Thirteen-year-old Indian- American Arvind Mahankali today won the Scripps National Spelling Bee contest as children from the community scripted history by dominating the prestigious competition for the sixth year in a row, grabbing top three slots this year.
Arvind, from New York, won the contest by ..
More and more Indian children in Singapore are learning Tamil, one of the city state''s official languages, as their parents are showing a renewed interest in the language and the South Indian culture.
“Though Tamil is being taught in Singapore since 1928 by the mission and other institutions, there ..
When it comes to getting ahead in the workplace, women are their own worst enemy, a new survey has claimed.
Women''s reluctance to ask for a raise acts as a roadblock when it comes to advancements in the workplace, according to the survey.
The survey, which was conducted in March among 954 ..
Backing the Delhi University's proposal to introduce a four-year long degree programme, Minister of State for HRD Shashi Tharoor said it was potentially very, very positive. In my view, this is potentially very, very positive. We have to see how it works out in practice. But we have time to get it right. Don't forget ..
Haryana government issued directions for constituting a committee headed by vice-chancellor of Kurukshetra University, to bring further improvements in higher education system of the state.
The committee, which will be headed by vice-chancellor Lt Gen (Retd) D D S Sandhu, would also explore possibilities ..
A three-day short term executive programme titled Project and Infrastructure Financing by Professor M S. Narasimhan & Pratap G Subramanyam is being conducted by Executive Education of IIM Bangalore from 19th to 21st June 2013
This programme will provide expert conceptual and practical insights on the ..
Vice president Mohammed Hamid Ansari has said that Muslims should adopt modern education to overcome their "social and economic backwardness". "(Lack of) Education is the biggest impediment to the community's progress, prosperity and empowerment," he said after inaugurating a two-day Muslim Education ..
Indian students should not be misled by reports and shun British institutions, UK''s business minister said here today asserting that no cap on the number of overseas students in the country.
In some of the Indian vernacular newspapers the message has gone out that the British no longer want Indian ..
The Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) will on June 1 become the country's first academic institution to offer a helicopter ferry service. To be run by Pawan Hans from the institute's runway, the facility would initially offer flights to Lucknow. It would be extremely handy for IIT guests, faculty, ..
St Stephen's college has reserved six seats "scattered over various courses" for students who will opt for Urdu in modern Indian languages course and also study it as discipline course II — or 'minor' — from the third semester.
"We reserved the seats to ensure that those who ..