Leading theatre personality, journalist and IPTA general secretary Jitendra Raghvanshi has died of swine flu in a Delhi hospital, family sources told IANS here Saturday. He was 65.


Eminent theatre personality from Agra succumbs to swine flu


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The Delhi High Court on Thursday upheld a 10-year jail term for former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala in the illegal teacher recruitment case dating to 2000. It also upheld the conviction of other accused.


Key points of judgment in Haryana teachers recruitment scam


The Delhi High Court on Thursday upheld a 10-year jail term for former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala in the illegal teacher recruitment case dating to 2000.


Court upholds 10-year jail term for Chautala, son


Graduate students of Harvard are hosting the 12th India Conference on March 7 and 8 to foster a targeted dialogue and academic critique on India's path to global leadership.


Harvard meet to discuss India's path to global leadership


The largest and tallest Indian flag will be unfurled Tuesday by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah at Faridabad, said a member of the event's organising committee Monday.


Largest and tallest Indian flag to be unfurled Tuesday


A total of 1,500 girl students in Kerala from poor families or with small land holdings who are admitted in professional colleges will be given a laptop for free, state Finance Minister K.M. Mani said on Sunday.


Free laptops for Kerala girls admitted in professional colleges


With almost all nationalised banks not following the education loan norms, the proposal to set up an information technology (IT) -based monitoring mechanism is a welcome measure, said the convenor of the Education Loan Task Force (ELTF).


'Student aid authority will rein in rogue banks'


Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Saturday said the union budget has dashed his state's hopes as they had already identified land for an IIT and AIIMS but when the time came it was left out.


No IIT or AIIMS, budget has dashed Kerala's hopes: Chandy


Giving a boost to higher learning and with the promise of providing one major central institute in each state, India Saturday earmarked Rs.26,855 crore for higher education, an increase of over 13 percent over last year.


13 percent hike in budget allocation for higher education


Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday announced the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), an innovation promotion platform in the NITI Aayog, with an initial fund of Rs.150 crore for research and development.


Rs.150 crore for research under Atal Innovation Mission


The government will set up an authority to administer and monitor scholarship as well educational loan schemes, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Saturday.


Loans, scholarships to help needy students


Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday said the government was committed to providing quality education and planned to upgrade over 80,000 secondary schools in the country.


Over 80,000 secondary schools to be upgraded


Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday said that institutions of science and educational research would be set up in Nagaland and Odisha.


Nagaland, Odisha to get research institutes: Jaitley


Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday said the government was committed to providing quality education and planned to upgrade 80,000 secondary schools in the country.


80,000 secondary schools to be upgraded


India has witnessed a marked improvement in female literacy, the Economic Survey said Friday.


Marked improvement in female literacy: Economic Survey


The textbook board of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has incorporated some verses of the holy Quran, Hadith and wise sayings on the inner titles of the school books to discourage corruption and promote harmony in the society, media reported Monday.


Pakistan school books to have Quranic verses against corruption


American science fiction bestseller, "The Hunger Games", will now be used as a school text in Singapore, a media report said.


'The Hunger Games' used in Singapore as school text


Purnendu Dasgupta, a Jenkins Garrett professor of chemistry at The University of Texas at Arlington, has been awarded the 2015 American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry J. Calvin Giddings Award for Excellence in Education.


Indian-American professor gets top US chemistry award


Certain so-called "education experts" are often cited in news stories and blogs more because of their media connections, backing of influential interest groups and their expertise in education policy, researchers from the University of Illinois said.


Are 'experts' guiding education reforms?


Student debt should not go the way of the farmer debt crisis in India and the student loan facility needs holistic changes, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan said Friday.


Student debt should not follow farmer debt path: RBI governor


UN Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown has proposed a security plan for Pakistani schools that includes improved safety measures.

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