New Delhi: Concerned over some parliamentarians demand to scrap the restrictions on sale of tobacco products near schools and colleges, a voluntary organisation here has appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to take steps that would affect youngsters.
A small group of MPs (Members of Parliament) ..
ItanagarL: The education department in Arunachal Pradesh is all set to strike hard to improve better organisation,development, control and management in the state.
The concept, conceived by Education Minister Bosiram Siram, is aimed at ensuring efficient and convenient educational administration in the ..
Coimbatore: To meet the increasing industry requirements, a leading industrial group in the city today announced setting up of a Business school, which would offer Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Banking and Insurance).
The Suguna Spark Business School would offer multi-specialistion in various ..
Ahmedabad: Final placements at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM-A) got underway today, adopting the newly introduced 'Cohort-Based' system. " A batch of 290 candidates from IIM-A is slated to find placements in leading multi-national firms in sectors such as marketing, finance and banking," a member of ..
Madurai: A 'Model Study Centre' of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will start functioning in Madurai.
Covering 17 districts in the state the model centre is mulled to be for the entire Madurai region directly managed by the varsity.
The model study centre in Madurai will ..
Melbourne: Overseas student enrolments in Australian varsities have taken a serious dive following a spate of attacks on Indian students.
There are now calls for a body to represent the interests of the entire private education sector of Australia to help repair the damage. Andrew Smith, from the ..
Thiruvananthapuram: A meeting of representatives of medical professionals in Kerala Thursday opposed the state government's move to appoint science post-graduates as teachers in the state-run medical colleges.
Addressing reporters, Director of Medical Education V. Geetha said the general opinion was that ..
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government is bringing a stringent law, from the next academic session, to prevent ragging in the educational institutions which will punish a student with 2 years in jail and Rupees 10000 fine for being involved in the unlawful act.
The State government yesterday introduced a bill ..
Kolkata: The English Teaching Centre, as the language school has been christened, is coming up on one floor of Mahadevi Birla Girls HS School on Darga Road.
The decision to set up the school away from its library and administrative office was taken keeping in mind the demand for English language courses ..
New Delhi: Hindi-speaking learners of Information Technology and Computer applications will now be able to have better interactions with course instructors and counsellors following the launch of Open Course Guide system by the Indira Gandhi National Open University.
''The system can translate the content ..