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Class 12, 10 board exams begin today
Over 769,929 students are set to appear in the Class 12 exam of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) which start on Tuesday, a board official said.
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New pre-matric scholarship scheme for SC, ST students announced
Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, while presenting the Union Budget for 2011-12, has announced that specific allocations are being earmarked towards Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan and Tribal Sub-Plan for the first time in the Budget for 2011-12.
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IIM-Calcutta to boost research and upgrade lab
The Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) plans to utilize the Rs.20 crore special budgetary grant to help students do research in global finance markets and to upgrade its financial research and trading lab.
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Education: key to longer life
Your granny was right after all in insisting that being attentive and studying hard at school and college helped you live longer, besides fending off risks of cardiovascular disease.
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US assures ‘fair’ treatment to Indian students of sham varsity
The US has assured that hundreds of Indian students affected by the closure of a sham US university on charges of visa fraud would be given “fair and appropriate” treatment.
Higher Education
India second largest source of foreign students in New Zealand
India has emerged as the second largest source country after China for international students in New Zealand during 2010-11, according to official figures.
Higher Education
VC appointments in Maharashtra challenged in court
A faculty of the Central India Institute of Mass Communication, Nagpur, has filed a public interest litigation against the state government of Maharashtra urging the court to scan the recent vice-chancellors’ appointments in Maharashtra.
Higher Education
IIT-Kharagpur welcomes budgetary grant
The Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur on Monday welcomed the special budgetary grant of Rs.200 crore ahead of its diamond jubilee, and said the amount will be used for renovation and upgradation of the institution as also...
Higher Education
DU Institute of Life Long Learning to be decentralised
The Institute of Life Long Learning (ILLL) at the Delhi University (CU) will soon be decentralized, as smaller versions of the learning centre that will be located in 12 colleges are about to be set up.
Higher Education
2 courses in computer application organized for teachers at AMU
The Centre for Promotion of Science at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) organized two courses of “Computer Application in Teaching” for teachers from Muslim Managed Educational Institutions and “Introductory Science Course” for teachers from Deeni Madaris.
Higher Education
Recruitment drive in Aligarh Muslim University
For the first time in the history of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), its students’ union organized a recruitment drive, an exercise to break away from the usual political muscle-flexing and rabble-rousing.
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Aligarh varsity film fest in March
The University Film Club of Aligarh Muslim University will organize the 4th national film festival of short films and documentaries – “FILMSAAZ-II” – from March 8 to 10 at the Kennedy Auditorium, organizers said on Saturday.