Leading job portal Babajob.com has raised $10 million (Rs.64 crore) from Seek Ltd, an Australian online placement service provider, to fund its expansion plans and fuel growth.


Job portal raises $10 million to fund expansion


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The Jamia Millia Islamia is starting a diploma course in disaster management from the current academic session 2015-16, the university said in a statement on Thursday.


Jamia offers diploma course in disaster management


Three B-School students got an opportunity to shadow three key personnel from packaged food and beverage company PepsiCo India Ltd for a day as part of a campus connect programme initiated by the company, said a statement on Thursday.


Three B-School students shadow top PepsiCo officials for a day


The Nepal government decided on Thursday to close till May 14 all educational institutions situated in the 11 districts majorly affected by last week's earthquake.


Nepalese schools, colleges closed till May 14


A chargesheet has been filed against 11 officials of the now dissolved CMJ University in Meghalaya for their alleged involvement in fraud, forgery and selling fake degree certificates to students, police said on Saturday.


Meghalaya varsity's staff booked for selling fake certificates


Over 30 girl students of a school in Bilsanda area of Pilibhit were rescued by villagers after their school building caught fire, official said.


Fire breaks out in UP girls' school, students rescued


Four years ago, a beverage giant felt the need to build toilets and bring water in peri-urban and semi-rural areas to stop the growing drop-out rate of girls from government schools. The campaign for happy, healthy and active schools has successfully reached 500 schools, impacting over 150,000 students across 22 states.


Campaign brings better facilities to 500 schools


President of Mauritius Rajkeswur Purryag on Monday said a constant re-think on the processes of higher education was not an obsession but an obligation for it to remain relevant.


Re-think on higher education is obligation: Mauritius president


As Afghanistan rebuilds its institutions, including in the fields of governance and education, after decades of war, Afghan officials say they have a lot to thank India for.


Afghanistan rebuilding itself - with a little help from India


A 13-year-old student killed his teacher by shooting an arrow at him from a crossbow in Barcelona on Monday, media reported.


Student kills teacher with crossbow in Barcelona


India gives numerous scholarships to Afghan students every year to study humanities subjects but has discontinued for several years the practice of giving scholarships in applied sciences and medical courses, due to high demand of such seats from Indian students, it was pointed out at an event here on Sunday.


'India needs to resume medical, engineering scholarships to Afghan students'


President Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday that success in the 21st century will increasingly depend on innovation and competitive use of knowledge, and the IIMs should assume greater responsibility to mitigate problems concerning the society.


Success in 21st century will depend on innovation: Pranab


The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has asked Apple for a multi-million-dollar refund, saying it is "extremely dissatisfied" with the implementation of a tablet-based education curriculum the company provided them, public radio station KPCC said.


Los Angeles schools demand multi-million-dollar refund from Apple


Mauritius President Kailash Purryag will later this month visit Punjab where he will attend the convocation of a leading private university near Jalandhar city.


Mauritius president to visit Punjab


Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Mahesh Sharma said the National Tourism University in Noida could have a campus or a learning centre in Agra in Uttar Pradesh.


National Tourism University can have campus in Agra: Minister


Students of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, have innovatively used steel to create an architectural design that is high on aesthetics, incorporates traditional Indian elements and is sustainable.


IIT students use steel to make architectural design


A mentally disturbed Singaporean student who poisoned her classmates has been expelled from the Stanford University, a media report said on Thursday.


Stanford expels student who poisoned classmates


Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta Group company, and Vedanta Foundation have adopted 3,056 anganwadi centres in five districts of Rajasthan.


Vedanta adopts anganwadi centres in Rajasthan


Vijay Chokalingam, the older brother of Indian-American star of Fox sitcom The Mindy Project, claims he pretended to be black to get admission into a medical school back in 1998 and 1999.


Mindy Kaling's brother got into medical school as black


An Indian-origin teenaged student in Britain has won a top prize and 500 pounds for his research on Albert Einstein's special relativity theory.


Top physics honour for Indian-origin student in Britain


The Jadavpur University website was hacked into on Monday and on being clicked, one of its pages lead straight to an adult site, instead of information on the admission procedure, an official said.

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