Universities should give top priority to preparing students for employability, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Sunday, lauding Gujarat University for helping many new entrepreneurs through its programmes.


Universities should prioritise making students employable


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In what could be a move to challenge Amazon's domination in the market, Google might soon sell audiobooks on its Play Store, media reported.


Google may sell audiobook on Play Store


Following action against some primary schoolteachers, who were themselves enrolled as students in various medical and agriculture colleges and attending classes there, 30 such teachers have resigned in Manipur over the last few weeks.


Over 30 teachers resign to avoid prosecution in Manipur


An Iranian man studying in Jawaharlal Nehru University here has been arrested on charges of beating and sexually harassing a fellow woman student from his native country, police said on Saturday.


Iranian man held for sexually harassing fellow JNU student


In a shocking incident, a woman principal of a private school in Haryana's Yamunanagar town was shot dead on Saturday by an agitated Class 12 student who had been rusticated.


School principal shot dead by Class 12 student in Haryana's Yamunanagar town


The principal of one of the leading schools in Haryana's Yamunanagar was on Saturday shot dead by a Class 12 student in the school, police said.


School principal shot dead by student in Haryana (Lead, changing dateline)


A Class 12 student allegedly shot dead the principal of his school in Haryana's Yamunanagar on Saturday, police said.


Class 12 student shoots dead school principal in Haryana


The Hyderabad High Court on Friday ordered a fresh probe into the rape and murder of a pharmacy student in Andhra Pradesh a decade ago.


Hyderabad HC orders fresh probe into Andhra student's murder


In another shocking incident, a seven-year-old boy abducted for ransom was found dead on Friday in Bihar's West Champaran district, police said.


Another abducted boy found dead in Bihar


Stating that only about 20 per cent of India's 1.5 million engineers are employable by the industry, Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde on Friday called "unemployability" as the biggest challenge that could restrict India's growth.


Unemployable youth limit India's growth: Minister Hegde


A tripartite MoU was on Friday signed for implementation of a soft skill training programme in some Odisha Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) under which 800 students will be trained over two years.


MoU signed for soft skill training in Odisha


She believes that education, not charity, is the only way to bring a change in India's existing educational and social system. And to turn this thinking into reality, she battled the inequality in the classroom through pioneering school reforms.


Ushering social reforms through education: An Irish nun's experiments in India


The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) on Thursday signed an agreement with the Agriculture Skill Council of India (ASCI) to develop new educational and training programmes in the areas of agriculture and allied sectors.


IGNOU, agriculture council join hands for new programmes


About 300 Delhi University (DU) students picketed the Vishwavidyalaya Metro Station on Thursday, restricting the entry of commuters at one of the gates for more than two hours to demand rollback of the metro fare hike. They gave DMRC a week to announce a rollback.


DU students picket university metro station, give week's time to rollback fare hike


A college girl was allegedly beaten up and sexually abused by a member of Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad -- TMC student wing -- on the college campus in West Bengal's Hooghly district, the victim said on Thursday.


Bengal girl beaten up, sexually abused inside college


State-run Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala (IIITM-K) is all set to launch its proposed Kerala Blockchain Academy, the first of its kind in the country, here.


Kerala to set up Blockchain academy


A girl student suspected of stabbing a Class 1 boy in a school in the state capital has been detained while the school principal has been arrested, police said on Thursday.


Girl detained for stabbing Class 1 boy in Lucknow, principal arrested


Demanding roll-back in metro fare hike, students of Delhi University (DU) are to picket the Vishwavidyalaya Metro Station on Thursday, a student group said on Wednesday.


DU students to 'Occupy' Vishwavidyalaya Metro Station


Retired Odisha High Court Judge I.M. Quddusi, accused of graft, on Wednesday moved a Delhi court to seek a court-monitored probe into leak of transcripts of his alleged telephonic conversation in a corruption case.


Quddusi moves court over leak of phone conversation transcripts


A Class 1 student of a local school was in critical condition after he was stabbed by an unidentified girl student, police said on Wednesday.


Class I student stabbed by senior girl in Lucknow school, critical


A new course on Sustainable Urban planning using remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) has been launched at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur's outreach centre here, NITI Aayog said on Tuesday.

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