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Upper-caste students at Uttarakhand govt school again refuse to eat Dalit cook’s food
The Uttarakhand government school where a number of upper-caste students had boycotted mid-day meals prepared by a Dalit cook is seeing a rerun of the same controversy just a few months later.
The principal of the school in Champawat…
Develop hybrid system of learning, avoid over-exposure of technology
New Delhi, May 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that a hybrid system of online and offline learning should be developed for school going children to avoid overexposure to technology. He was carrying out a review of the…
Education system should impart values’, for sustained development
Dharamshala, April 30: Pro Vice Chancellor, Himachal Pradesh University, Professor Jyoti Prakash on the concluding day of a 12-day workshop asserted that for development, society needs to have an education system which imparts values.…
SC dismisses petition for online exam for Class 10, 12
New Delhi, Feb 23 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking to conduct the Class 10 and 12 board examinations through online mode and pulled up the petitioner for an ill-conceived petition which created confusion…
Schools reopen in Kerala, 47 lac students to attend schools after 2 years
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 21 (UNI) At least 47 lakh students will return to schools in Kerala on Monday as the schools are ready to conduct offline classes after two years amid Covid-19 pandemic. About 38 lakh students from Class 1 to…
Supreme Court refuses to postpone GATE 2022
New Delhi, Feb 3 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to postpone the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering Examination, 2022 (GATE 2022), after noting that the postponement of examination will create "chaos and uncertainty" in…
PM Modi cautions NCC cadets on dangers of ‘digital misinformation’
New Delhi, Jan 28 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday warned against the "dangers of misinformation" in digital age and asked NCC cadets to counter it with awareness campaigns. Addressing the National Cadet Corps Rally at Cariappa…
PM to interact with exam warriors in Pariksha Pe Charcha 2022
New Delhi, Jan 13 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with students, teachers and parents in the 5th edition of “Pariksha Pe Charcha 2022”. In the interaction with the PM, exam warriors across the nation get a chance to discuss…
Rekha Sharma: Appropriate steps will be taken for skill development of women
Dharamshala, Jan 8 (UNI) Chairperson of National Commission for Women Rekha Sharma said that special emphasis will be laid on skill development and capacity building of women so that the economic condition of women can be strengthened.
At…
Four-year-old Prashvi Maheshwari makes it to India Book of Records
Pune, Dec 29: Four-year-old Prashvi Maheshwari from Global Indian International School, Hadapsar has made it to the India Book of Records. The KG 1 student performed the maximum number, 178 spins of hula hoop in a minute to mark the…
HP: Hamirpur, NIT students get excellent placement and internships
Hamirpur (HP), Dec 30: The reforms made under the New Education Policy (NEP) of the central government has led to the excellent placement and industrial internship for the students of the NIT (National Institute of Technology), Hamirpur, it…
CM Yogi to distribute one lakh tablets and smart phones to youths today
Lucknow, 24 Dec: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will start distribution of one crore free smartphones and tablets on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. On Saturday, one lakh smartphones and…
CM Yogi to distribute mobile phones, tablets to one lakh youths on Dec 25
Lucknow, 20 Dec: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will gift mobile phones and tablets to one lakh youths on the occasion of birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on December 25.
According to…
Women graduates should be financially empowered to erase discrimination’: TN Guv
Madurai, Dec 16: Tamil Nadu Governor and Chancellor R.N.Ravi on Thursday stressed the need for financially empowering women graduates to erase discrimination.
Presiding over the 29th convocation of Mother Teresa Women’s University,…
HP govt to expedite work of Degree College in Arki Assembly
Tapovan, Dharamshala, Dec 14 (UNI) The Himachal Pradesh government on Tuesday said in the Vidhan Sabha that works to build a new complex and building of Government Degree College, Jayanagar and Darlaghat would be expedited and more funds…
Central University of Himachal entrusted to implement NEP in Zone 3
Dharamshala: December 1, (UNI- Ashok Raina) An online meeting was organized by the Union Education Ministry on Wednesday for the successful implementation of the National Education Policy in the country as the country has been divided into…
He knows the art of making a film on Rs 200 or less
Christine Jose Sales made a short film for just under Rs 200 and even won a competition, finds Jasmine Jerald. We live in an age where money speaks, where it’s a matter of pride to gloat about a multi-crore-budget movie. But, for this…
Life lessons by shooting hoops
Shane Leander Roy is teaching kids life and leadership through basketball, finds Blessy Mathew Prasad. How fantastic would it be to turn one’s hobby into a job, especially one that has a big influence on the lives of others? By joining…
Everything you need to know about cracking NEET
Y K Jayaramappa, CEO, BASE Educational Services shares a few tips on preparing for the now mandatory NEET 2017. As you have set your sights on clearing NEET 2017, do not waste an iota of the remaining time you have for preparation towards…
Latest version of ‘Avatar’
The future is certainly here with UAEU’s hi-tech robot, resembling something from James Cameron’s blockbuster, Avatar. Scientists at United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) are creating a hi-tech robot designed to mimic human movements —…