Union HRD Minister, Prakash Javadekar while addressing a press conference in New Delhi today, informed that in a landmark decision, the Government has decided that from the academic year 2019-20 itself, 10 percent Economically Weaker Section (EWS) reservation quota will be implemented across 40, 000 colleges and 900 Universities in the country. This 10 percent […]
Comments made by a Muslim cleric from Egypt have become a talking point as he raked up a taboo topic ‘sex’ in the conservative Muslim country. The Egyptian Muslim cleric Muhammad Al-Zoghbi made some comments on a show on Egyptian TV Al-Rahma on December 24th and he ridiculed the Muslims whom he termed as ‘fossilized fanatics’ […]
Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar today announced the approval an increase of 5000 seats in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas for the Academic Year 2019-20. At present the number of seats in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, residential schools for talented rural children, are 46600. The addition of 5000 seats will mean availability of 51000 seats from […]
Fake Universities play with the lives and future of the students. Taking this into account the University Grants Commission (UGC) has released the list of 24 Fake Universities, which are available on its website www.ugc.ac.in. In addition, UGC has issued public notice against the unrecognized status of Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM), New […]
As part of the enhanced outreach programme of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), a new platform named “Samwad with Students” (SwS) was launched in Bengaluru yesterday. Through the SwS initiative, ISRO aims to ‘constantly engage youngsters across India to capture their scientific temperament. The new conversation mission will inspire students cutting across schools and colleges.’ […]
India will host the 24th edition of Technology Summit with Italy as the partner country. The two-day Technology Summit will be inaugurated on 29th October, 2018 by the Union Minister for Science& Technology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan and Prof. Michele Geraci, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economic Development, Italy. Valedictory […]
Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik laid the foundation stone of National Institute of Homeopathy at Narela, today. This will be a National level Institute and would be established as an extension of National Institute of Homoeopathy, Kolkata. Addressing the gathering Naik said that Homoeopathy is gaining acceptance and growing in popularity […]
Sara Tendulkar, the daughter of Cricket God Sachin Tendulkar, is now a graduate and proud papa couldn’t stop himself from sharing his happiness with his fans. In a message, Sachin Tendulkar wrote: It feels like just yesterday when you left home for UCL (University College London), and now you are a Graduate. Anjali and I […]
In a historic decision yesterday, the University Grants Commission or UGC has granted autonomy to sixty Higher Educational Institutions which have maintained high academic standards. This was announced by the Minister of Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar at a media briefing in New Delhi yesterday. Javadekar said that the Government is striving to introduce a […]
Pakistan’s and Bangladesh’s religious minorities like Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists can now avail the benefits of the self financing scheme which has been designed for the migrants from these countries. Many Pakistani and Bangladeshi Hindus and Buddhists and Sikhs have migrated to India citing religious persecution and discriminatory practices. In such a situation, government of […]
