A group of renowned academicians in West Bengal on Wednesday expressed "deep concern" over "sharp escalation" of violence in educational institutions, and urged all to take a firm and active stand on the menace.
A statement signed by 40 academicians from reputed educational ..
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today extended financial assistance from his relief fund to 18 poor and meritorious students for
pursuing higher education.
Giving away assistance of Rs 1.80 lakh to the students, who hail from different districts, Bhattacharjee congratulated their parents ..
Luxury car maker BMW India today said it would create 1,200 jobs in the dealer and service network by 2011.
"BMW India would employ around 400 people by the end of 2010. Upto 1,200 jobs will be created in the dealer and service network in 2011," BMW India said in a statement.
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A Tuticorin-based Indian physician has won the 2010 JCI (TOYP) Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World Award for Medical Innovation.
Dr Gifty Immanuel, who lives and works in India, is pursuing the Master of Studies in the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations programme via e-learning.
He was ..
It now appears as a well-coordinated move of the Congress aimed at stealing the ‘Telangana’ thunder from the TRS: The region’s Congress MPs sit on an indefinite fast on Monday demanding the withdrawal of all cases lodged against students in connection with the state-wide agitation since last year. And ..
In a significant move to foster studies on India's heritage and culture, the National Museum Institute (NMI) of History of Art, Conservation and Museology and Indira Gandhi National Open University (Ignou) have come together to offer a range of programmes and courses through a collaborative mode. These courses and ..
Karnataka is thinking of doing away with the powers of Block Education Officers following a suggestion by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, a lobby of private schools in the state. The BEOs get their authority from state draft rules of Karnataka and these in turn are authorised by the Right to Education Act.
The ..
All government colleges in Haryana will run computer education courses to prepare youth from the state for the information technology (IT) industry, a senior official of the state's higher education department said today.
"Haryana's Department of Higher Education has planned to introduce computer ..
Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramkrishnan today said the study of ribosomes, which produce proteins that in turn control the chemistry in all living organisms, has started showing results, but the subject still requires extensive research.
"Ribosome (a kind of protein factory) has started showing its ..
The Madras HC severely reprimanded a college management for demanding fee for the whole 5 1/2 years from a first-year student who was not willing to continue in the same institution.
M Khallel Ahmed, a student joined BNYS course (Bachelor of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences) in S V S Medical College of Yoga ..