For "a long time to come", the conventional fission nuclear technology will be inevitable for ensuring India's energy security, though the global scientific community is looking for new breakthroughs in the fusion technology, said Dr R Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, here ..
Mahan Maharaj, a senior researcher at the Howrah-based Ramkrishna Mission Vivekananda University, was among 11 scientists selected for the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, India's highest science award.
Maharaj and Palash Kumar of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata received the ..
Taking a serious view of the reluctance shown by medicos in Maharashtra to work in rural areas for a year after their graduation, the state government is considering a proposal to stop financial assistance to those students who don't want to fulfil the bond.
"Nearly Rs 30-40 lakh ..
Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda has asked the Union Environment Ministry to clear a pending proposal regarding persion of deemed forest land in Tumkur district for setting up a university there.
In a letter to Environment and Forest minister Jayanthi Natarajan, Gowda said ..
Observing that global job crisis is still persisting despite improvement in the financial situation, India suggested the global community to take adequate steps to stop the problem from aggravating.
"Though world economy has improved from the financial crisis, yet the global job crisis is not over. ..
Fast running developments in nanotechnology is likely to march ahead of Information Technology all over the world, a top official said here.
Speaking to reporters here, Dr K A Moly, convenor of a two day national seminar on "Emerging Trends in Nanotechnology" here, said nanotechnology ..
Top Malaysian businessmen have come together to set up a welfare fund to boost the quality of education in the country, a move which will greatly benefit local Tamil schools and other vernacular learning institutions.
Calling it a "very creative approach", Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak ..
The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) has announced the appointment of three new members to its board of directors: Ajit Rangnekar, dean, Indian School of Business and former country head, Price Waterhouse Consulting; Xiongwen Lu, dean, School of Management, Fudan University, Shanghai and founding director of ..
Kredent Academy introduced its flagship programme, Certified Professional Trader (CPT) –a first of its kind in India. This four month full-time course is designed to create a strong pool of professional traders in the Indian market. The curriculum covers a range of trading strategies and asset classes, from ..
“Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. In a world dominated by first impressions and craving for that elusive quality called elegance, a workshop which aims to bring about a complete development in women becomes doubly important. The Education Times in ..