The cabinet on Wednesday approved the setting up of a permanent campus for the Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE) in Andhra Pradesh to offer undergraduate courses in petroleum and chemical engineering.


Andhra Pradesh petroleum institute gets cabinet nod


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A day after Chandigarh Police booked 66 students on sedition charges after violence on the Panjab University campus here over fee hike, university authorities on Wednesday sought the dropping of the serious charge.


Drop sedition charge against students, Panjab varsity tells police


Delhi University students  on Wednesday called to root out casteism from higher education at a public meeting held just two days ahead of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's birth anniversary.


Remembering Ambedkar, DU students call for rooting out casteism


Fashion designer Raghavendra Rathore, known for offering a touch of royalty to his customers with his bespoke ensembles, has now taken up the initiative of bringing focus on the issue of design education by setting up his own institute -- The Gurukul School of Design -- in Jaipur.


Raghavendra Rathore sets up design school in Jaipur


Australian Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham on Tuesday said India is a significant opportunity for the educators of his country and Australia will contribute to education, which is a strategically important sector.


India an opportunity for Australian educators: Visiting minister


London, April 11 (IANS/WAM) United Arab Emirate's Supreme Council member and ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi visited Britain's University of Surrey and explored ways to build academic cooperation between the two countries.


UAE explores academic cooperation in Britain


Tension prevailed on the Panjab University campus on Tuesday as students, protesting the fee hike   for various courses, clashed with the police.


Panjab University students oppose fee hike, clash with police


As many as 7,000 girl students on Tuesday performed classical dance 'Kuchpudi' in this Andhra Pradesh coastal city to set a Guinness World record.


7,000 girls perform 'Kuchipudi' in Vizag to set new record


The father of a Maldivian model who was found dead in her college in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, last month has accused her best friend, a student from India's Jammu and Kashmir, of murder, a media report said.


Father of Maldivian model accuses Kashmiri friend of her murder


Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel laureate, has broken another age barrier and become the youngest UN Messenger of Peace, an honour she shares with Hollywood actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Charlize Theron.


Malala Yousafzai made UN Messenger of Peace


Imperial College of London has become more "proactive" on its "international recruiting" particularly after Brexit, its President Alice Gast said here on Monday.


London's Imperial College proactive on foreign recruitment after Brexit


The Delhi High Court on Monday restrained DPS World Foundation from using the trade name "DPS" in its operation as it is a registered trademark of Delhi Public School Society.


HC restrains DPS World Foundation from using name 'DPS'


A mother fighting to seek justice for the death of her son, called off her fast on the fifth day on Sunday night after CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan assured her of action.


Student's mother calls off fast after Yechuri, Vijayan assure action


There is immense need for value education in contemporary times, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday, acknowledging that while subjects like science and mathematics form the backbone of regular curricula, value education keeps one connected to the roots.


Immense need of value education today: Manmohan Singh


Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Saturday asked management students to focus on development of rural areas and underprivileged in order to help growth and expansion of economic activities.


Himachal CM asks IIM students to focus on rural areas


Actor Manoj Bajpayee, who is enjoying the success of his latest film "Naam Shabana" aspires to have a film institute in Patna and Bihar.


Aspire to have film institute in Patna, Bihar: Manoj Bajpayee


Energy, education and trade are likely to form the backdrop to the forthcoming three-day visit of Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to India.


Australian PM to visit India - energy, education, trade on table


Three persons have been arrested on charges of committing burglaries in 40 prestigious schools in Delhi and adjoining states, police said on Thursday.


Three held for burglaries in schools


The Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur, and the Indian Paint Association (IPA) on Thursday signed a deal for a masters programme in Coating Sciences and Technology for the academic session beginning July 2017.


IIEST-Shibpur, Indian Paint Association collaborate for programme


A sessions court here on Thursday stayed a lower court order that directed nine JNU students to appear before it to record their consent or refusal for a lie-detector test in case of missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed.


Court stays order in JNU missing student's case


Google's philanthropic arm Google.org on Thursday announced grants of $8.4 million to four Indian NGOs over the next two years to expand their efforts to enhance the learning experience for students in the classroom.

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