Vaishno Devi Gurukul gets affiliated to Varanasi varsity
September 11th, 2012 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 11 (IANS) The Mata Vaishno Devi Gurukul (Vedic School), set up to promote the Sanskrit language and Vedic culture, Tuesday got "prestigious" affiliation to Sampuranand Sanskrit University, Varanasi, ... Read more...
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HRD ministry for quality education in madrasas
June 27th, 2012 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) The union human resource development (HRD) ministry has set up a consultative committee for implementing a scheme for providing quality and modern education at madrasas, ... Read more...
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Rely on your gut feeling
December 30th, 2011 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 30 (IANS) We tend to make decisions based on our gut feeling rather than logic and some psychologists have found a proposition where logic is rooted in intuition, ... Read more...
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Top British universities charging more than their costs?
September 6th, 2011 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 5 (IANS) Top universities of Britain, levying 9,000 pounds in tuition fees next year, will be actually charging up to 50 percent more from their students than the ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu finalises unifom school syallabus
November 27th, 2009 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 27 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government Friday announced a common syllabus for school students across the state, applicable from the next academic year.
The final syllabus drafted after consultations with academicians ... Read more...
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Pradeep Kumar is new defence secretary
July 14th, 2009 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Pradeep Kumar, presently secretary of defence production, was Tuesday named the new secretary in the defence ministry to succeed Vijay Singh.
According to an official statement, Kumar will ... Read more...
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Pradeep Kumar to be next Defence Secretary
July 14th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): Pradeep Kumar has been appointed as the next Defence Secretary.Kumar, a 1972 Haryana cadre IAS officer, is currently Secretary (Defence Production). He will have tenure of two ... Read more...
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Today’s kids are not playing enough, warns expert
May 25th, 2009 - 5:59 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, May 25 (ANI): Stressing on the importance of play among children, a leading international development psychologist has said that today's kids are not playing enough, which could affect their mental development ... Read more...
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Make classrooms more secure, less fearsome, teachers advised
April 22nd, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Classrooms should be places where children are not ridiculed despite making mistakes. That was the underlying message of a conference of teachers here, days after the ... Read more...
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Drinking alcohol during pregnancy weakens mum-child bond
April 22nd, 2009 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 22 (ANI): Pregnant women who drink alcohol weaken the bond with their child, claim researchers.What's more, expectant mothers who drink take longer to recover after the birth, the study found.The ... Read more...
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