Education News in India

HRD ministry may bring ordinance on IIIT D&M Kancheepuram 13/Sep/2011
The HRD Ministry is "actively" considering to bring an ordinance to ensure timely award of degrees to students of IIIT D&M Kancheepuram whose career hangs in balance after a bill about the institute could not be passed in the Rajya Sabha. "We had brought an ordinance before also which ..
Amazon in talks to launch digital-book library service 13/Sep/2011
Amazon is in talks with publishers for launching a Netflix like service for digital books, where customers would pay an annual fee to access a library, says a media report. "Amazon.com Inc is talking with book publishers about launching a Netflix Inc like service for digital books, in which customers ..
Sriharikota space centre to be developed into assembling hub 13/Sep/2011
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is drawing up plans to develop the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota into a centre for assembling satellites and rockets in the near future. "Our vision is a quantum jump in satellites and launch vehicles to be dealt with in future years. The ..
IIT students turn teachers by evening 13/Sep/2011
By evening they turn teachers facilitating street urchins and poor children to learn. Ten undergraduates from Indian Institute of Information Technology-Allahabad (IIIT-A) take the pleasure of doing something for the society. The third year students are fighting illiteracy in their own way by teaching the ..
Govt plans to lay 5 lakh km broadband network 13/Sep/2011
The government plans to set up 5 lakh km long broadband network as part of its infotech infrastructure, Minister of State for IT and Communications Milind Deora said. "At the telecom level, we are trying to bring about a new revolution by laying 5 lakh km optic fibre (OFC) broadband network ..
Protest against varsity on indifferent attitude 13/Sep/2011
Charging Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) authorities with adopting an "indifferent" attitude towards Scheduled Castes and Backward classes, a Ph.d scholar with Geography Department began an indefinite fast in front of the Vice Chancellor office here. Rohtash Kumar, who is ..
Oceansat-2 ground station inaugurated in Hyderabad 13/Sep/2011
A state-of-the-art Oceansat-2 ground station (data reception and processing system) was inaugurated by the Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Vilasrao Deshmukh at the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (Incois) here. The Department of Space ..
E-learning programme launched in Karnataka 13/Sep/2011
In an effort to make education more engaging and inclusive, the Karnataka government's Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and software giant Intel India today launched the e-learning pilot 'Computers On Wheels' programme in five districts of the state. The programme, which includes digital instruction ..
CBSE instructs to follow common syllabus for Tamil 12/Sep/2011
CBSE schools seem to have waited even longer than other schools of boards as its board issued a circular recently on September 6 asking its schools to follow the Tamil reader based on the common syllabus for Classes 9 and 10. Although, CBSE schools had the liberty to choose any textbook for subjects till ..
Chinese scientists develop methodologies for mapping Moon 12/Sep/2011
Chinese scientists have claimed to develop methodologies for precise mapping of the Moon, including creating an accurate 3D models of lunar surface. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) said that its surveying experts had successfully developed methodologies for precise mapping of the Moon, ..

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