London: Amid increasing number of students coming to Britain, migration has risen by more than 20 percent last year in the country, a report said on Thursday.Net long-term immigration was 196,000 last year, compared with 163,000 in 2008. The number of visas issued to students rose 35 percent to 362,...

Chandigarh: Amid apprehensions of violence among various student groups, Panjab University (PU) authorities on Thursday announced that the student council elections will be held on September 3.The elections for the Panjab University Campus Students' Council (PUCSC) will be held on the same day as el...

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a legislation to establish a transnational university at Nalanda in Bihar with many MPs expressing the hope that the proposed varsity would be on the lines of the renowned seat of learning in ancient India.Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kau...

New Delhi: About 60,000 children in 120 schools across three Indian cities will participate in fun games, puzzles and brain tickling trail hunts in the search for the Airtel Nat Geo Young Explorer, it was announced here on Thursday."The contest is primarily targeting approximately 60,000-plus childr...

New Delhi: An online competition to promote Mahatma Gandhi's ideals among the school children across Delhi commenced on Thursday at the Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Jitin Prasada's home. "The online entry submission for the competition 'Gandhi and Sport Gen 2010' has begun today (...

London: About 69,000 children bunk school every day in Britain, official figures have revealed. More than 3.7 million school days were lost in this year's spring term due to unauthorized absence, The Sun reported on Thursday. The rise is partly blamed on more recession-hit families taking kids on ho...

New Delhi: Over one lakh students are expected to vote in the September 3 Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) polls, a university official said on Thursday, adding that campaigning in cars in the campus has been banned this year."Fifty-one colleges in both the north and south campuses will go to ...

Hyderabad: Unfazed by the row over his nationality, world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand on Tuesday played chess against 40 maths wizards simultaneously at the ongoing International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) here.Moving from one table to another, the Grand Master made his moves with ease a...

Wardha, Maharashtra: Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya (MGAHV) is inviting applications for admission to the following courses:1) M.A. (Hindi)2) M.A. (Rural Development)3) M.S.W.4) M.J.M.C.5) M.Lib.6) B.J.M.C.7) B.Lib.8) Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development9) Post Graduate Di...

Bangalore: Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME) is inviting applications for its two-year Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM).To be eligible for applying for the programme, candidates should have cleared ATMA / CAT / MAT / XAT with at least 77 percentile marks. Candidate...

Ahmedabad: The Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is inviting applications for admission into its Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) in the following areas of specialization:1) Agriculture2) Business Policy3) Economics4) Finance and Accounting5) Computer and Information System6) Ma...

Bangalore: The second international space exhibition and conference began here on Wednesday with global space agencies and vendors showcasing their latest technologies, products and services.Organized by the state-run Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Confederation of Indian Industry...

New Delhi: The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has announced the June 2010 Session Examination Results for Foundation, Intermediate & Final (Old Syllabus) and Foundation, Executive & Professional (New Syllabus) on Wednesday, August 25 at 12:00 PM IST.The results are avai...

Chandigarh: Britain would not allow students, migrants or immigration agents from Punjab to abuse its visa rules, said Minister for Immigration Damian Green on Tuesday, stressing that there would be zero limit on unskilled migration."The government is committed to reducing migration to the UK and we...

Hyderabad: The University of Hyderabad is embarrassed over the human resource development (HRD) ministry withholding clearance to its proposal to confer an honorary doctorate on world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand and has apologized to the grandmaster.The university, which was planning to conf...

Shimla: A bill to regulate private universities in Himachal Pradesh was on Monday referred to a select committee by the state assembly.Opposition Congress legislators Kaul Singh Thakur, G.S. Bali and Sukwinder Singh Sukhu expressed apprehensions about the Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institu...

London: Declining standards among British graduates are leading companies to fill jobs with foreign workers as employers believe they are too poorly educated to rival immigrants, a study has warned. The companies believe that standards are declining fast among graduates and school-leavers and want m...

Agartala: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is on a mission to reach out to farmers in remote and far-flung areas with the latest global information on farming and agriculture, a senior university official said here on Monday."IGNOU is trying to reach people in remote areas with the...

Agartala: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is on a mission to reach out to farmers in remote and far-flung areas with the latest global information on farming and agriculture, a senior university official said here on Monday."IGNOU is trying to reach people in remote areas with the...

New Delhi: A six-day workshop on 'Research and publications in social sciences' to promote and strengthen social sciences in India started on Monday at the Jamia Millia Islamia, a press statement said."This workshop is part of a new initiative by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to promote and...