More needs to be done to attract women to the fields of science and technology, US Assistant Secretary of State for Scientific Affairs Kerri Ann Jones said here Thursday."Women are under-represented on the top level in the field of science and t ..

Iran has successfully test-fired a new version of the domestically-built surface-to-surface missile, Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said Wednesday.Vahidi announced that the new generation of Fateh-110 is a medium-range ballistic missile with improved  ..

A bill to regulate private universities in Himachal Pradesh was 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 Himac ..

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 Monday."IGNOU is tryin ..

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 apologised to the grandmaster.The u ..

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

What the government could not, civil society is stepping in to do. Students in Delhi are busy doing their bit to clean up the Yamuna river, the city's lifeline, ahead of the Commonwealth Games - planting saplings along its banks and holding works ..

The Rajya Sabha Saturday passed a bill to re-establish the historic Nalanda University in Bihar as an international institute of learning. The bill, which was introduced in the house last week, was passed in a special sitting Saturday.The Nalanda Uni ..

Iran's first nuclear power plant was opened Saturday by Iranian and Russian nuclear officials in the southern port city of Bushehr after a delay of almost three decades.With the opening of the Russian-built plant, the 82 tonnes of nuclear fuel th ..

The Indian Army Friday launched an initiative titled 'Kshamta' for soldiers to help them learn basic computer skills and spoken English, and secure "good jobs" after retirement."As the soldiers retire at an early age, we want t ..

As the human resource development ministry seeks to establish education tribunals across the country, a parliamentary panel has urged wider consultations with all stakeholders before parliament debates the measure.In its report to parliament, the sta ..

A Class 9 girl student was allegedly beaten black and blue by her Bengali teacher for writing a poetry in a classmate's notebook in school, prompting the teenager's parents to file a police complaint.Susmita Mondal, a student of the Chowhati  ..

In a survey conducted by Bangalore's India Foundation for the Arts, Jamia Millia Islamia University's "Centre for Culture, Media & Governance" (CCMG) has been rated as a "Centre with Potential for Excellence".The surve ..

Six medical students were evicted from the Goa Medical College hostel, located near Panaji, for ragging, a top official said Thursday.GMC Medical Superintendent Rajan Kuncolienkar told reporters that the institute's anti-ragging committee had dec ..

The moon is smaller than it used to be and could still be shrinking, NASA scientists said Thursday pointing to new evidence that the moon has contracted relatively recently.New high-resolution images have turned up geographical features on the moon t ..

President Pratibha Patil Thursday inaugurated the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM 2010) here with a call to promote mathematics amongst the younger generation. She said study of mathematics inculcates the habit of rational thought and p ..

The country's largest hydropower plant in Himachal Pradesh resumed generation Wednesday after remaining closed for more than 10 days due to increased silt in Sutlej river.Power generation in the 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri project was restored around  ..

The Delhi government is planning to open four technical education institutes in rural areas of the capital, an official said Thursday."With Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit of the view that rural areas need to be given special care, more teaching i ..

After launching its centres across India, Punjab Technical University (PTU) is all set to take the education world by storm by foraying into South Asian and African countries. To start with, PTU will launch its management and technical courses throug ..

As the faculty crunch in medical colleges becomes a major issue of concern, the Medical Council of India (MCI) is now mulling conducting tele-classes for students.An All India Medical College Tele-Medicine Network is under the consideration of the he ..