Obama touts plan for better math and science instruction
February 8th, 2012 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 8 (IANS/EFE) President Barack Obama announced Tuesday an $80 million plan to improve mathematics and science instruction in US public schools as one of his initiatives to ... Read more...
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Indian school teacher set for US space programme (With Images)
February 1st, 2012 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Feb 1 (IANS) Over 1,100 students and teachers of the reputed Vidya Valley School here screamed with joy when Vandana Suryawanshi became the first foreign teacher to be ... Read more...
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Kerala to create 50,000 entrepreneurs
January 31st, 2012 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 31 (IANS) The Kerala government will Thursday announce the names of 812 unemployed youths who will receive training under an ambitious Rs.2,500-crore scheme to create 50,000 entrepreneurs in ... Read more...
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Over 250 northeast youths get capacity building training
January 18th, 2012 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 18 (IANS) Over 200 educated and poor youths of northeast India have been trained in the last two years under a central government scheme to create jobs in ... Read more...
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Rights commission begins internship programme
January 3rd, 2012 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) A total of 50 students Tuesday began a month-long winter internship programme conducted by the National Human Rights Commission.
The students were shortlisted from 32 ... Read more...
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Abuses, obstacles make me stronger: Hazare
December 16th, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Dec 16 (IANS) Anna Hazare Friday said abuses and obstacles from politicians was the secret of his energy and that he has gained two kg of weight since ... Read more...
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Over 1,000 Myanmar officials trained in South Korea
December 7th, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, Dec 7 (IANS) A total of 1,100 Myanmar government staff have undergone training in South Korea since 1991 as part of a scholarship programme.The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) ... Read more...
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Two BPO managers sacked on sexual harassment charge
November 29th, 2011 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Nov 29 (IANS) An assistant manager at a call centre here was sacked Tuesday after four woman trainees complained he was sexually harassing them, police said. The management also ... Read more...
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1.50 lakh Kerala students to get animation skills
November 24th, 2011 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 24 (IANS) Nearly 1.50 lakh students in Kerala are set to be equipped with animation skills in December through a state-run programme that has helped to break the ... Read more...
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Pakistan, China hold joint military exercise
November 15th, 2011 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 15 (IANS) Pakistan and China are holding a joint military exercise that would enable them to exchange information in real time.The Pakistan-China Joint Military Exercise, called YOUYI-IV, is ... Read more...
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Ghorpade shortlisted for place in FIA academy
November 8th, 2011 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 8 (IANS) India's multiple karting champion Parth Ghorpade has been chosen to compete for a place on the 2012 FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy.
The 18-year old ... Read more...
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Pilots unions fight over flying Boeing 787 Dreamliner
November 2nd, 2011 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 2 (IANS) The Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) of the erstwhile Indian Airlines has opposed the strike threat called by its rival pilot body -- the Indian Pilots ... Read more...
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Differently-abled students in Kerala to be made computer literate
November 1st, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 1 (IANS) Kerala's state-run IT@School Project will empower close to two lakh differently-abled students in computer learning through a special ICT training programme, an official said Tuesday.As the ... Read more...
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Russia to reduce pilot training to three years
October 13th, 2011 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian Transport Ministry has proposed cutting the civil air pilot training programme from five to three years, a ministry source said on Wednesday.The sector ... Read more...
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‘Only archers who qualify will go to London Olympics’
October 12th, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Only those archers who have qualified for the 2012 London Olympics will represent the country, even though they have won the quota places for the ... Read more...
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Interactive sessions improve kids’ verbal intelligence
October 5th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Oct 5 (IANS) Pre-schoolers improve their verbal intelligence only after three weeks of classroom instruction, based on interactive and music-based cognitive training cartoons, new research says.The cognitive (brain related) ... Read more...
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Theatre equips 21 volunteers to highlight health issues
September 30th, 2011 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) After six weeks of forum theatre in south India to promote public health dialogue, a group of 21 participants from 14 countries is all set ... Read more...
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Eyeing global boom, Kerala plans construction academy
September 22nd, 2011 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 22 (IANS) Eyeing the domestic and global construction boom, Kerala is planning an academy to train industry personnel from masons to engineers, a minister said Thursday."The building industry ... Read more...
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Infosys partners with Singapore varsity for staff training
September 13th, 2011 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 13 (IANS) Infosys Ltd roped in Singapore Management University to develop training programme content for its employees and case studies and learning labs for the latter's graduate and ... Read more...
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Chinese man jailed for serial rapes
September 9th, 2011 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 9 (IANS) A marketing trainer in China was sentenced to 11 years in prison for raping nine female trainees under the pretext of helping them "break through mental ... Read more...
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Liz tired of Warne’s passion for looking good!
August 16th, 2011 - 3:42 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 16 (IANS) Liz Hurley is said to be not so happy with her beau Shane Warne's passion for botox, moisturisers and juice diets.When Warne became a well-groomed metrosexual, ... Read more...
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Indian corporates, get your act right
August 15th, 2011 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) They are actors, their students are top Indian corporates and they can sure teach a thing or two about posturing, interjection and voice modulation that ... Read more...
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IGNOU trains statistical personnel
August 2nd, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) organised a training programme on micro- and macro-economics for personnel of the Indian Statistical Service (ISS), a statement ... Read more...
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World views Jayalalithaa as a leader: Clinton
July 21st, 2011 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 21 (IANS) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has hailed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa as a "wonderful woman who is viewed as a leader around the ... Read more...
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Train citizens in anti-terror acts: Amitabh
July 15th, 2011 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has urged people to act as policemen and suggested initiating an anti-terror training programme that would help them to fight terrorism ... Read more...
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Punjab proposes joint training programme with NYPD
July 14th, 2011 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 14 (IANS) The Punjab government has proposed a joint training programme of the Punjab Police with the New York Police Department (NYPD), Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said ... Read more...
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Abu Dhabhi girls to attend training programme in Scotland
July 3rd, 2011 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, July 3 (IANS/WAM) A group of girl students of Abu Dhabi University will undergo a month-long training programme at Al Maktoum College, an international research-led college of higher ... Read more...
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CA to rope in Harper to educate its umpires
June 30th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, June 30 (IANS) Cricket Australia (CA) will be using the experience of umpire Daryl Harper to train and educate its umpires.Harper, who was supposed to stand in the third ... Read more...
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Lost in translation…at the Pakistan Foreign Office
June 30th, 2011 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 30 (IANS) Pakistan's Foreign Office imparts foreign language training to its officers but goes on to post them where the language isn't spoken. Sample this: An officer trained ... Read more...
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Welfare scheme for jobless Non-Resident Keralites
June 24th, 2011 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 24 (IANS) Now, Non-Resident Keralites (NRKs) who return home jobless will be provided assistance for education, marriage, maternity besides money for performing funeral rites, Kerala Governor R.S. Gavai ... Read more...
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India’s new democracy institute opens doors to Kenyans
June 23rd, 2011 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) The newly established Indian Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIDEM) will be sharing India's experience of conducting elections for six decades with its very ... Read more...
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Once barred from her gods, she now ‘lights’ their lamps
June 21st, 2011 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), June 21 (IANS) For nearly three decades Guddi Athwal was not allowed to enter any of the temples in her neighbourhood in Rajasthan because she was an ... Read more...
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Police trainers get human rights lessons
June 16th, 2011 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) A three-day training in human rights for the trainers of the police personnel was launched here Wednesday by the National Human Rights Commission with the ... Read more...
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AIIMS improves animal care facilities
June 15th, 2011 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) After three years of campaign by animal rights group PETA, Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has made significant improvements in the care ... Read more...
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Rights panel meets Delhi Police on Ramdev crackdown
June 8th, 2011 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday held an interactive session with a group of Delhi Police officers to discuss the post-midnight crackdown on Baba ... Read more...
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