Thursday remained eventful during the ongoing High School and Intermediate examinations of UP Board as a total of 303 candidates, including 236 boys and 67 girls, were caught using unfair means in examination.
A series of FIRs were lodged by board authorities and Education department which shows how ..
Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia, noting that quality education is must to ensure a holostic development of society, said upgrading of educational system is top on the state's agenda.
The government is spending large sums on improving the education system in the state, Majithia said ..
The English essay paper of 100 marks in the 2013 Civil Services Main Examination, which raised a nation-wide controversy, has been dropped and the earlier practice of two qualifying papers in any Indian language and English restored, government said.
Minister of State for Personnel V Narayanasamy said in ..
The BSE Institute, in association with Taqwaa Advisory and Shariah Investment Solutions (TASIS), has devised an online certification programme in 'Islamic banking, finance and capital markets'.
The programme would be launched tomorrow, it said in a press release.
Islamic banking and finance ..
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said internet which has emerged as a powerful medium should be used for empowerment and not disruption.
"This is the ultimate analysis, the medium is for empowerment, it is not for disruption. Any technology can be used in any way, like an atom can create electricity or ..
A deep sea survey near a remote Japanese island in the Pacific has confirmed a rich deposit of rare earth minerals in mud taken from the seabed, a Japanese research team said.
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology and the University of Tokyo analysed mud samples taken in January from ..
The number of H-1B visas issued by the US could double under a proposed Senate immigration plan which would also remove the cap on the green card, a move likely to benefit Indian-American technology professionals but not the Indian companies.
The Senate immigration plan would dramatically increase the ..
Aslam, who was the officiating VC of the varsity from October 2011 to July 2012, pipped former director of IIT Kanpur S Dhande for the top job.
He has headed several departments of the varsity and served as visiting faculty to as many as 16 institutions in India and abroad.
He is fellow of ..
A world class skill development centre, lucrative incentives to teachers and students and special emphasis on technical education are part of Delhi government's ambitious plans for education sector next fiscal.
In the Budget presented, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit allocated Rs 1,981 crore to the ..
President Pranab Mukherjee said today, the time has come to "redefine" the way education is imparted in India as it is "simply unacceptable" that no Indian university finds a place amongst top global institutions,
Addressing the 90th Convocation of Delhi University, Mukherjee also ..