Even as the number of Indian students in the US  dropped below 100,000 after four years largely due to devaluation of the  rupee, India remained the second leading source of students coming to the  US.


Indian students in US drop with rupee's fall


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Thirty researchers, academicians and scientists from Australia's top universities will visit six Indian metropolitan cities and interact with companies to encourage sharing of technological innovation between the two countries, officials said Monday.


Australia, India to share technological innovation


The knack Indian parents have for teaching their children is acting as a game-changer for educational toys, raising their demand by 15 percent year-on-year.


Educational toys the next big thing in India


Days after doing a bit of Bollywood dancing to celebrate Diwali, US First Lady Michelle Obama hosted White House's first ever 'Careers in Film Symposium' for high school students from Washington, New York, and Boston.


After Bollywood dancing, Michelle Obama hosts workshop on film careers


Four girls, aged between 10 and 12 years, fell ill after eating midday meal in a primary school here, said government official.


Four Delhi girls taken ill after eating midday meal


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday said that over 900,000 youth would be trained for job placements during the 12th Five Year Plan period in the state.


Over 9 lakh youth to get job skills: Omar Abdullah


PlanetRead, a Mumbai-based Indian non-profit, has won US Library of Congress's Literacy Award for its innovative programme to promote literacy skills, primarily through subtitles for popular Bollywood film songs-based television programmes.


Using films to promote literacy : Mumbai NGO gets US award


With a 40 percent surge, Indian students largely drove the growth of new foreign enrolment in US graduate schools this year, while those from China slowed to 5 percent, according to a new survey.


India drives growth of foreign students in the US


For the first time, the Bal Sangam programme of the National School of Drama in the national capital will bring together 21 groups from across the country, with special focus on the northeast and folk theatre.


NSD's Bal Sangam fest to begin on Children's Day


The Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) has signed an agreement with the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) in the capital to undertake joint research activities in training and capacity building.


HUDCO signs research agreement with architecture school


Both the opposition Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded a CBI inquiry Wednesday into the death of a woman teacher who was set  on fire for allegedly refusing to withdraw a sexual assault complaint.


Opposition demands CBI investigate woman's murder in Odisha


Australia has vowed to assist Myanmar in its political reform process and a wide range of sectors, including education and health, media reported Wednesday.


Australia to assist Myanmar in reform process


Hao Ping, China's vice minister for education, was Tuesday elected president of the 37th General Conference of UNESCO for the next two years, Xinhua reported.


China's Hao Ping to head UNESCO's 37th General Conference


A woman teacher in Odisha's Rayagada district died Friday, four days after an unidentified assailant set her ablaze for allegedly refusing to withdraw a sexual assault complaint.


Odisha teacher dies after being set on fire


The Haryana Police Thursday arrested a post-graduate student of the Maharishi Dayanand University here for allegedly murdering his girlfriend who was pursuing her doctorate in the same university.


Boyfriend arrested for Rohtak Ph.D student's murder


An Indian-American entrepreneur couple has gifted $12 million to the University of Dallas, the single largest donation in the university's 57-year history, to fund construction of a new academic building.


Indian American couple gifts $12 mn to US varsity


Three days after a 28-year-old woman teacher was set on fire in Odisha's Rayagada district, police Wednesday arrested a man suspected to be the main accused in the crime, an official said.


Man held in woman teacher burning case


An alumnus of the University of Cambridge, Prathiba M. Singh, has donated a scholarship that will enable Indian students to complete LL.M degree at the world-renowned Cambridge Faculty of Law.


Cambridge alumnus sponsors scholarship


Washington-based Sikh Human Development Foundation (SHDF) has given scholarships totalling over $200,000 to 508 needy students pursuing higher education in 159 institutions in Punjab and other states in north India.


US based Sikh body helps poor students in India


They are young, energised and want to see their country free from wrong deeds. Students of Government College of Teacher Education, who came to watch the screening of Nagraj Manjule's "Fandry" at DIFF, believe that cinema and literature have the power to build a new India.


Cinema, literature can help bring new India, say students


President Pranab Mukherjee Friday told girl students from Assam who visited him at Rashtrapati Bhavan that despite differences in language and food habits, the people of the country share a feeling of belonging to a great nation.

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