Education News in India

Madras HC Upholds revised norms of AICTE for SC/ST students admission in .. 19/Apr/2013
This year, SC/ST students seeking admission to engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu must have a minimum score of 40% in Class 12. Thwarting the state government's attempt to bring down the eligibility criterion to a mere pass (35%), the Madras high court on Thursday upheld the revised norms of the All India Council for ..
Efficient and reliable method of analysing brain activity to detect autism .. 18/Apr/2013
Neuroscientists have developed an efficient and reliable method of analysing brain activity to detect autism in children with 94 per cent accuracy. Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in US and the University of Toronto recorded and analysed dynamic patterns of brain ..
Hobbits may actually have been a dwarf version of an early human species .. 18/Apr/2013
Hobbits a metre high, tiny brained people, whose remains were found on an Indonesian island, may actually have been a dwarf version of an early human species, claim scientists. Researchers have found that the creatures may have shrunk as a result of island dwarfism as it adapted to its environment...
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 ..

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