The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO started meetings Sunday in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia, to consider new sites for inclusion on the coveted World Heritage List.The meeting of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisat ..

An Indian laptop priced at just Rs.1,500 ($30) and touted as the world's cheapest will come as a godsend for students for whom it has been specifically designed.The laptop, unveiled Thursday by Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Siba ..

The universalisation of secondary education is on the government's agenda as part of important forward movements in school education, President Pratibha Patil said here Saturday.Addressing the golden jubilee founder's day celebrations of Sain ..

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is engaged in the satellite mapping of the country's wetlands and will complete the project by the end of August, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said Thursday."It is for the first time that a ..

India Thursday unveiled a Rs.1,500 (around $30) laptop designed specifically for students."If more companies decide to manufacture a similar device, prices will come down automatically," Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said  ..

Kerala's Congress-led opposition Thursday walked out of the state assembly over what it termed a serious flaw in the pact between the state government and self-financing medical colleges in the state.Seeking leave for an adjournment motion, Congr ..

Amazon, the online retailer and owner of the Kindle e-reader, has announced that digital books have been consistently outselling hardback books for the last three months in the US.The company has revealed that it has been selling 143 e-books for ever ..

Some 3,000 Delhi University students are now desperately looking for places to stay as they have been asked to vacate their college hostels to make way for the Commonwealth Games athletes. And with rents spiralling, many students are forced to stay i ..

As inclusive education remains high on the government's agenda, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal Tuesday pitched for vocational education as a key to achieving the goal."Vocational education is a means of empowerment of  ..

An Indian-origin student of New Zealand's Victoria University was part of a team that won a debating competition in which 100-odd varsities take part every year.Udayan Mukherjee was part of the three-member team of Victoria University which becam ..

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Monday recommended the removal of the principal and vice-principal of Kolkata's La Martiniere School over the suicide of Class 8 student Rouvanjit Rawla."They not only used corpo ..

Over 300 former Tamil Tiger rebels, currently under rehabilitation, will sit for an examination that would prepare them for higher education in the universities, the government said Monday.Brigadier Sudantha Ranasinghe, commissioner general of rehabi ..

Gita Gopinath, a Delhi School of Economics alumnus, has been named professor of economics at Harvard University, becoming the first Indian-origin woman professor in the institution's history. Kolkata born Gopinath, 38, is considered an authority  ..

At least 20 people were reportedly injured when police used force to end a 14-hour "gherao" (confinement) of Visva Bharati University Vice Chancellor Rajat Kanta by students demanding a rollback of the tuition fee hike.Protesting the police ..

A university in Gujarat has tied up with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) to exchange ideas, share knowledge and pool resources and expertise to develop curriculum and learning materials, an official said Friday. The Gu ..

Test launches of Russia's new booster rocket Angara are to start in 2013, the rocket designer said Thursday.Vladimir Nesterov, head of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Centre, said the rocket assembly would be completed in the f ..

A 30-year tradition will be broken when Delhi University (DU)does not begin classes July 16. Due to the implementation of semester system, the academic session begins five days later on July 21.There was nothing specific related to DU opening June 16 ..

While concerns are being raised over the introduction of the semester system in Delhi University, the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university has gone ahead and introduced it in all its post-graduate courses, an official statement said Thursday.Around  ..

The state cannot compel minority institutions to reserve teaching posts for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), the Supreme Court has said.The court said that the actions of the state in discharge of its "duties, functions and gov ..

The Jamia Millia Islamia University has extended the last date of completing admission formalities to postgraduate courses till July 19, a statement said Wednesday.The last dates have been extended for postgraduate courses offered by the Faculties of ..