An education organisation established in Fiji by a former Indian indentured labourer in 1926 has earned laurels for its contribution to educational development in the South Pacific island-nation, the media reported on Thursday.


Indian's education organisation lauded in Fiji


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Describing Sundar Pichai as an inspiration, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hoped Google core business' new CEO would soon visit his alma mater - IIT Kharagpur.


Mamata hopes Sundar Pichai visits IIT Kharagpur


The Delhi Commission for Women on Wednesday asked the city's 23 educational bodies, including the Delhi University, to state the number of sexual harassment complaints received from students or employees since 2013-14.


DCW's notice to colleges, varsities over sexual harassment cases


Gloating over its alumnus Sundar Pichai taking over as the CEO of Google's core business, Indian Institute of Techonology-Kharagpur on Monday opened a Facebook page to congratulate the 1989 batch student.


IIT-Kharagpur opens Facebook page to congratulate Pichai


Sundar Pichai was completely focused even in his student days, and very sure of what he wanted to do in his personal and professional life, says the new Google core business CEO's batchmate at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.


'Sundi' was always focused: IIT batchmate


Sundar Pichai, the new CEO of the core business of Google, was a shy but brilliant student who never showed off his knowledge unnecessarily, recalls his teacher at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

Pichai a brilliant student who never showed off: IIT professor

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A probe committee appointed by the MG University here on Tuesday confirmed that Kerala Inspector General of Police T.J.Jose had indulged in copying while appearing in the masters in law (LLM) examination in May.


Varsity probe confirms Kerala IGP resorted to copying in exam


Two months after the Women and Child Development Examination was conducted, the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board, or Vyapam as it is popularly known, ordered the printing of another 200,000 answer sheets for the same examination, causing a loss of Rs.262,350, an RTI query has revealed.


2010 exam done, Vyapam again printed 200,000 answer sheets


The students and teachers of Tamil Nadu's  Vanavani Matriculation Higher Secondary School here were feeling highly elated on Tuesday -- and they had every reason to be so.


Sundar Pichai's alma mater proud of him


The US Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has unveiled a $350-bn higher education plan aimed at cutting college tuition and easing debt burdens for college loanees, the media reported on Tuesday.


Hillary Clinton unveils $350-bn plan for students


An elite institution like the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), which pioneered in making online management courses available internationally to a broader spectrum of students, can leverage this experience to help develop the massive skilled workforce required for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Make in India" programme, according to IIM-Bangalore Director Sushil Vachani.


IIMB considers digital courses for masses


Three people have been arrested for beating a student to death inside a college in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said on Saturday. However, the district police chief said none of the three were seen with any weapon in the CCTV footage.


Three held in Bengal for lynching student, police says no proof


A journalist of a Bengali daily, who went missing days after he reported about corruption in a college admission, has been found, police said on Saturday.


Missing Bengal journalist resurfaces


Three people have been arrested for lynching a student inside a college in West Bengal, police said on Saturday.


Three held in Bengal for lynching student


A student was beaten to death inside a college in West Bengal on Friday allegedly during a clash between two groups of students.


Student beaten to death in Bengal college


President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday stressed that India must reap its demographic dividend improving the quality of teaching and honing its youth's latent talents by imparting skill-based training.


India must reap demographic dividend: President


Terming the bankers practice of "naming and shaming" of students who defaulted on repaying education loans as violation of human rights, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Central Bank of India chairman.


Naming, shaming student borrowers a human rights violation: NHRC


Mozambique President Filipe J. Nyusi on Thursday visited his alma mater, the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A), and interacted with 18 of his former classmates.


Mozambique president visits alma mater IIM-A


Sleuths of the Jammu and Kashmir crime branch investigating a scam running into crores of rupees regarding elementary teachers' training colleges on Tuesday arrested the former chairman of the state board of school education (BoSE).


Ex-chairman of Kashmir school board arrested


The Jammu and Kashmir crime branch, which is investigating a scam running into crores of rupees regarding elementary teachers' training colleges, has arrested the former chairman of the state board of school education (BoSE), officials said on Tuesday.


Teachers' training scam: Ex-chairman of Kashmir school board arrested


Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal assured all help to the striking students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) who met him on Tuesday.

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