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Government to set up more AIIMS-like institutions
New Delhi: The Government is setting up six All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS)-like institutions in the States of Bihar (Patna), Chhattisgarh (Raipur), Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal), Orissa (Bhubaneswar), Rajasthan (Jodhpur) and Uttarakhand (Rishikesh) under the first phase of Pradhan Mantri S...
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Bangalore University LLB Third Semester Exam Results 2010 declared
Bengaluru: Bangalore University has announced the L.L.B. (5 year course) Third Semester Examination Results 2010 on July 30 at 5:15 PM IST.The results are available on the following websites: www.ExamResults.netwww.KarnatakaEducation.netwww.Results.KarnatakaEducation.netStudents just have to type t...
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Sambalpur varsity Final Year Results 2010 declared
Sambalpur, Orissa: Sambalpur University has announced the +3 Final Year (Arts, Science, Commerce) Examination as well as NCEE, Aggregate Failed and Improvement Examination Results 2010 on July 30 at 4:30 PM IST.The results are available on the following websites: www.ExamResults.netwww.OrissaEduc...
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Finance ministry approves more funds for RTE Act
New Delhi: Putting an end to the complaints by state governments over insufficient funds, the Central government has decided that it would be paying almost 70 percent of the finances that would be required for the implementation of the Right To Education (RTE) Act in all states. A large hike in the ...
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Bill for setting up science, research academy introduced in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science & Technology today introduced the "Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research Bill 2010" in the Lok Sabha.The purpose of the bill is to establish an Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR) as ...
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India, Britain to augment cooperation in education
New Delhi: India and Britain on Thursday decided to launch a new phase of the India-UK Education and Research Initiative, as they discussed prospects of further cooperation in the field of education. According to a joint statement issued at the end of the visit of British Prime Minister David Camero...
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UAE to develop programmes to curb child abuse
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates will develop comprehensive, professional and academic programmes for fighting exploitation and abuse of children.A committee for protection of children under the ministry of interior will look into the matter. "There is a need for educational and awareness program...
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IGNOU to offer course in Rehabilitation Psychology
New Delhi: Recognizing the need of trained man-power in the disability field, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) shall now offer a Post Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation Psychology (PGDRP) in face to face mode in collaboration with Vision Institute of Advanced Studies, Delhi which i...
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MHRD's Rs.1500 Laptop - Long Life or Early Doom
New Delhi: Computing giant Apple Computer Inc. had come up with the much-awaited gadget, the iPad tablet, earlier in April this year. Now, the Indian government has introduced its own version of a tablet computer, which might look similar to the Apple iPad, but differs immensely in its utility and...
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Indian American named Chicago business school dean
Chicago: Sunil Kumar, an Indian American management guru, has been named the new head of the University of Chicago's prestigious Booth School of Business.Currently the senior associate dean of academic affairs at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, Kumar, 42, succeeds Edward Snyder, w...
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Government model schools still distant reality
New Delhi: The 6,000 Model schools to be set up by the Human Resource Development ministry is still a distant reality as data from the ministry shows that only two states have so far utilized the funds allocated for the project.In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, HRD minister Kapil Sibal informed t...
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New IIITs to come up under public-private partnership
New Delhi: With vocational training high on the Human Resource Development Ministry's agenda, government has decided to set up new Indian Institutes of Information Technologies under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode. "The government of India has a scheme of setting up new IIITs under PPP mo...
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University of California, Kerala B-school join hands
Thiruvananthapuram: University of California Santa Cruz and the Asian School of Business (ASB) in Kerala's capital on Wednesday launched a strategic tie-up that would include a series of exchange programmes.Announcing this here, G. Vijaya Raghavan, member-secretary of ASB, said, "As the first in the...
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NDA, Naval academy entrance examination on August 8
New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will hold the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (II), 2010 at 354 venues located in 41 Centres throughout the country on August 8, 2010. Admission Certificates to candidates have been dispatched and letters of rejection to th...
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Delhi education department to pay fine for RTE violation
New Delhi: A fine of Rs.25,000 has been slapped on the Director and Deputy Director (Delhi Education Department) of the Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalayas (RPVV) by the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) for a violation of the Right To Education (RTE) Act, 2009.DCPCR Chairman Amo...
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Karnataka PUC Supplementary Results 2010 on July 30
Bengaluru: The Department of Pre-University Education, Karnataka will announce the Second PUC Supplementary Examination Results 2010 on July 30 at 9:00 AM IST.The results would be available on the following websites:
www.ExamResults.netwww.KarnatakaEducation.netwww.Results.KarnatakaEducation...
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Delhi University works to enable the disabled
New Delhi: Delhi University is pulling out all stops to woo disabled students as it sets up dedicated buses, parking slots, scanners to convert books into the audio format, special computers, ramps and elevators.The varsity, which opened on July 21, reserved 1,600 seats for the physically challenged...
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Explain denial of admission to girls, court asks schools
New Delhi: Eight girls who were refused admission by different government schools in east Delhi have moved the Delhi High Court which on Tuesday asked the education department to explain why the students were turned away. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the government to explain by August 5 why it ...
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Semester system tussle - Court strives for students' good
New Delhi: "Don't play with the life and the career of the students," the Delhi High Court on Tuesday told the Delhi University and a teachers' association for their failure to resolve differences over introduction of semester system in colleges.Justice Aruna Suresh asked the university and the ...
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Karnataka Management Aptitude Test Results 2010 expected on August 2
Bangalore: The Karnataka Postgraduate Colleges' Association (KPGCA) is expected to announce the Karnataka Management Aptitude Test (KMAT) Results 2010 on August 2, 2010.The results would be made available on the following websites as and when they are announced: www.ExamResults.netwww.KarnatakaEduc...
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