The issue of permission granted to large number of private universities to set up campuses in Himachal Pradesh and land purchased by them, rocked Himachal Assembly with members questioning the credentials of these universities and the degrees being awarded by them.
Raising the question during Question ..
A Bill seeking to make composition of Medical Council of India compact and representative and empower the Central government to discharge its functions effectively to ensure proper development of medical education in the country was tabled in the Rajya Sabha.
The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, ..
US researchers found healthy-weight two-year-olds who regularly drank skimmed milk were 57 per cent more likely to be overweight or obese at four, as those who drank full-fat milk.
They asked parents of almost 11,000 two-year-olds what type of milk they gave them: skimmed, one per cent fat, two per cent ..
According to new research by Accenture, more than two-thirds of companies doing business in India plan to expand their operations in rural markets.
Around 67 per cent of companies doing business in India plan to rapidly accelerate the expansion of their businesses in rural markets, the report said, ..
Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has hailed the Asian entrepreneurial spirit at an awards ceremony where leading business and industrial magnates, including those of Indian-origin, were honoured.
Clegg told a gathering of leading British Asian entrepreneurs at the The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) ..
To promote social responsibility and to alleviate the plight of villagers, SPECTRUM, the junior college students association of KC College, contributed Rs 50,000 the drought affected villages of Maharashtra.
The initiative, in association with Giants International will aid over 100 villagers across ..
A bill to establish 20 more Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and declare the four existing ones as institutions of national importance was introduced in the Lok Sabha.
The new IIITs would be set up under the public-private partnership mode, with the HRD Ministry, the state governments ..
Five engineers who helped create the Internet were awarded a USD 1.5 million prize which British organisers hope will come to be seen as equivalent to a Nobel prize for engineering.
Robert Kahn, Vinton Cerf and Marc Andreessen of the United States will share the first ever 1.2 million euro Queen Elizabeth ..
To fulfil its ambitions despite limited financial support from the West Bengal government, a cash-crunched Presidency University is launching a campaign to seek funds from its vast network of alumni and corporate houses.
By next month the varsity will have flyers distributed through students and messages ..
The 29th literary awards instituted by Priyadarshni Academy in the memory of late Shiv Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray and other eminent personalities will be presented to winners on March 20 here.
The awards carry a purse of Rs 25,000 and a trophy each.
The Balasaheb Thackeray Memorial ..