrics that change their colour and shape in response to movement of the human body. Joanna Berzowska, professor and chair of the Department of Design and Computation Arts at Concordia University, Canada has developed ..
TCS will give wage hikes averaging about seven per cent this year to its .. 18/Apr/2013
Software major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said it will give wage hikes averaging about seven per cent this year to its employees in India, along with 100 per cent variable pay. Ajoy Mukherjee, EVP and Head, Global Human Resources, said, "We will give 100 per cent variable pay for the quarter. ..
Games using words and pictures can help people to learn a new language .. 18/Apr/2013
Researchers from The University of Nottingham found that using fun, informal ways of learning not only helped complete novices to acquire a new language but also made more traditional methods of language learning more effective. Researcher Marie-Josee Bisson of the University's School of Psychology, who ..
Draft guidelines on regulating sale of junk food in and around school .. 18/Apr/2013
The Centre informed the Delhi High Court that draft guidelines on regulating sale of junk food and aerated drinks in and around school premises would be ready by July this year. Appearing before a bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath, Additional Solicitor General Rajeeve Mehra said ..
People having younger outlook in life are healthier in old age 18/Apr/2013
Old age may be a state of mind as well as the body, say scientists who found that people who have a younger outlook in life are healthier in old age. According to a new study, older adults who categorise themselves as old and frail encourage attitudinal and behavioural confirmation of that ..
PGIMER Chandigarh launches satellite centre at North East 18/Apr/2013
Chandigarh-based Post graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research launched a satellite centre at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences. The satellite centre set up here for advanced child healthcare in collaboration with PGIMER would ..
Mumbai HC directs state PWD to decide on new lift for a south Mumbai .. 18/Apr/2013
In a respite to pre-primary students of Dunne's Institute in south Mumbai, the Bombay High Court directed the state PWD to decide on a plea made by the trust owning the building, seeking permission to install a new lift, which could be used by the students. Presently, the students have to climb six floors ..
Working from temporary campuses has not affected the standard of education .. 17/Apr/2013
The delay in construction of the campuses of the eight new IITs has not affected the "standards of education" and pace of research, Union Minister of Human Resource Development M M Pallam Raju said here. Referring to IIT-Jodhpur, he said that the institution has done remarkable job in the field ..
Indian IT professionals in US are happy with the proposed immigration bill 17/Apr/2013
Indian IT professionals in the US have welcomed the proposed immigration bill on several counts, particularly the Green Card, introduction of merit-based visa and increase in H-1B visa quota. Thousands of Indian IT professionals, most of whom here work on the H-1B visa, are jubilant over the proposal ..

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