More than 200 students have been caught cheating in the Class 12 board exam and expelled in the last three days. Nearly a dozen parents who helped them use unfair means were arrested, an official said Tuesday.


Over 200 students caught cheating in Bihar, expelled


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Nearly nine lakh students stand to benefit from a subsidy scheme on educational loans taken before March 31, 2009, according to the interim budget proposals presented by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Monday.


Loan subsidy to benefit 9 lakh students


The DMK Sunday urged the central government to write off the outstanding educational loans given to students.


Write off educational loans: DMK


Union Human Resource Development Minister M.M. Pallam Raju Wednesday said a safe and secure atmosphere on campuses can be ensured only if there is a change in people's mindsets.


'For safe campuses, mindsets of people need to change'


Around nine lakh girl students have benefited from the Kanyashree scheme, a programme rolled out by the West Bengal government to prevent girls from being married off in their childhood, a minister said here Wednesday.


Around 9 lakh girls helped by Bengal's Kanyashree scheme


Tata group chairman emeritus Ratan Tata told students of T.A. Pai Management Institute here to aspire to make a difference in the world rather than strive for personal advancement as selfless service was the key to becoming a successful manager.


Selfless service key to becoming successful manager: Ratan Tata


Pharma major Cipla chairman Yusuf Hamied Monday donated Rs.8 crore to support a chemistry education programme in Indian schools by the Britain-based Royal Society of Chemistry.


Cipla head donates Rs.8 crore to promote chemistry in India


The Jamia Millia Islamia Monday said it has submitted a proposal to the human resource development ministry to establish a museum on the northeast to generate awareness about the region's culture, language and art.


Jamia proposes museum on northeast


Magic Planet - the first entirely magic-themed complex designed for children to experience science, technology, art and literature through magic, is coming up in the state capital, it was announced here Saturday.


Magic complex to come up in Kerala capital


The union cabinet Thursday approved changes in its flagship elementary education scheme which will benefit students from poor sections of society and the girl child.


Cabinet nod to changes to elementary education scheme


The dean of students' welfare of a state-run university in Odisha was Thursday relieved of his position after a probe found prima facie that he sexually harassed a girl student, an official said.


Odisha varsity dean relieved of duty over sex slur


Yet another Indian-American has been named to a top academic job with the appointment of Sanjeev Kulkarni as the next dean of the prestigious Princeton University Graduate School.


Sanjeev Kulkarni named dean of Princeton Graduate School


Professors at Manipal University Tuesday voiced happiness at alumnus Satya Nadella being named the new Microsoft chief and remembered him as a quiet student with a keen eye for detail.


Jubilation at Manipal University as Nadella named Microsoft CEO


Brightly illustrated, easy to read glossy books on the basics of climate change, global warming, disaster management and environment-friendly measures are wooing children and their parents to the 38th International Kolkata Book Fair here.


Green books create buzz at Kolkata Book Fair


Indian Americans, who have the highest income among America's multicultural groups, save much of their higher household income for their children's college education, according to a new study.


Indian Americans save most for children's college education


Union Human Resource Development Minister Pallam Raju Saturday called for a national effort to build world-class education eco-system that fosters leadership


Pallam Raju calls for building world-class education eco-system


The European Union (EU) Friday called on Russian authorities to take into account all the evidence before banning pig imports from EU member states.


EU urges Russia to reconsider pig import ban


The Delhi High Court has prohibited Mahatma Gandhi University, Meghalaya, from admitting any student  to a fashion institute in Delhi for any of its courses.


Meghalaya varsity asked not to admit students in Delhi


The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has observed some working constrains under the new Lokpal law and has written to the central government about it, CBI director Ranjit Sinha said here Friday.


Lokpal law: CBI finds working constrains


Harvard Business School's Indian-American Dean Nitin Nohria has made an extraordinary public apology for the school's treatment of female students and professors and vowed to make changes at the institution.


Harvard B-school dean Nitin Nohria apologizes for sexism on campus


India should use its position in the field of education to spread goodwill in South Asia, said former Pakistan diplomat Sajjad Ashraf, who hoped it would help improve ties Pakistan.

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