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Tamil Nadu polls won’t be postponed
The Madras High Court on Wednesday ruled that the Tamil Nadu assembly elections cannot be postponed due to school exams but laid down conditions so that students are not affected.
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Haier launches new range of 3D LED TV
Haier, one of the largest Home Appliances & Consumer Electronics brands, worldwide, and the global no.1 in refrigerators and laundry appliances today, launched their new range of 3D LED TV in India.
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IGNOU holds conference on psychological measurement
Modern societies, including India, are in a flux and need the intervention of disciplines like psychology to understand the complex problems and issues faced by people, said Pro-VC Prof P.R. Ramanujam while inaugurating the two-day national...
Higher Education
Three day programme on design, construction inaugurated at AMU
A three-day training programme on “Design and Construction of Flexible and Rigid Pavements” for engineers of rural engineering service of the government of Uttar Pradesh was organized by the Department of Civil Engineering of the Aligarh...
Higher Education
Apex court nod for common MBBS entrance test
The Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for implementing the Medical Council of India’s (MCI) notification providing for a common entrance test for undergraduate medical courses leading to the award of MBBS degrees.
Higher Education
AICTE to refuse approval to part-time courses at B schools
The All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) has decided to not permit any technical education programmes to be operated on either a part-time or evening basis at any technical institution.
K-12
CAG to submit audit report against 25 private schools
The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) to submit its audit report on 25 elite private schools that had complained of facing a financial burden because of having to pay...
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Building national character – in a lab
Peeved at the rising cases of corruption in India, a Pune-based NGO has come up with the idea of a laboratory to help build character in the next generation.
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Indians feel vindicated, but British professor denies plagiarism
Two Indian researchers who have been relentlessly pursuing a plagiarism charge against a British professor for over three years say they are at last vindicated, but the latter insists there was no violation.
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Tri-Valley won’t affect Indian enrolment in US – Experts
As another season of US education fairs comes around, education experts say the Tri-Valley University incident will not deter Indian students from coming to America but those seeking admission should make thorough enquiries first
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Homeland Security ponders fate of Tri-Valley students
The fate of hundreds of Indian students of a sham US university not implicated in the investigation of visa fraud by the closed school is under “active discussion” by US authorities.
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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).