Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Thursday said that to widen the role of anganwadis, the government is now shifting the emphasis to convert anganwadis into centres of pre-school education.


'Government to convert anganwadis into pre-school education centres'


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Bangladeshi Nobel laureate and microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday urged management students to question why banks don't lend money to poor people.


Ask why banks don't lend money to poor, Nobel winner Yunus tells IIM-C students


Aiming to encourage officials and Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) to exploit their creative potential, an "Idea and Innovation" competition was held at the Command Technology Centre of the Indian Army here on Tuesday.


Army holds 'Idea and Innovation' competition in Lucknow


Two students were killed and at least 25 others, including some teachers, were injured when the roof of a government school crashed following heavy rains here on Monday evening, police said.


2 students killed as Maharashtra school roof crashes


As many as 60,000 government high school students in Kerala will be taught animation, electronics, hardware, cyber-safety and Malayalam computing at a two-day camp next month, officials said on Monday.


60,000 Kerala students to get training in animation, electronics


Two medical students have been rusticated from the hostel and 11 others fined for ragging their juniors at the King George's Medical University (KGMU) here, officials said on Saturday.


Two rusticated from hostel, 11 fined for ragging at KGMU


With the Delhi University (DU) student elections just a fortnight away, the All India Students' Association (AISA) on Friday demanded police protection for its candidates and cadres against "violence from ABVP".


DUSU polls: AISA seeks security against ABVP 'goons'


Reliance Entertainment's education initiative - Reliance Education - has created a 175-second animation film on the theme of 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao.


Reliance Education creates film on 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao'


Students who avail education loan from government-owned banks can submit a request to claim interest subsidy from Canara Bank, a top official said on Friday.


'Education loan borrowers can submit requests for interest subsidy'


British High Commissioner to India Dominic Asquith on Thursday said the number of Indian students in the UK is picking up after going through a decline in the last few years.


Number of Indian students in UK on the rise: Envoy


With over 5,300 recipients between 2004 and 2017, India is the largest beneficiary of the Erasmus scholarships for higher education offered by the European Union (EU) member states, EU Ambassador to India Tomasz Kozlowski has said.


India biggest beneficiary of European scholarship programme


23 people were arrested for attacking and stone pelting at former Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union President Kanhaiya Kumar's rally in West Bengal's Hoogly district on Wednesday, police said.


Another Kanhaiya Kumar's rally attacked in Bengal, 23 arrested


The Niti Aayog on Wednesday invited applications for its "Mentor India" campaign aimed at engaging industry leaders to mentor students in various schools across the nation.


Niti Aayog invites applications for 'Mentor India'


At least 33 students were hospitalised after ammonia gas leaked from a cold storage facility located next to a school in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district on Wednesday, officials said.


33 students hospitalised due to gas leak in MP


More than a thousand years ago, people in Bengal and in Scotland were transferring the ownership of property in "almost exactly similar" ways, says a Scottish historian.


1,000 years ago, property transfer similar in Bengal, Scotland


Aimed at engaging industry leaders to mentor students in various schools across the nation, the NITI Aayog will on Wednesday launch the "Mentor India" campaign.


NITI Aayog to launch 'Mentor India' campaign


Many of us in the 40-plus bracket will recall youthful evenings in front of the TV watching students battle it out in the Bournvita Quiz Contest. But since its last episode was aired, there has been no all-India show mounted on such a scale.


4 reasons why quizzing is important for students


The Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) has suspended five students for alleged "indiscipline" and indulging in "unprecedented vandalism" on campus, the registrar said.


Kolkata's Satyajit Ray institute suspends five students


A 17-year-old student of Kendriya Vidyalaya died on Thursday after falling unconscious during the school assembly in Gole Market in central Delhi, police said.


Kendriya Vidyalaya student dies in school


Twenty one students and a schoolteacher were injured, some of them critically, when a suspension bridge collapsed in Arunachal Pradesh, an official said on Wednesday.


21 students, teacher injured in Arunachal bridge collapse


Three labourers died in an accident during construction work inside the IIT Kharagpur campus, police said on Wednesday.

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