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American India Foundation honours Dell CEO, HDFC MD
The American India Foundation honoured Dell Technologies Chairman and CEO Michael Dell and Aditya Puri, the Managing Director of Indias largest private sector bank of HDFC, at its annual gala in here.
US measles outbreak triggers quarantine at varsities
Nearly 300 students and employees at two Los Angeles universities have been quarantined after possible exposure to measles, the schools said.
AglaSem Talent Search Exam 2019 to give away cash prizes up to Rs 10 lakhs
Indian EdTech company AglaSem EduTech Pvt. Ltd. announces one of its kind talent search examination for students of classes 4 to 10. Cash prizes worth up to 10 lakhs will be distributed.What takes to be extraordinarily good in what you do and most importantly how to identify that you have it in you? Simple, test yourself, compete with the bests. Here is one such platform for the kids who think they are extraordinary and are willing to prove it to everyone.AglaSem launches one of its kind online examination platforms where students from classes 4 to 10 can compete with each other to put their knowledge to test and know their true potential. This, in turn, will prepare them for the future, analyse their areas of strength. ATSE will be India's first true online examination.With ATSE 2019 the students and their parents will be ready for the future of examination. ATSE might also be a first step towards changing the future of exam patterns in India. Registrations for ATSE are now ...
Ten US elementary students shot by pellet gun
Ten elementary school children in the southern US state of Georgia were hit by what appeared to be a pellet or BB gun when someone in a wooded area started shooting at their playground, an official said. The incident sparked panic at the Wynbrooke Elementary School in DeKalb County as police descended on the scene of what initially appeared to be yet another mass shooting. Caleb Edmonson, an 11-year-old student, told local news WSB-TV 2: "Everybody started to get a little bit panicked, but people started thinking it was a drill, but then a couple of minutes later we saw ambulances, police officers coming in, running down our hallways." The students were taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for non life-threatening injuries or picked up their parents, Portia Kirkland, a spokeswoman for DeKalb County School District told AFP, adding a police investigation was underway. The incident came days after the 20th anniversary of the Columbine shooting when two armed teens killed 12 students
Macron says he plans to scrap the ENA, training school for France's elite
French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that he intended to scrap one of the country's most prestigious post-graduate schools, the Ecole Nationale d'Administration, which counts four heads of state among its graduates. "We will need to abolish the ENA, among others, to be able to build something else," he said of the institution in the eastern city of Strasbourg that has educated top French politicians and public officials since 1945. ENA graduates, known as "Enarques" in France, form a network of influence that stretches across the top echelons of politics and business, making it a target for critics of the French establishment for decades. Macron said he was against making other reforms to the institution, which has been criticised for failing to admit a diverse group of students. "If you keep the same structures, then the habits are too strong, the habits remain," Macron said. Macron is the fourth French president to have been schooled at the ENA after Valery Giscard ...
DU asks govt's higher education dept to finalise nominations for governing bodies
The Delhi University has asked city government's higher education department to finalise nominations for governing bodies from a panel of 188 names submitted by the varsity. The tenure of governing bodies of all the colleges ended on March 8 and the varsity in a letter said that it had not received reply from the government to its earlier letter asking for names. However, Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia wrote to the varsity's vice-chancellor earlier this month saying the university had not constituted governing bodies in these colleges and no funds would be released till the bodies are formed. Sources from the varsity, however, said they were awaiting names to be nominated for governing bodies from the higher education department of Delhi government, which had also requested in March for extending the tenure of the governing bodies by three months. The varsity wrote on April 23 to the Directorate of Higher Education asking it to finalise the names to be nominated for governing
IIT-KGP, Jindal Stainless tie up for stainless steel course
IIT-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) and Jindal Stainless have come together to introduce a 3-credit course on stainless steel and advanced ferrous alloys. This is a part of IIT-KGP's post-graduate curriculum for the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Jindal Stainless said in a release on Thursday. The course shall comprise the study of stainless steel and the uniqueness of its various grades, behavioural and forming characteristics, determination of life-cycle cost and an understanding of the entire gamut of applications, along wit advanced ferrous alloys, it said. The programme will commence as an elective course from the autumn semester (July-November 2019) of the institute, with an initial batch of around 50-60 students. "As a green metal, stainless steel has the potential to re-imagine sustainability. With IIT Kharagpur's expertise, we will be able to drive awareness among the future Indian engineers," Jindal Stainless Director S Bhattacharya said. The course .
Oppn parties meet T'gana Guv; seek judicial probe into exam
As protests over the 'goof up' in declaration of results of intermediate exams entered the fourth day Thursday, Opposition parties led by the Congress met Telangana Governor ESL Narasimhan and demanded a judicial inquiry into it. State Congress president N Uttam Kumar Reddy, who led a delegation of leaders from the Congress, TDP, CPI and Telangana Jana Samiti (TJS) met the Governor and demanded that an ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakh be paid to the families of the deceased. He also sought the suspension of the authorities concerned besides the dismissal of education minister G Jagadeesh Reddy for his alleged incompetence and casual approach. The Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) should take up recounting and revaluation for every student, who applies, without any fee and not just those who failed, he said. The Governor assured to take efforts to ensure that the aggrieved students get justice, Reddy told reporters here. Congress leaders and workers staged demonstrations in ..
The best medical university is just a click away on 'Book My University' app
Book My University (BMU) app helps medical students to find the best MBBS universities in Abroad.Some features of the app are:Free NEET Mock Tests:BMU app not only guides students to apply for medical universities abroad but also helps students to check their preparation by giving free NEET mock tests which are available on the app which are designed by highly qualified professionals in the field. The tests are updated weekly to help students brush up on their NEET preparation skills.Search Medical Universities Abroad:Now students have the list of all MCI approved & amp; WHO listed medical universities abroad at one place. BMU app provides information about more than 100 universities making it easier for the student to choose the best university.Compare Universities:Many Consultancies/Colleges claim to provide the best education and facilities for students and some even claim themselves to be top university and even disguised establishment year, but with BMU app, it has become ...
AAP promises 85% quota in college admissions, jobs
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday promised 85 per cent reservation for residents of Delhi in college admission and jobs, in its 2019 Lok Sabha poll manifesto, which focuses on full statehood demand of the party.
Telangana opposition seeks probe in Intermediate fiasco
Opposition parties in Telangana on Thursday urged Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan to order a probe by a judge of the High Court into alleged irregularities in declaration of the Intermediate exam results.
BJP's 2 celebrity faces in Delhi hold no college degrees
Out of the seven candidates the Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded in Delhi for the Lok Sabha elections, the two new celebrity faces -- Gautam Gambhir and Hans Raj Hans -- do not have college degrees.
19 Telangana students commit suicide in one week
Nineteen students have committed suicide in Telangana during last one week over the failure in the Intermediate examinations, according to media reports.
Suspected militant die while planting bomb at Kabul varsity
A suspected militant was killed on Thursday when a device he was planting inside a washroom at a university in Kabul went off prematurely, police said.
J-K : Govt college students protest demanding hoisting of national flag
The students of Government Degree College, Kishtwar on Wednesday staged a protest against the college administration for allegedly not paying heed to their plea regarding hoisting the National Flag in the college.The protesting students later hoisted the national flag at the college gate after being denied permission to do so by the college Principal."Day before yesterday, students come to us demanding that national flag should be hoisted somewhere in the college building. They also wrote to us. I assured them that a decision would be taken after consulting staff and following rules, but they insisted that we must take a decision within one or two days," said Pawan Kumar Varma, Principal."Today they protested and hoisted the national flag at the college gate. We have demanded adequate police security at college gate," said principal.He said that some outsiders were also involved along with college students in the protest."Some outsiders were also present in the protest. However, ...
1.17 lakh seats available under RTE Act this year: Guj govt tells HC
The state government told the Gujarat High Court Wednesday that 1.17 lakh seats are available for admission under the Right to Education (RTE) Act for the poor and needy children in schools in the state in 2019-20. Parents have filed over two lakh forms for these seats so far, the government told a division bench of acting Chief Justice Anant Dave and Justice Biren Vaishnav. More than two lakh admission forms under the RTE Act have been received at over 10,000 schools and government centres have confirmed accepting 1.5 lakh of them after scrutiny, it said. The government's response came on a PIL filed by RTE activist Sandip Munjyasara, who had sought details such as the number of seats available under the act, participating schools and how many of them are run by minority institutions which are exempted from the act. The PIL also sought framing of rules under the RTE Act so that the admission process is completed before the start of the academic year. The government said Wednesday ...
Intermediate results; three more students commit suicide
Three more Intermediate students, including two girls , allegedly committed suicide reportedly due to failure in their exams across Telangana over the past 24 hours, police said Wednesday. With this, the number of students, who allegedly committed suicide since the past few days, has gone up to 13, they said. In a related development, protests against the alleged goof-up inthe declaration of Intermediate exam results continued Wednesday with agitated students and their parents assembling near the Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE) office here. Members of different student organisations were also present, seeking justice for students declared failed in the recent exams. Police said an 18-year-old boy, who failed in Economics and Civics subjects, was found hanging in a shed in the premises of a school at Madur in Medak district around 6.30 am Wednesday. On Tuesday late afternoon, a 17-year-old girl allegedly set herself ablaze at her house in Yadadri .
Exam results:protests continue against 'goof-up', three more
The Telangana government Wednesday decided not to charge any fee for recounting and reverification of papers from failed students, as protests against alleged bungling in declaration of Intermediate examination results continued for the third day. Three more intermediate students allegedly committed suicide reportedly due to failure in the exams during the last 24 hours, police said. With this, the number of students who allegedly committed suicide has gone up to 13 since the past few days,police said. Some student organisations alleged that since April 18, as many as 17 students across Telangana reportedly committed suicide as they failed or performed poorly in the exams. Protests continued Wednesday with students and their parents assembling near the Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE) office here, demanding justice for those declared 'failed' in the exams. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, who held a meeting with Education Minister G Jagadeesh ...
HC stays recruitment of teachers for 2 posts in JNU's 2 Centres under EWS category
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed the recruitment process of teachers for two posts in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) under the economically weaker section (EWS) category following a plea alleging that the reservation was not meant for faculty. Justice Suresh Kumar Kait sought response of the JNU on a plea by four aspirants challenging an advertisement issued by the varsity inviting applications for 97 positions of Assistant Professors, including 10 reserved under EWS quota. The court stayed the recruitment process for two posts in two centres for which the four proposed applicants, including one Sona Mitra, had applied, and listed the matter for July 18. While Mitra wished to apply for the post of Assistant Professor, Centre for Women's Studies, School of Social Sciences, the other three petitioners wanted to apply for the post of Assistant Professor in International Organizations, CIPOD, School of International Studies. The plea sought direction to the authorities to issue
20 injured after thunderstorm, hail hit east China
Massive thunderstorms and hail swept through eastern China's Zhejiang Province on Wednesday, injuring at least 20 people, authorities said. Wild storms and heavy rain hit the city of Wenzhou as students of Wenzhou Vocational & Technical College and recruiters held an exhibition, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The students were hit and injured by hail, with five hurt badly. The injured students have received treatment and no injuries have been reported by other schools so far, said Liu Tianliang, deputy head of the local education bureau office.
