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HRD Ministry announces setting up of 20 new IIITs
The Human Resource Development Ministry has announced the setting up of 20 new Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs).
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China’s Muslims stress on girls’ education
China’s Muslim Hui community is working against acute poverty and gender discrimination to focus on keeping all girls of school-going age in the classroom.
Higher Education
Martial arts, meditation come to Indian theatre
At first sight, martial arts and meditation may seem activities that are miles apart from theatre performances but an on-stage experiment by the department of Indian theatre at Panjab University here is trying to build on...
Higher Education
Court asks AIIMS to admit doctor to master’s course
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to allot a seat in a masters course to an MBBS doctor who was denied this last year due to a...
Higher Education
Modest tuition fee catapults IGNOUs growth
The bulk of the Indira Gandhi National Open University
Higher Education
AMU starts Murshidabad campus
The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Sunday started classes from its Murshidabad campus in West Bengal with the first set of students for two-year MBA and five-year law programmes.
Higher Education
2,860 teachers to be recruited in Delhi University
Delhi University will be recruiting 2, 860 permanent teachers in order to address the issue of faculty crunch.
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Kids of Mirchpur migrants finally admitted to school
Children of Dalit families, who had left Mirchpur village in this Haryana district out of fear of the Jat community and are camping at the district headquarters for the last many days, have been finally admitted...
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Meenakshi Gopinath, Kiran Karnik, Seyed Hasnain appointed as UGC members
The University Grants Commission has appointed three new members in the statutory organization.
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Prof D.K. Gupta is CSMMU’s new VC
Prof D.K. Gupta has been appointed as the new vice-chancellor of Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University in Lucknow.
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UGC to rethink over ban on distance PhD
The University Grants Commission (UGC) will now seek legal opinion on its two-year-old ban on MPhil and PhD courses through distance learning. The decision came after universities have claimed that such a ban is hampering their...
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From humble cycle, he gives lessons in Queen’s English
He stands in front of his bicycle, which is equipped with a loudspeaker, a microphone, some posters and signboards. “I am sure you would not have come across such an innovative setup for English training,” grins...