The UPA government has been initiating steps to ensure that aspiring students from across the country secure admission in schools under the RTE Act by year end, Union HRD Minister M Pallam Raju said.
"We (government) are taking steps to ensure that all eligible children secure admission in schools ..
Women may have smaller brains than men, but they are more efficient at completing a task, a new study has claimed.
It has been a mystery for scientists why women show no difference in intelligence, although their brains are eight per cent smaller than men's.
Neuroscientists at the ..
Playing action video games can boost reading skills in dyslexic children, a new study has found.
In fact, 12 hours of video game play did more for reading skills than is normally achieved with a year of spontaneous reading development or demanding traditional reading treatments, according to the study ..
The process of converting the Bengal Engineering and Science University in Sibpur, West Bengal into an institute of national importance was set in motion with the Government introducing a legislation in this regard in the Lok Sabha.
The National Institute of Technology, Science Education and Research ..
The number of children in the country expected to come online by 2017 is likely to more than triple to 134 million from about 40 million last year, according to a study by Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
"For India, the study expects 95 million new children to come online by 2017 (in other words, the ..
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said the government will not issue licences to new private universities in the state, saying they are "not needed in a small state".
"The Himachal government shall not give any fresh permission to any private university in the state," ..
Majority of working women in the country prefer greater flexibility at workplace and they define professional success as the right balance between work and personal life, says a survey.
Professional networking site LinkedIn's survey released today said that 94 per cent of Indian women felt that they have ..
British companies are looking for opportunities in India, especially in the infrastructure space that is expected to see investments worth USD 1 trillion in five years, according to global consultancy Deloitte.
Apart from infrastructure, UK companies are also interested to invest in other high growth ..
A girl student of Class VI was allegedly raped by a constable of the Indian Reserve Battalion after he forced her to drink alcohol at Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh, official sources said.
The student of a government higher secondary school, who was raped on March 2 recovered consciousness ..
Sixty-four students of a women's college near here could not appear in the final year plus two arts examination as the college authorities failed to issue them admit cards, police said here.
After being directed by the Sub-Collector, Jajpur, the students of Regional Women's College at Bandhamunda had ..