Bilingual dictionaries to promote India’s mother tongues
March 12th, 2012 - 11:13 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The campaign to preserve vernacular mother tongues and make knowledge accessible to students through translation across the linguistic arc has taken a big stride with ... Read more...
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Two Indian publishers win $5.9 mn Ethiopian contracts
January 4th, 2012 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Addis Ababa, Jan 4 (IANS) Two Indian publishers have beaten off stiff international competition to win Ethiopian government contracts worth $5.9 million to print and distribute textbooks on six subjects, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Pearson gets control over TutorVista for Rs.577 crore
January 18th, 2011 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Pearson, one of the world's largest publishing groups and owner of the Financial Times newspaper, Tuesday said it had increased its stake in Indian education firm TutorVista ... Read more...
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Pearson, Pratham Books ink deal to carry story books to villages
October 26th, 2010 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Publishing giant Pearson Education (Pearson Longman) has inked a memorandum of understanding with Pratham Books, a non-profit platform, to promote reading among marginalised children in the villages ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Online bookstore launched in Delhi
August 12th, 2010 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Bibliophiles will have it easy with an online bookstore being launched in the city Thursday.
Pearson Education India launched a bookstore through its online retail partner, VRV Bookshop.Talking ... Read more...
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Two-year Asian management module for Indian students
June 1st, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Pearson Learning Solutions, the specialised education wing of global publishing and education giant Pearson Education, has tied up with the Bharti group's Centum Learning to develop a ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Mismatch between education system, job requirements: Study
August 16th, 2009 - 10:12 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) What is being taught in schools and colleges doesn't match the skills that businesses are looking for in new recruits in countries like India, China and the ... Read more...
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British firm to invest $30 mn in India’s education sector (Lead)
June 24th, 2009 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) To boost its presence in the Indian education sector, Pearson, a Britain-headquartered education and information company, will invest $30 million in Indian education resource provider Educomp Solutions ... Read more...
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New book series explains climate change to children (With Image)
June 5th, 2009 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) It's up to children to change their own lives and protect the environment, says leading green campaigner R.K. Pachauri, whose organisation has collaborated in publishing a series ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Publishing firm to hold walk on World Environment Day
June 4th, 2009 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Employees of the publishing firm Penguin will hold special walks in various cities around the world Friday on the occasion of World Environment Day to support the ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
‘Indian homes have more beds than mattresses’
May 8th, 2009 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Indians are gradually waking up to the joys of an affluent lifestyle with greater penetration of durable and consumer goods even though floor space at home is ... Read more...
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Montek emphasises need to hit social sector targets
August 18th, 2008 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The country's Planning commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia underlined here Monday the need for effective achievement of targets set under various social sector schemes."We have been ... Read more...
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PM finds time for daughter’s trek into ancient history
August 6th, 2008 - 1:01 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) His daughter did not speak a word about him - not even the ritualistic thank you mom-and-dad speech that goes with such ceremonies. But Prime Minister Manmohan ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Master chef frees Indian cuisine of grease
April 29th, 2008 - 1:17 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Indian food has never been lighter. Imagine a full-course 'desi' meal without a drop of oil. For palates bred on lard and dollops of fatty cooking oil, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |