New Delhi: The prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has announced its admission process for the 2012-13 academic session. It is for the first time that the varsity has introduced an online application process and the sale and submission of application forms, both online and offline will sta...

Mumbai: Showcasing air shows, design challenges and workshops for aero-enthusiasts, the two-day annual aviation festival of the Indian Institute of Technology kickstarts here on Saturday.Titled 'Zephyr', the 10th edition of the festival, is organized by the Aerospace Engineering Association of IIT-B...

Washington: A complaint from an Indian-American student who was near the top of his high school class but was rejected by both Harvard and Princeton universities has triggered an investigation by the US Education Department.The unnamed Indian-American student in California complained that the two un...

Beijing: China will send 30,000 experts to encourage talents at the grassroot levels in its small towns and villages as part of a special programme.According to sources with Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the programme will take five years to send the experts to serve in regions un...

New Delhi: The Institute of Company secretaries of India ( ICSI), a premier National Professional body established by Act of Parliament to develop and regulate the Profession of Company Secretaries has launched a new syllabus for CS Foundation Programme today, at New Delhi. The CS Foundation program...

Pune: The Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) Pune has announced that the prospectus and application form for AFMC MBBS Entrance Examination 2012 will be available only online from February 6, 2012.The AFMC MBBS course, commencing from August 1, 2012, has a total of 130 seats, including a maximum of...

New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will conduct the Combined Defence Services Examination (I) 2012 on February 12, 2012 (Sunday) at 41 Centers all over India.For the convenience of candidates, the Commission has this year introduced the facility of generating e-Admit Card (Admissi...

New Delhi: The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has launched a new syllabus for the Company Secretary (CS) Foundation Programme, which will be effective from February 1, 2012 and the examination under this new syllabus will be held from December 2012 session of CS examinations.Unde...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the government and the UPSC on a petition challenging the new pattern for an English paper in the preliminary examination for civil services.Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri sought the responses by March 14 after the petitioner said the p...

Pune: Over 1,100 students and teachers of the reputed Vidya Valley School here screamed with joy when Vandana Suryawanshi became the first foreign teacher to be chosen for a prestigious US space programme next April. And she herself is already looking forward to sharing the knowledge she gains there...

Beijing: Authorities in a China city have prohibited schools and kindergartens from carrying out palm-reading tests, conducted to ascertain children's intelligence and professional aptitude."We have issued a circular to criticise the three kindergartens that offered palm-reading tests for 1,200 yuan...

Agartala: Following a two-month-long tussle between the university management and the employees, authorities at Tripura's ICFAI University on Tuesday ordered closed the varsity for an indefinite period.The Hyderabad-based ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education had established the Institute of Charter...

New Delhi: The Indian government on Tuesday revised economic growth for 2010-11 down to 8.4 percent from the earlier estimate of 8.5 percent."The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at factor cost at constant prices in 2010-11 has registered a growth of 8.4 percent over the previous year," according to pro...

Guwahati: As Asia's influence in the world economy grows, the youngest Indian Institute of Management - IIM Shillong - plans to teach a lesson or two on how the Chinese, boasting of the biggest economic powerhouses in the region, do business.The Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management at Shillon...

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education will conduct the AIEEE 2012 online examination in 22 cities from 07th May, 2012 (Monday) to 26th May, 2012 and the dates are 7th May, 12th May, 19th May and 26th May, 2012.Earlier the last date of registration for the AIEEE 2012 online test was 31....

New Delhi: In an attempt to address anxieties of students and parents, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will start from Wednesday the first phase of counseling for those appearing for board examinations this year.Students can dial the toll-free number 1800-180-3456 between 8 a.m. to m...

New Delhi: Recognising Aung San Suu Kyi's over two-decade fight for democracy in Myanmar, Delhi's Jamia Milia Islamia will confer an honorary doctorate degree on her very soon.Jamia Milia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung announced this at a seminar on "Myanmar: Bridging South and Southeast Asia" ...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed Metropolitan Magistrate Twinkle Wadhwa to pursue her Ph.D. course from Delhi University and directed the university to take a decision on her plea to relax the condition on taking a two-year study leave.The court said the academic council of the univ...

Washington: A teacher from Maharashtra in India has been chosen for the US Space Foundation's elite 2012 Flight of Teacher Liaisons programme.Vandana Suryawanshi of Vidya Valley School in Maharashtra is a middle school educator who has been teaching biology, earth science and general science for 20 ...

New Delhi: With only five percent of its people able to speak "good English", Algeria has invited Indians to teach the language in its universities, according to the envoy of the largely Arabic and French-speaking North African nation.Some 100 institutes affiliated to 13 Algerian universities need n...