With an aim of providing support to institutions of excellence, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram pledged a grant of Rs. 100 crore each to Aligarh Muslim University, Banaras Hindu University, Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage.
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The CBI raided a dental college here as part of its investigation into the bribe scam involving Dental Council of India members for granting approval of certain courses.
Police said a five-member team from CBI raided the Sri Ramakrishna Dental College and hospital to verify documents.
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In a bid to boost scientific innovations that can improve the life of the common man, the government announced setting up of a Rs 2,000 crore fund to help encourage and finance such products.
Presenting the General Budget in Lok Sabha, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said that Ministry of Science ..
The education sector received a 17 per cent jump with an allocation Rs. 65,867 crore for 2013-14 fiscal, but HRD Minister M. M. Pallam Raju termed it as "little" increase and said he would be asking for more to meet the goals.
He said that with the RTE deadline coming to an end on March 31 for ..
Some people do not learn from their mistakes because their brain may be less active, according to a new research led by an Indian origin scientist.
The research, led by Professor Joydeep Bhattacharya in the Department of Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, examined what it is about the brain ..
As a result of sequestration, automatic spending cuts that comes into effect on March 1, as many as 70,000 students might be deprived of their educations grants and more than 14,000 school teachers could very well lose their jobs, the US Education Secretary warned today.
"Kids are going to get hurt. ..
Prof. Francois Gros, a French scholar and researcher in the French government administered French Institute of Puducherry, has been selected for the President's 'Kural Peedam' award for 2008-2009.
The award, in recognition of his scholarly works on classical Tamil, will be presented to him here on March ..
The Parliamentary Standing Committee, in its report tabled in the House on Monday, has questioned almost every provision in the Universities for Research and Innovation Bill 2012. It has pointed to the absence of regulatory and accountability mechanisms for varsities and opposed the entry of foreign universities and ..
Health for all and education for all remain one of the highest priorities of the government, and accordingly, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday proposed to allocate Rs. 37,330 crore to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in the Budget 2013-14.
Of this, the new National Health Mission that ..
Come Saturday, the 104-year-old Indian Institute of Science will open its doors to all for an event that will see research students and faculty of the institution demonstrate the principles of science.
The annual event will be held a day before the Founder's Day celebrations at the institution. Last ..