The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to launch 10 satellites in a year to better communication network and improve disaster management, the government revealed Wednesday."ISRO is planning to launch 10 satellites in a year. T ..

Vice chancellors and pro-vice chancellors of all government universities in Haryana will now serve till age of 68 years as the government has raised their retirement age by three years.The decision was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet chaired  ..

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched an inspection campaign in schools and educational institutions in order to ensure healthy and safe food for students.The campaign launched by Dubai municipality's food control department looked into the ..

Australia has further tightened its policy on student visas to ensure these are only given to "genuine" individuals. A press release of the Australian high commission Wednesday quoted the minister of immigration and citizenship, Chris Evans ..

After suspending the bachelor of arts (BA) regular course this year, the Jamia Millia Islamia Monday announced the launch of a similar programme through the distant-learning mode."The Centre for Distance and Open Learning, announces the launch o ..

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Monday said the various categories of schools in the city need a detailed and practical set of guidelines to handle medical crises. The chief minister made the observation while releasing a report on psycho-physica ..

In 2000, as Rajesh Singh stood at a railway platform in Orissa, it was the end of one journey and the beginning of another. He dropped out of his engineering course after seeing the plight of orphan children at the platform and decided to educate the ..

China has begun constructing a large nuclear power plant in southern Hainan province. The construction of the plant started Sunday in Changjiang County of Hainan province with an estimated investment of 19 billion Yuan ($2.78 billion), Xinhua news ag ..

Maths was not Prince Charles forte, shows a nearly 50-year-old exercise book on which an exasperated teacher has written "careless" and "you must be more careful when putting in decimal point".The mathematics book, used by Prince  ..

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi will increase its students intake by 27 percent this year to accommodate the quota for other backward classes. In all, the institute will admit 850 students at the B-Tech level."We are adding 27 per ..

In what is termed as the "largest single day examination", at least 1.13 million students gave their All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) Sunday, seeking to join several National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institu ..

The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-Delhi) has almost completed its pilot phase to roll out a virtual lab that can benefit thousands of students and professors across India learn difficult experiments in engineering and technology."I a ..

Peering through a bioscope, drawing on slates, saying their mathematical tables -- these aren\'t scenes from a classroom but from makeshift daycare centres for the children of labourers working at Commonwealth Games sites in the capital. Seven-ye ..

A total of 308 personnel below officers rank (PBOR) of the Indian army were awarded degrees, diplomas and certificates by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Wednesday in different courses of telecommunication and computers. The PBORs  ..

The Florida International University (FIU) has established the Bhagwan Mahavir Professorship of Jain Studies, the first of its kind in the western world, with a $600,000-donation from the Jain Education and Research Foundation. Nathan Katz, FIU profe ..

Space shuttle Discovery touched down at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida Tuesday, completing a 15-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The landing at 9:08 a.m. (1838 IST) was about 90 minutes later than planned because of fog and  ..

United Nations agencies Tuesday congratulated the Indian government on the notification of the Right to Education (RTE) Act which aims to provide free and compulsory education to all children aged six-14 years."As the world celebrates Global Act ..

University degrees can's buy happiness, claims a new study. Despite having privileged backgrounds and higher earnings, people in their 20s with higher degrees are not happier than the young adults who dropped out of high school at the age of 10,  ..

As many as 137 Malaysian Indian achievers in high school examinations received awards, certificates and gifts from an Indian NGO. The students who received the best student awards include Prakash Pannersavan who scored 11As, Prethibha Sivadas who had ..

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has shut down six schools as their buildings breached safety rules and posed a threat to the safety of students, community and environment. The schools will no longer be allowed to enrol students in the next academic ye ..