The decision of the University of Hyderabad to lease out 200 acres of land for Knowledge and Innovation Park (KIP) on the campus has sparked a row with a section of teachers and students strongly opposing the move. The protest by the Joint Action Com ..

From outsourcing infrastructure development of educational institutions to adopting the "no work no pay" principle in government institutes, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Tuesday called for a better tie-up with the private ..

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket plane took its maiden flight Monday passing a crucial milestone as it aims to become the first private sector vehicle to take paying customers into space.The craft, dubbed VSS Enterprise, took to the air stra ..

As President Barack Obama prepared to sign into law Tuesday the historic health care reform legislation, 11 opposition Republican states were reported to be planning to mount a legal challenge. Obama also will hit the road to sell the $940 billion pl ..

The Mizoram government will soon set up four more polytechnic institutes and a National Institute of Technology (NIT) to provide technical education to the youth, state Education Minister Lalsawta said here Monday."The polytechnic institutes and ..

NIS-Sparta, a learning solution company of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group, has joined hands with the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) to train and place 24,000 youths from poor families in the telecom and BPO sector. The training proje ..

The Right to Education Act will be implemented in Madhya Pradesh from April 1, state Minister of School Education Archana Chitnis said here Sunday. Addressing a state level workshop on the Right to Education Act, the minister said the state governmen ..

A planet discovered 1,500 light years from Earth is remarkably similar to those in our own solar system, according to astronomers. The Jupiter-size world, called Corot-9b, is orbiting a distant star in our Milky Way every 95 days, reports dailymail.c ..

Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Wednesday urged medical graduates not to leave the country after their education as there is a shortage of doctors in India."Please don't fly abroad," Azad told young doctors at the at the 94th Annual Da ..

Many Canadian universities and colleges are likely to enter India after the Indian parliament passes a bill to allow foreign educational institutions to set up independent campuses in the country. Currently, universities and colleges from Canada and  ..

Amid dissent and a walkout by opposition members, the Karnataka legislative council Thursday passed the Azim Premji University Bill, 2010, paving the way for the first private varsity to come up in the state. The state assembly had passed the amended ..

India will add 10,000 more post graduate seats in medical education within two years, a step aimed at curbing brain drain, union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Wednesday."Many graduates of medical education are going abroad for studies. I ..

Educational exhibition GETEX Dubai 2010 would run from April 14 to 17 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre here.GETEX Dubai 2010 will build on the growing demand for postgraduate programmes in the United Arab Emirates, a trend  ..

The government will take the help of private TV channels to reach out to the masses and popularize an act that makes education compulsory for all children aged six to 14. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, popularly known as  ..

Security was stepped up around the sensitive Deep Space Network (DSN) facility of India's space agency ISRO near here after a shootout early Tuesday between two unidentified men and security guards. Police said hunt was on for the men and maintai ..

Adolescents can benefit from resistance training programmes, a new study has revealed. David Lubans and Robin Callister from the University of New Castle, Australia, evaluated the impact of a programme involving free weights and an elastic tubing res ..

When the health train chugged to a halt at Sasaram station in Bihar, there was a doctor on board to treat a condition that villagers had given up hope of ever finding a cure for - epilepsy, a neurological disorder that affects 10 million people in In ..

The union cabinet Monday cleared a proposal to allow foreign universities to set up campuses in India, a step that is expected to provide quality education in the country and reduce the flow of Indian students abroad."This is a milestone, which  ..

With student interest in science subjects waning fast, due largely to poor teaching and absence of lucrative career opportunities, it is time to take some drastic measures like appointing a brand ambassador, Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) ..

Over three million students across India will get their exam results faster and more conveniently as the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Sunday created six zones to decentralise the evaluation of answer scripts."IGNOU today (Sunda ..