Intending to sensitize youth about safe disposal of e-waste such as old or unusable mobile phones, handheld computers, laptops and computer peripherals, Delhi University's first e-waste drop box was installed in Miranda House Monday.


DU gets its first e-waste drop box (Lead, correcting para two)


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DU gets its first e-waste drop box


At least half a dozen people were Saturday injured in violence during students' union polls in Rajasthan government universities and colleges, police said here. Two vehicles were torched and police tear gased students at one place.


12 injured in Rajasthan university students' polls


The gap between top schools and mass institutions in India is  widening and has the potential to slow domestic economic growth, deepen income inequality and create less social mobility, warns a study.


Gap between elite schools and mass institutes will slow growth


India has agreed provide NRs.4.41 crore to build a three-storied library for the Nepal Academy here.


India to build library for Nepali academicians


Sam Pitroda, advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Thursday said it is necessary to introduce software industry in West Bengal which has much ground to cover in terms of technological advancement.


Need software industry in Bengal: Pitroda


Four medical college students convicted of ragging to death their junior Aman Kachroo in Himachal Pradesh are likely to return to the classroom soon.


Kachroo ragging death: Convicts may be readmitted to college


"This  is just the beginning of what we planned but we want to be at the top," says Indian industrialist Mukesh Thakwani, whose company has taken a $16 million loan to build an international school here which he hopes will become an educational landmark not just in Ghana, but in West Africa,  to provide affordable education for all.


DPS Ghana will be educational landmark: Indian industrialist


Three bills relating to the first national women's university, an aviation university and an aviation authority were introduced in the Lok Sabha Tuesday.


Women's, aviation university bills introduced in Lok Sabha


Abu Dhabi, Aug 20 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) vision of prospering through a powerful knowledge-based economy is a vital part of how the country plans to break free from its dependency on the oil sector, a daily has said.


UAE seeks knowledge-based economy, says daily


Twenty-two children took ill after eating mid-day meal in Bihar's Vaishali district Friday, district officials said. The condition of three is reported to be serious.


3 children critical after eating mid-day meal in Bihar


Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday called for political stability and strong secular values as he made his last Independence Day speech ahead of the much awaited Battle 2014.


PM calls for secular India, gently warns Pakistan (Roundup)


Aligarh Muslim University Vice Chancellor Lt. Gen. (retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah Tuesday received serious injuries as he fell from his bicycle after being deliberately hit by a car while going to office, varsity officials said.


AMU VC hit by car while cycling, seriously injured


"Terrorism affected" certificates in Punjab are under a scanner, after a district police chief was shown as "dead" in a certificate so his daughter could obtain a medical college seat reserved for terrorism-affected families.


Cop's misdemeanour puts all Punjab 'terrorism affected' under scanner


A team of three bright young Indian American students beat out teams from 17 other regions to win top honours at the 11th National Geographic World Championship in Russia's St. Petersburg city.


Indian American kids are world geography champs


India-born experimental physicist Dr. Katepalli Sreenivasan has been appointed to the Eugene Kleiner Chair for innovation in mechanical engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU).


Indian physicist to head innovation chair at NYU


The union cabinet Thursday approved a proposal for introduction of a revised block grant scheme for funding non-plan expenditure of IITs and Indian Institute of Science (IIS), Bangalore, from 2012-13 to 2016-17.


Revised block grant scheme for IITs


A $5 million gift to the India studies centre at a New York University is set to make it one of the pre-eminent resource centres for the study of Indian culture and civilisation in the US.


A $5mn boost for India studies in US


The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Assam government asking for a report within four weeks on a ragging case where senior students allegedly thrashed 12 minor students in a school in the state's Chirang district.


NHRC seeks report over ragging in Assam


Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor Tuesday said business schools in the country need to prepare management leaders with greater sensitivity for larger national goals.


B-schools should develop leaders with sensitivity: Tharoor


Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was rocked by another incident of violence on a woman when a 22-year-old Spanish language student was allegedly slapped and throttled by a senior who was reportedly obsessed with her, police said Monday. The accused has been arrested.

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