Bomb scare prompts US university evacuation
September 18th, 2012 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 18 (IANS) A bomb threat at the Louisiana State University (LSU) Monday resulted in evacuation and cancellation of all campus activities for the day, Xinhua reported.At about 2 ... Read more...
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It pays to go veg
August 30th, 2012 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Boston, Aug 30 (IANS) PETA, the global animal rights organisation, is offering $1,000 to the first group of US students who banish meat from their college dining hall.People for the ... Read more...
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London varsity to ban alcohol
April 12th, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 12 (IANS) A university in London plans to ban alcohol from parts of its campus to attract more Muslim students.The London Metropolitan University was considering the ban on ... Read more...
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UP schools to ban sale of junk food
April 5th, 2012 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 5 (IANS) In a significant step, the Uttar Pradesh government has issued instructions to all schools - Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), Uttar Pradesh Board and Central ... Read more...
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Most Islamabad private schools have no playground
April 1st, 2012 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 1 (IANS) Though the private school industry has been flourishing in Pakistan, most schools here in the capital have no playgrounds despite high tuition fees being charged from ... Read more...
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Wipro will hire 50 percent staff globally by 2015
January 20th, 2012 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 20 (IANS) Wipro would hire 50 percent of employees for its global IT services outside India by 2015 to leverage local talent and optimally utilise its delivery centres ... Read more...
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Thousands protest pepper spray at California campus
November 22nd, 2011 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 22 (IANS) As a crowd of thousands protested over police using pepper spray against Occupy protesters at University of California Davis last week, the university chancellor apologised and ... Read more...
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Barbados wants local boards to pick players first
October 7th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bridgetown (Barbados) Oct 7 (IANS/CMC) Barbados Cricket Association officials (BCA) have appealed to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to allow the territorial boards to have first choice of selecting players ... Read more...
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Gayle could return as Jamaican captain
October 5th, 2011 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kingston (Jamaica), Oct 5 (IANS/CMC) Explosive opener Chris Gayle could be back in charge of the Jamaica national team for this month's WICB Regional Super50 Championship in Guyana.The Jamaica Observer newspaper ... Read more...
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L&T; Construction bags Rs.1,015 crore quarterly order
September 19th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Engineering and constructions major Larsen and Toubro (L&T;) Monday said its construction division -- L&T; Construction -- had bagged orders worth Rs.1,015 crore during the ... Read more...
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Former Barbados all-rounder dies at 50
August 29th, 2011 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bridgetown (Barbados) Aug 29 (IANS/CMC) Former Barbados all-rounder Elvis Reifer passed away suddenly Saturday morning. He was 50.Reifer, a left-arm fast-medium bowler and a useful left-handed lower-order batsman, was one of ... Read more...
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Campus recruitment up 32 percent in April-June quarter
July 25th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The recruitment of freshers from campuses rose 32 percent year-on-year in the April-June first quarter of current fiscal, led by increased hiring by IT and ... Read more...
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I-cards, welfare fund proposed for lawyers’ clerks
April 7th, 2011 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Lawyers' clerks in all district courts in the city may soon get identity cards and access to a welfare fund as the Delhi High Court ... Read more...
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Texas might okay ‘guns’ on campus
February 21st, 2011 - 8:06 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Texas, Feb 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Students in Texas could soon be heading towards their various campuses with their guns legally.A proposed bill that is co-authored by more than half of the lawmakers ... Read more...
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New IIIT to be set up in West Bengal
February 17th, 2011 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) The central government has approved the plan to set up an Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in West Bengal, the state's Information Technology Minister Debesh Das said ... Read more...
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India launch of Microsoft Windows Phone 7 this year (Lead, Superseding earlier story)
February 10th, 2011 - 1:18 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 9 (IANS) Microsoft plans to launch its Windows Phone 7 and search engine Bing in the Indian market this year, an official said here Wednesday.The software major's India development centre ... Read more...
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Gilani says he ‘can’t even think of making amendment in Pak’s blasphemy law’
January 18th, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by ANI
Dera Ghazi Khan, Jan 18(ANI): The Pakistan Government has no plans to amend the country's controversial blasphemy law, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has categorically stated."Neither have we thought of it nor ... Read more...
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Lowering the drinking age won’t college binge drinking: Study
December 11th, 2010 - 3:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 11 (ANI): A new study has challenged the theory that lowering the minimum legal drinking age would help curb binge drinking on campuses.Richard A. Scribner, of the Louisiana State University ... Read more...
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‘Major talent for Indian IT industry untapped’
November 11th, 2010 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The majority of talent for the IT industry lies in tier-II colleges and cities which are partially or completely ignored by companies for fresher placements in India, ... Read more...
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Kendriya Vidyalayas to offer skill development
November 3rd, 2010 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Kendriya Vidyalaya campuses will now be available for skill development courses after school hours, the human resource development ministry said Wednesday.The decision was taken by the board ... Read more...
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IIMs allowed to open campuses abroad
October 13th, 2010 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The prestigious Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have been allowed to open campuses abroad, a human resource development (HRD) ministry official said Wednesday.In a decision taken at ... Read more...
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California approves $200 mn education stimulus funds
September 18th, 2010 - 1:21 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Sep 17 (IANS) Cash-strapped universities and colleges in California will get more than $200 million in stimulus funds that will allow many campuses to admit new students, restore courses ... Read more...
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Madagascar invites Punjab group to set up aviation institute
September 14th, 2010 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 14 (IANS) The government of Madagascar and the Punjab-based Rayat-Bahra Group of Institutes will collaborate to set up an aviation institute in the island nation, a spokesperson for the group ... Read more...
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Middlesex University plans campus in Noida
September 1st, 2010 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 1 (IANS) The Middlesex University of London, with overseas campuses in Dubai and Mauritius, plans to open a new campus in Delhi's satellite town of Noida, said its vice chancellor ... Read more...
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ISB not in race to open overseas campuses
August 11th, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Mohali (Punjab), Aug 11 (IANS) The Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, is not in the race to open a campus overseas, its dean said here Wednesday.
"Yes, there are many management institutes ... Read more...
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Students transfer bad study habits from paper to computer, study shows
August 11th, 2010 - 6:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 11 (ANI): Despite the prevalence of technology on campuses, a new study indicates that computers alone can't keep students from falling into their same weak study habits from their ink-and-paper ... Read more...
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Four new IIMCs to be set up: Ambika Soni
August 6th, 2010 - 9:57 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 6 (ANI): Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni on Friday said the country will get four new Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) from the next academic year."The ... Read more...
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Students block train during demonstrations in Patna
August 2nd, 2010 - 11:06 pm ICT by ANI
Patna, Aug 2 (ANI): Protesting against the administration and the state government, college students blocked a train on the Rajender Nagar Terminal in Patna on Monday.The administration staff of the Universities all ... Read more...
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Pak intelligence warns of massive terror attack on Parliament
June 21st, 2010 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, June 21 (ANI): Pakistani intelligence agencies have warned that extremists could target the Parliament House in order to secure safe release of their accomplices currently locked in different jails across the ... Read more...
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Cabinet approves setting up of Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research
June 17th, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 17 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a proposal of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for setting up of an Academy of Scientific and Innovative ... Read more...
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US varsities show interest in coming to India
June 2nd, 2010 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) As India is set to pass a legislation for setting up foreign campuses in the country, major American universities in their meeting with HRD Minister Kapil ... Read more...
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Vodka eyeballing migrates from Britain to the US
May 31st, 2010 - 8:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, May 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There is a new trend that makes a person drunk faster, and that too with vodka. It's simple, just put the vodka in your eyes ... Read more...
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HCL Infosystems to set up R&D unit at Technopark
May 29th, 2010 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 29 (IANS) HCL Infosystems will set up its first unit in Kerala at the Technopark campus here.
Technopark Chief Executive Mervin Alexander told reporters here Saturday that HCL will set up ... Read more...
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‘No fear of losing IIT teachers to foreign varsities’
May 21st, 2010 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Friday dispelled fears that allowing foreign universities in the country will result in attrition of teachers from premier institutes like the ... Read more...
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Forbes Releases List of 10 Most Livable US Cities 2010
May 7th, 2010 - 1:54 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
May 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to the Forbes list of "America's Most Livable Cities" for this year, 2010, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania is at the top. While this may be very surprising to some, ... Read more...
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