By Archana Rao New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) More technology-based start ups are needed in India to create inventions to help enhance the quality of life of the people, V. Ramgopal Rao, director of the…
Beijing, April 21 (IANS) The first public library on Sansha island in the South China Sea opened on Thursday. Established in July 2012, Sansha administers more than 200 islets, sandbanks and reefs in the Xisha,…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) A total of 332 medical colleges in India have not published any research papers during 2005-14, a journal has revealed. According to journal Current Medicine Research and Practice, 162 medical…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The union cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod for the new Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh to be set up at a…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The union cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved transfer of land from the Central Tobacco Research Institute in Rajahmundry of Andhra Pradesh to set up…
By Nirendra Dev New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The country’s first “Karigar University” to impart professional skills’ training to artisans like potters, carpenters and ironsmiths may soon come up in Wardha in Maharashtra, the erstwhile…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, has announced the 12th edition of Open House which will be held on April 23 in its vicinity. Over 500 research projects and 80…
Bhubaneswar, April 19 (IANS) The Odisha government on Tuesday extended school holidays till April 26 due to the prevailing heat wave conditions in the state. Earlier, the state government had announced closure of schools till…
Chennai, April 19 (IANS) The central government must ask the State Bank of India (SBI) to scrap a condition in its hiring of clerks that prevents loan defaulters from applying for the job, PMK founder…
Panaji, April 19 (IANS) The BJP in Goa is wrong to have attacked state RSS chief Subhash Velingkar for advocating that a regional language, rather than English, should be the medium of instruction in primary…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) Jammu, April 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India has the wealth of knowledge to lead the world in the 21st century. Addressing the fifth…
Kupwara: Security personnel deployed in Natnoosa area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara on April 15, 2016. At least five people were injured when security forces allegedly opened fire on an angry mob protesting the deaths…
Jammu, April 18 (IANS) Police was deployed in the the Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah (BGSB) University in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district following tension after a scuffle between two groups of students, said a police…
Chennai, April 18 (IANS) A wilful defaulter of a Rs.9,000 crore bank loan can be a member of parliament but a poor student who had defaulted on education loan due to economic/family circumstances is barred…
Chennai, April 18 (IANS) A wilful defaulter of a Rs.9,000 crore bank loan can be a member of parliament but a poor student who had defaulted on education loan due to economic/family circumstances is barred…
Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Sikkim has recently established a supercomputer ‘Param Kanchenjunga’, which is said to be fastest among all 31 NITs, an official said. “It is aimed to…
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, April 17 (IANS) He is all of 23 years but that has not stopped Akshay Ahuja from guiding and training even nine-year-olds with his engineering skills and helping them create robots….
Lucknow, April 16 (IANS) In view of the fast rising summer temperatures, all schools in Lucknow district of Uttar Pradesh must start earlier at 7 a.m. and close latest by 12 noon, the authorities said…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Rightwing group Hindu Sena’s student wing Hindu Vidyarthi Sena on Friday organised a Ram Navami prayer at the Jawaharlal Nehru University to “purify the varsity”. “(After February 9 incident when…
Guwahati: Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) and Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) To overcome the unemployment issue in the country, skills training needs…