Private sector to be involved in retaining scientists: Minister
By Ranjana Narayan New Delhi, (IANS) In a major initiative to prevent bright scientific minds from seeking foreign shores in pursuit of better research facilities and money, the Indian government is working on a scheme by which the private sector will absorb these scientists, pay them highly and provide world class research platforms to them. [...]
Washington, (IANS) Describing the first Indo-US Higher Education Summit being held here Thursday as “a very big deal”, a US official called it part of a continuing efforts to increase academic exchanges. “Well, this education summit is a very big deal,” State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland told reporters Tuesday ahead of the summit co-chaired by [...]
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NEW DELHI (NVONEWS): Speaking at National Council for the Promotion of Urdu language (NCPUL), Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Kapil Sibal said that Urdu needs to be promoted among the grassroots, and that this could be done by exposing people to the culture, films, art and music associated with Urdu. Urdu should play a [...]
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PATNA: Hard on the heels of criticism of coaching centres by Infosys chairman emeritus N.R. Narayana Murthy, comes a rebuttal by Anand Kumar, the founder of Super 30, Bihar’s widely acclaimed free coaching centre for Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) aspirants, against the IITs. He has blamed the institutes’ entrance exam panel for the poor [...]
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NEW YORK: Narayan Murthy, emeritus Chairman of Infosys has blamed the coaching classes for bringing down the standard of the IITs. While we agree with view that coaching classes turn science and maths into rote exam oriented exercises, rather than engendering critical ability the lacuna is really in the basic education system, as the founder [...]
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LUKNOW (NVONEWS): Good news is good news. The reasons behind the news might be twisted, it might be too little, and late if not too late, but good news is good news. And the UP government’s decision to withdraw its special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court against the appointment of Moallims as teachers [...]
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MUMBAI (NVONEWS): Are you one of those who could not get admitted into an engineering college because you did not have adequate marks? Worry not, if you are living in Maharashtra, something good is going to happen. The government has decided to start a diploma in Engineering course which will cater to those who cannot [...]
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NEW DELHI (NVONEWS): What exactly does the Ministry of Minority Affairs do? The ministry has been around for eons, ostensibly working hard to get a good deal for the Minorities. And yet, as far as evidence on the ground is concerned, you won’t even know it exists. There is, after all these years, a good [...]
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By S Ahmed (NVONews.Com) Schools were considered to be a serene and sacred place but Bihar Chief Minister thinks that the swanky houses of corrupt officials should be the place to get education. Since Bihar Media’s mind runs only on lines provided by the chief minister himself, almost every news organization is terming this step [...]
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National Museum Institute to organise Special Lecture Series on Indigenous Art of Canada
September 3, 2011 No Comment
New Delhi: In a move which would witness strengthening of India’s bilateral cultural ties with Canada, the National Museum Institute (NMI), in association with Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Delhi, is organising a Special Lecture Series on Indigenous Art of Canada and its representation in Canadian Museums, to be delivered by renowned anthropologist Dr. Stephen Inglis from [...]
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Further, the details of beneficiaries including women during 2009-10 and 2010-11, State-wise, is as per Annexure. No financial assistance have been provided to Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) under the above component of HRD during the last three years. The Government provide financial assistance to NGO’s and other Implementing Agencies viz Central/State Handicrafts Corporations/Apex [...]
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New Delhi: The teachers from all over India from 6th to 12th grade are eligible for the Fullbright Teacher Exchange programme conducted under the auspices of United States India Educational Foundation (USIEF). There is no financial implication for the school from which the teacher is selected. Indian teacher selected for this exchange will have the [...]
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New Delhi: The Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad has granted approval for re-introduction of one year rotational, compulsory and paid internship in the Bachelor of Dental Surgery course. Accordingly now the tenure of the BDS Course will be for a period of four years plus one year internship with effect [...]
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ALIGARH: Prof. Ali Mohammad, Department of Applied Chemistry, Z.H. College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University has been awarded with Dr. P.D. Sethi Award 2010 for the best HPTLC Paper. The award was presented to Prof. Ali Mohammad and his co-authors Mr. Nazrul Haq and Ms. Asma Siddiq for carrying out good quality and [...]
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