Math jitters grip first graders too
September 19th, 2012 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 19 (IANS) Math jitters grip bright students even as first or second graders and haunts them lifelong, says a study.Sian Beilock, professor in psychology at the University ... Read more...
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Indians among illegal immigrants seek relief from deportation
August 16th, 2012 - 11:06 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 16 (IANS) Thousands of young, undocumented immigrants including Indians have began applying for relief under President Barack Obama's mini DREAM Act that allows them to work without ... Read more...
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Talent young illegal immigrants can stay in US: Obama
June 16th, 2012 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 16 (IANS) In an election-year move hailed by South Asian, Latino and other immigrant organisations, President Barack Obama announced that his administration will stop deporting talented young ... Read more...
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Dalai Lama to felicitate Super 30 founder
February 17th, 2011 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 17 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will Saturday felicitate Anand Kumar, who founded Bihar's free coaching centre Super 30 and helped many underprivileged students enter the prestigious Indian ... Read more...
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Why opposed to common entrance test: Supreme Court to health ministry
October 29th, 2010 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Asking the union health ministry why it was opposed to the Central Board of Secondary Education's (CBSE) plan to hold a common entrance test for engineering, medical ... Read more...
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Bihar centre for poor IIT aspirants impresses Obama envoy
August 8th, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 8 (IANS) Rashad Hussain, son of an Indian migrant couple from Bihar who is US special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Sunday visited Bihar's free coaching ... Read more...
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Obama’s special envoy to visit Bihar’s Super 30
August 6th, 2010 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 6 (IANS) US President Barack Obama's special envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference, Rashad Hussain, will Sunday visit Super 30, Bihar's free coaching centre that helps economically backward ... Read more...
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Asians top in Australia’s high school entrance test
July 3rd, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, July 3 (IANS) Children of Asian migrants outperform their English-speaking counterparts in the entrance test of selective top high schools in Australia.
Analysis shows that 42 percent of children from non-English speaking ... Read more...
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International homeopathy meet starts in Agra
February 7th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Feb 7 (IANS) In order to make research in the field of homeopathy more potent, an international research centre in collaboration with six European countries was inaugurated here, with over 50 ... Read more...
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Poor Muslim students of Bihar crack IIT entrance test
May 25th, 2009 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 25 (IANS) All the 10 poor Muslim students enrolled in a special coaching institute for the community have passed the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE), the ... Read more...
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Sons of labourer, shopkeeper crack prestigious IIT exam
June 1st, 2008 - 9:46 am ICT by admin
By Imran Khan
Patna, June 1 (IANS) Jai Ram's father earns less than Rs.80 a day for eight hours of back-breaking labour, but today his joy is overflowing at his son having cracked ... Read more...
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Bihar’s Super 30 - all 30 make it to the IITs
May 30th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by admin
Patna, May 30 (IANS) All the thirty students enrolled in Super 30, an innovative coaching institute in Bihar, have passed the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) this year, ... Read more...
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Asians academic performance goes up with best friends of different race
April 6th, 2008 - 5:31 pm ICT by admin
Washington , Apr 6 (ANI): For Asians, having a best friend of a different race increase their chances of being academically successful, according to a new study.Researchers led by education professor ... Read more...
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With site undecided, Rajasthan’s wait for IIT gets longer
February 24th, 2008 - 4:42 pm ICT by admin
By Sanjay Singh
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) It should have been readying to begin admissions for its own Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), like Bihar and Andhra Pradesh are doing, but the ... Read more...
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