Aiming to introduce Indian consumers to the concept of responsible lending practices, the Financial Planning Standards Board India (FPSB) and IIM Lucknow have released a report titled "Navigator of Responsible Lending-India", a statement said on Thursday.


FPSB India, IIM Lucknow launch report on responsible lending


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With an aim to help transform education and research in India, 3D Experience major Dassault Systemes on Thursday extended its global initiative "La Fondation Dassault Systemes" to the country.


Dassault Systemes extends global education initiative to India


As many as 111 girl students were still unaccounted for following Monday's attack by Boko Haram insurgents on a government school in Nigeria's restive northeast Yobe state, police said on Wednesday.


Over 100 school girls still missing after Boko Haram attack: Nigerian police


Nasscom, in partnership with the Telangana government, will establish a Centre of Excellence for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence here, it was announced on Tuesday.


Nasscom's Centre of Excellence on DS&AI to come up in Hyderabad


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that with Artificial Intelligence (AI), bots and robots, productivity will increase, but warned of rising apprehensions of 'human redundancy' as the mind and machines would compete directly.


Make 'Artificial Intelligence' work for India: PM


University tuition fees should partly be based on how a degree course could benefit a student's future career, British Education Secretary Damian Hinds said.


British minister for slashing some university tuition fees


Nearly 1,000 students were expelled for cheating during the Class 12 examinations in Bihar, officials said on Saturday.


1,000 Bihar students expelled for cheating in Class 12 exams


The European Union's delegation to India on Friday held a hackathon challenge for Indian developers at the  Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here to develop smart city applications (apps).


EU holds hackathon for smart city apps in Bengaluru


In a bid to encourage girl child education, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday announced that all girls studying in government institutions up to post-graduation will be given free education.


Free education for Karnataka girls up to post-graduation


US President Donald Trump will travel to south Florida on Friday to meet family members of the victims of this week's school shooting that left 17 dead.


Trump to meet families of school shooting victims in Florida


Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday met students from Jammu and Kashmir, who are on a tour to Delhi, and encouraged them to join the Indian Army, an official said.


Army chief meets students from J&K


With Hindi films like "Dangal" and "Sultan", which had a strong Haryana connection, turning out to be blockbusters, the state government is planning to set up a film university in the state.


Haryana to have film university


At least two children sustained burn injuries when a private school van caught fire due to leakage in the gas kit here on Friday, police said.


School van catches fire in MP; two children hurt


A 19-year-old returned to the high school which had ousted him for indiscipline in the US state of Florida and went on a shooting spree, slaughtering 17 students and teachers in one of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern US history.


17 massacred in Florida school, ex-student charged with murder


Technology giant IBM on Thursday launched a first-of-its kind "New Collar" curriculum in partnership with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) to build the next generation skills needed for "New Collar" careers.


IBM, skill development ministry launch 'New Collar' curriculum at ITIs


The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Punjab and Haryana High Court to decide within five months the appeals of the accused in the O.P. Jindal Global University gang rape case.


Jindal University rape: SC asks HC to decide on appeal in 5 months


At least 17 students and teachers were killed as a heavily-armed 19-year-old went on a shooting spree outside and inside his former high school in Florida state in the US, authorities said. The shooter was arrested an hour later.


17 killed in Florida school shooting, ex-student arrested


Most experts who vetted Facebook's Messenger Kids -- a video calling and messaging app designed for the under 13s -- received funding from the social media giant, the WIRED has reported.


Messenger Kids advocates got Facebook funding: Report


Nazia Erum's "Mothering a Muslim" has been dominating the bestseller charts for many weeks now and has opened up prime-time discussions on the telly, columns in newspapers and reams of reviews on how -- through the cases she has documented across cities -- religious bigotry has been seeping into schools, playgrounds, and into children's minds. Some of the accounts are shocking, most of them are heartbreaking, but above all, the book finally puts into words what has always existed but not acknowledged.


Schools becoming breeding grounds for intolerance? A new book opens the discussion


Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday requested his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N. Chandrababu Naidu for a probe by a special agency into the death of Sambalpur teenager in Visakhapatanam.


Odisha CM urges Andhra counterpart for probe into Sambalpur boy's death


As many as 800 technical institutes, including around 80 run by the government, may face closure if they do not find enough students to fill their seats as they have been served notice for poor performance, technical education regulator AICTE said on Monday.

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