Kochi-based Aster Medcity on Saturday inked an MoU with the US based Thomas Jefferson University which will allow Indian doctors access to the best of global healthcare knowledge and expertise.


Aster Medcity inks MoU with Thomas Jefferson University


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The United States Consulate in Chennai handles nearly 16,000 visa applications every day even as the number of Indian students studying in the US registered the largest growth for the second year in a row, a US diplomat said here on Saturday.


US Consulate in Chennai handles 16,000 visas daily: Diplomat


Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and singer-songwriter Chris Martin, who arrived to attend the Global Citizen Festival Of India 2016, visited Shri Gadge Maharaja Vidyalay here on Friday and met its students.


Sachin, Chris Martin meet school students


A girl student of an engineering college in Andhra Pradesh committed suicide on Friday allegedly due to ragging.


Andhra engineering student kills herself due to ragging


Former actress Anu Agarwal has encouraged children to participate in sports for their holistic growth.


Anu Agarwal supports kids' holistic growth through sports


The woman head of a Bal Ashram (children's home) in Madhya Pradesh has been taken into custody over allegations that her father, now on the run, was drugging and sexually molesting the minor girls, police said on Friday.


Head of MP children's home held for rape of minor girls


Space Scientist Anil Bhardwaj of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is among the six winners of the Infosys Prize for this year, announced the software major's foundation on Friday.


Space scientist among six Infosys Prize winners


A delegation of students from Russia visited the Lalit Kala Akademi here on Friday, furthering the cultural ties between India and Russia.


Russian students visit Lalit Kala Akademi


A 14-year-old student in Pakistan's Sindh province lost his senses due to alleged torture by his teacher, the media reported on Friday.


Torture by teacher leaves student paralyzed


The Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) on Friday announced the winners of "Infosys Prize 2016" in six different categories.


Winners of 'Infosys Prize 2016' announced


India shares a millennial old cultural, social and academic relation with Afghanistan, said Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh on Thursday.


India-Afghan shares millennial old culture: VK Singh


Stressing on higher education's crucial role in developmental effort, President Pranab Mukherjee has called for a strong interface between industry and higher education sectors, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said on Thursday.


President calls for strong interface between industry and academia


Delhi Police on Wednesday claimed to have traced an auto rickshaw driver who picked up missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed from the varsity campus and took him to Jamia Millia Islamia.


Traced auto driver who took missing JNU student to Jamia: Police


The Delhi Police on Wednesday hiked the award money from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 5 lakh for information about Jawaharlal Nehru University student Najeeb Ahmed, who went missing last month.


Police hike reward for tracing JNU student to Rs 5 lakh


Students from Jammu and Kashmir have given a "befitting answer" to terrorists with 95 per cent attendance in the Class 12 board examination, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said here on Tuesday, terming it as a "strong surgical strike".


95% exam attendance in Kashmir is befitting answer to militants: Javadekar


The enrolment of students from India in American educational institutes in 2015-16 registered a record 25 per cent increase over the previous year, US Ambassador Richard Verma said on Tuesday.


Indian students' enrolment in US institutes up by 25%


Overcoming all traditional barriers, an Afghan female teacher goes to a school in a remote village in Kandahar province every morning to teach the children of the most unprivileged families.


Afghan female teacher in former Taliban stronghold


Schools located in border areas of Jammu and Kashmir which were ordered to shut after Pakistani shelling reopened on Tuesday, officials said.


Border schools shut after Pakistani shelling reopen


A record Rs 4.5 lakh monthly stipend has been offered to first-year students of post-graduate diploma in management at the IIM - Calcutta, the institute said in a statement on Monday.


IIM-C post-graduate students get Rs 4.5 lakh stipend offer


Over one lakh students are scheduled to take secondary school exams beginning in Kashmir on Monday following adequate security arrangements in the valley, education officials said.


Students to sit for Kashmir secondary school exams


A hi-tech school project that began as a pilot project in four assembly constituencies is all set to be introduced in the remaining 136 constituencies this week and will cover 45,000 state-run schools from Class 8 to 12.

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