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Protests continued in Kashmir over child's rape

Protests continued in Kashmir valley on Tuesday over the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl in Bandipora district of the state, officials said. The state police has constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the rape case and one person has been arrested. Even as authorities closed several educational institutions in the valley, students took out protest rallies against the alleged rape of the minor girl in Sumbal area of north Kashmir's Bandipora district last week, the officials said. They said protests erupted at Women's College Maulana Azad Road here as the students came out of their classes and assembled in the campus. The protesting students demanded stern action against the accused, the officials said, adding later, the protestors marched towards the Press Enclave here. Protests rocked Kashmir University in Hazratbal area of the city where hundreds of students of different departments under the banner of Kashmir University Students Union (KUSU) assembled inside .

Kids learn new words best from their peers

The best way to help children develop a strong vocabulary is to allow them to have conversations with other children as toddlers learn new words best from other kids, says a new study.

Srinagar hosts 3rd Pencak Silat State C'ship

Third Pencak Silat State Championship has been organised for Kashmiri students in Srinagar on Tuesday. Students from different schools are participating in the tournament, which primarily revolves around punching, kicking and throwing."The theme of this championship is to follow the new calendar. Next month we have sub-junior and under 12 national championships (to be held in Bhopal). We are selecting our best probables. For this, we have called Kashmir division students," Iqbal Ahmed, the organiser, told ANI."The same championship will take place in Jammu in a few days as well. Kashmir's best lot will then compete to make Jammu and Kashmir's best team to represent the state in competitions. Career-wise, a recognised game by the sports council helps a student get each and every possible benefit. One learns self-defence, as well as health and fitness, is maintained," Iqbal added.When asked students how they are benefitting from the game, one student said with the help of this ...

AP school board releases class 10 results

Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (APBSE) released the class 10 results on Tuesday.Students can check their results on the board's official website (http://results19.bseap.org) after entering their roll number.While releasing the results, school education commissioner Sandhya Rani informed that a total of 6,30,082 students including 10,588 private candidates appeared for the examination which ran through March 18 to April 4, 2019.Supplementary examinations will be held from June 17 to June 29.Of the total 6,19,494 regular students, over 94 per cent passed the exams. "94.68 per cent of the boys and 95.09 per cent of the girls passed as regular students," she said.In the private candidates, 58.82 per cent passed them exams out of which girls constitute 61.84 per cent, she stated.All of the students passed in the exam in 5,464 schools, while three schools secured zero per cent results.With 98.13 per cent, East Godavari district has the highest pass percentage while Nellore ...

Maharashtra PG medical students on warpath

After the Supreme Court and the Bombay High Court scrapped the applicability of Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) for the current year (2019), some 250 medical students who had secured admissions to various post-graduation courses in Maharashtra are now left high an dry.

St Stephen's college GB objects to inclusion of supreme council member in interview panel

The governing body of Delhi University's St Stephen's College has objected to the inclusion of a member of its Supreme Council in the interview panel for selection of students, saying it is a violation of the college constitution. The Supreme Council is a subset of six members of the Governing Body (Managing Committee) and comprises all members of the Church of North India. According to the college constitution, the Supreme Council of the college shall have the control of the religious and moral instruction of students of the college and of all matters affecting its religious character as a Christian college of the Church of North India. The announcement to include a member of the Supreme Council was made at a meeting of the college's Staff Council held on Monday. Professor John Varghese, the college principal made the "shocking announcement", according to a statement issued by three members of the governing body. The three members -- Nandita Narain, N P Ashley, Abhishek Singh ...

Girls outshine boys in Andhra Class 10 exams

Girls outperformed boys in Class 10 exams in Andhra Pradesh, the results for which were announced on Tuesday.

Indian-American students among US Presidential Scholars

Indian-American students accounted for more than 10 per cent of the 55th class of the 2019 US Presidential Scholars, according to the Department of Education.

Maruti Suzuki India inaugurates Center of Excellence at ITI, Becharaji

Maruti Suzuki has invested around Rs 4 crore to set up the facility and will continue to maintain and run it.

Sivan hopes space programme for youth spawns good scientists

Exhorting students to develop scientific temper, Indian space agency's top executive K. Sivan on Monday hoped the space programme for the youth would produce a good number of scientists every year.

Stephen's GB members accuse principal of taking 'illegal decision'

The members of the Governing Body (GB) of St. Stephen's College on Monday accused Principal John Varghese of taking an "illegal decision" to include a member of the Supreme Council in the interview panel for selection of students for admission to the college and sought withdrawal of the decision.

New KVS order will deprive students to study Assamese: ASS

Assam Sahitya Sabha (ASS) president Paramananda Rajbongshi Monday alleged that the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) was "conspiring to deprive students in its schools their "birth right" to study Assamese and other regional languages. Rajbongshi at a press conference here claimed that a recent KVS notification "will deprive the students in the Kendriya Vidyalaya schools in Assam along with the rest of the country of their birth right and democratic right to study Assamese and other indigenous languages". He claimed that till last year teaching of mother tongue languages was carried out in Kendriya Vidyalaya schools, but the notification of March 29 making physical education and some other subjects compulsory had stated that classes on regional languages will be given for one hour either before school begins or at the end of it. "This will compel students to remain in school for long hours from 7.45 am till 4 pm, naturally it will decrease the students interest to ...

Queen's University in Belfast signs MoU with Tezpur varsity for doctoral programmes

Queen's University Belfast, one of the leading varsities in UK and Ireland, has signed a MoU with Tezpur University in Assam to jointly supervise doctoral programmes in the next five years. It will enable scholars from Tezpur University to commence PhD study at Queen's in September this year. The collaboration will also offer opportunities for student and staff exchange for the purposes of study, research and teaching. The MoU was signed here between the Vice-Chancellor of Tezpur University, Vinod Kumar Jain, and Ian Greer, the Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast. According to the MoU, primarily, the scope of collaboration will be in research and aligning with the strengths of both the institutions. Initially, identified research areas of interest are primarily within the engineering field. However, it is expected that research areas from other faculties will be explored at a later stage. "We have a long-standing relationship with India and are committed to assisting Indian .

Iranian students protest mandatory headscarf rule

Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency says university students have held a campus protest against authorities' increasing pressure on women to wear mandatory headscarves in public. The report says the students both men and women briefly scuffled with another group of Tehran University students who support the country's conservative dress code. The headscarf, or hijab, is required in public for all women in Iran. Those who violate the rules are usually sentenced to two months in prison or less and fined around USD 25. ISNA reported in May that a prominent human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, was sentenced to seven years in prison after defending anti-hijab protesters. Iranian authorities have adopted a tougher approach toward such protests since 2017, after dozens of women publicly took off their headscarves.

Row as Rajasthan proposes changes in Savarkar study

The Rajasthan government has courted controversy by proposing changes in freedom fighter and Hindutva proponent Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's profile in the school syllabus.

Apply for Sahapedia-UNESCO fellowship from May 15

Starting May 15, scholars can apply for the third edition of the Sahapedia-UNESCO Fellowship programme, a project that encourages fresh research on tangible and intangible heritage across India and South Asia.

Maratha quota in PG courses: Maha looking for solution, says

The Maharashtra government is mulling solutions, including issuing an ordinance, to solve the problem relating to Maratha students' admissions to post graduation medical courses against the backdrop of a court ruling on 16 per cent quota for the community, Minister Girish Mahajan said Monday. The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court had, earlier this month, said 16 per cent reservation given to the Maratha community by the state under the Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) category will not be applicable to admissions to the post-graduate (PG) medical and dental courses courses this year. The state government had later approached the Supreme Court, which upheld the verdict of the High Court. Mahajan said the state government was unable to do anything at the moment since the model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha polls was in force (since March 10), adding that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was consulting experts on the issue. Around 250 students, who

HC grants interim relief to DU student, allows her to appear in examination

The Delhi High Court granted an interim relief to a Delhi University student, who was short of attendance, by allowing her to appear in the annual examinations. Justice C Hari Shankar said this latitude was granted to the petitioner woman only because she was a student and "if she is not permitted to appear in the examination, possibly irreparable loss would ensue". The petitioner was a sixth semester student of BA (Hons) English course in Delhi University's Vivekanand College and her exams were scheduled to commence on May 11. Her counsel said she was into drama society and had participated in over 40 programmes in the 6th semester and the approval was granted by the college authorities. "In order to balance the equities of the present, the petitioner is permitted to appear in the 6th semester examinations... It shall not be treated as creating any equities in favour of her and shall abide by the outcome of the writ petition," the court said. Advocates Rituparn Uniyal and Pawan ...

Political controversies affect bullying in youths

Heated political discourse over proposed laws involving marginalised groups, such as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, can contribute to an increase in bullying linked to students' identity in schools, says a study.

20 Singapore students injured in bus accident in Vietnam

Official media say a van carrying 20 Singaporean students participating in a community service project has crashed into a curb in central Vietnam, injuring 12. The state-owned Tuoi Tre newspaper says two of the students, who were traveling to Bach Ma national park in Hue province, suffered leg and neck injuries respectively, but were not in critical condition. Others received minor injuries such as bruises. The newspaper said Monday that the students were treated at a provincial hospital, and all have been discharged except for the two with more serious injuries.