Several students holding a demonstration to demand a special session of the Manipur Assembly to pass an anti-migrant bill were injured here on Friday in when police resorted to firing tear gas shells.


Students in Imphal injured in police crackdown


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Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said it is an honour that over 1,700 officers from 75 countries have graduated from the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, in Tamil Nadu.


Over 1,700 officers from 76 nations graduated form Defence Services Staff College


A fire broke out in the central library of Presidency University here on Friday, fire department officials said.


Fire in Kolkata's Presidency University


India's leading education technology provider Byjus on Thursday announced raising $50 million (Rs 333 crore) from Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) and four venture capital partners to fund its expansion plans.


Indian tech firm raises $50 mn from Zuckerberg arm, partners


A girl student was killed and 28 others were injured in a wall collapse at a private school in Odisha's Puri district, an official said on Thursday.


Student dies, 28 injured as wall collapses in Odisha school


Sahmat, an activist group based in Delhi, on Wednesday denounced the National Book Trust (NBT) decision to remove eminent historian Bipan Chandra's book "Communalism: A Primer" from its Hindi catalogue.


NBT slammed for removing Bipan Chandra book from catalogue


Lamenting the lack of ecosystem required to meet the huge demand for skilled workers, Union Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Tuesday said the government is taking steps to integrate skill development with education.


Centre trying to combine education with skill development: Rudy


A class 10 student of the city's Scottish Church Collegiate School allegedly went missing from the school prompting parents and guardians to stage demonstrations at the institution on Monday.


Kolkata boy goes missing from school, family alleges foul play


A delegation from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) is in Bangladesh to meet high school and university students as part of the Indian High Commission's efforts to provide an opportunity for Bangladeshi students to pursue engineering at the premier engineering institutes.


IIT team in Bangladesh to meet students


Acclaimed actress Tannishtha Chatterjee was a perfect choice to play Dr Rakhmabai, said to be India's first practicing lady doctor, in a biopic, says the movie's director Anant Mahadevan.


Why Anant Mahadevan chose Tannishtha for Dr. Rakhmabai biopic?


Greeting teachers on the occasion of Teachers Day, President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said teachers are the building blocks of a good eduction system.


Teachers are building blocks of education system: President


Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday completed  100 days in office and announced a road map for the state including a green initiative, homes for the poor, and development in education besides others.


Vijayan completes 100 days in office, sets road map


German auto components major Bosch Ltd on Friday unveiled a new research and development (R&D) centre here, revamped at a cost of Rs.350 crore.


Bosch opens revamped research centre in Bengaluru


Private donors from Thailand gave $27,000 for the School of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy and Comparative Religions at Nalanda University, a varsity official said on Friday.


Thai private donors give $27,000 for Nalanda University


In a shocking incident, some unidentified persons barged into a college campus and brutally stabbed a student at Talegaon, on the outskirts of the city, on Friday morning, an official said.


College student murdered on campus near Pune


Ignoring political tension between Pakistan and India, two students from Pakistan have been granted admission at the Nalanda University in Bihar, an official said on Friday.


Two Pakistani students get admission at Nalanda University


A number of Indian Information Communication and Technology (ICT) companies are to provide a group of students from Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda three to six month internships under a $23 million programme directed at East African countries and in line with India's desire to share its skills and knowledge as part of it's South-South development agenda.


Indian IT cos to offer internships to East Africans


Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that schools and colleges in the country have been "over academised" with more concentration on the degree than on talent and learning.


We've over academised our schools, colleges: Sitharaman


India's first Central Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology is being planned to be set up in the country's commercial capital here, Chemicals and Fertilizer Minister Ananth Kumar said on Thursday.


Chemical Engineering and Technology Institute to come up in Mumbai


Police have filed a case against students and doctors at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) after friends of an injured student clashed with doctors, a police officer said on Thursday.


BHU students, doctors clash in Varanasi


A female college student in Karur, Tamil Nadu, died after she was allegedly beaten grievously in her classroom by a male student, said police.

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