New Delhi News

New Delhi, July 13, 2015: Young scientists at Delhi University are busy working at Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) laboratories this summer, programming robots to be used in warfare and developing an image encryption scheme for secure communication. Two groups ...

Dehradun/New Delhi, July 13, 2015: IIT Roorkee has expelled 73 students for underperformance in first year B.Tech programme. "Seventy three students who scored lower than five cumulative grade point average (CGPA) in the second semester were expelled from the institute as ...

New Delhi, July 10, 2015: CBSE has asked students appearing for the AIPMT re-test on July 25 to come in light clothes without big buttons and in open slippers only as it has barred rings, bracelet, earrings, nose pins, pendants and ...

New Delhi, July 10, 2015: Encouraging students to learn sciences beyond the classrooms, Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday said model science laboratories will be established in all districts of northeastern states. These science labs would be set up ...

New Delhi, July 9, 2015: An RSS-affiliated body has suggested changes in education policy to make studying Sanskrit or other classical languages like Arabic, Persian, Latin or Greek mandatory in schools for at least four years. In a draft suggesting policy ...

New Delhi, July 9, 2015: India's JD Institute of Fashion Technology has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with India Fashion Week London (IFWL), which is scheduled to happen in October to celebrate Asian fashion by popular designers. A first time ...

New Delhi, July 8, 2015: The controversial Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) would be rolled out by all central universities from the coming academic session not with standing the protest from a section of teachers and students here. While all the ...

New Delhi, July 6, 2015: Over one-third of Indian population living in rural areas is illiterate even after 68 years of independence, according to the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011. Around 64 per cent of the rural Indian population ...

New Delhi, July 6, 2015: Women scooped the top four ranks in the civil services exam results declared by the Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) on Saturday, officials said. A total number of 1,236 candidates have been recommended for appointment to ...

New Delhi, July 6, 2015: With admissions to various institutes currently underway across the country, HRD Ministry today encouraged the students to visit the 'know your college' portal launched in November last year. The portal, it said, will help the students ...

New Delhi, July 6, 2015: With an aim of conserving college campuses which are more than 100 years old, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has granted "heritage" status to 19 institutions across the country and has approved financial assistance for their ...

New Delhi, July 3, 2015: Former President A P J Abdul Kalam today called for a review of syllabi in universities and senior secondary schools to make the education system more skill-oriented. "I believe that the syllabus in our universities and ...

New Delhi, July 3, 2015: The union cabinet has approved India's first integrated National Policy on Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015, an official statement said on Thursday. The policy acknowledges the need for an effective roadmap for the promotion of entrepreneurship ...

New Delhi, July 3, 2015: Nasscom Foundation and HP have joined forces to propel government of India's National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) by donating five mobile container classrooms, the partners announced on Thursday. The shipping containers converted into mobile classrooms will ...