IGNOU gets $9.5 mn Japanese aid
March 15th, 2012 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has received a $9.5 million (Rs.47 crore) grant from the Japanese government, a statement said Thursday.This is the ... Read more...
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Kashmir varsity produces world’s first cloned pashmina goat
March 13th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 13 (IANS) Scientists at the agricultural university in the Jammu and Kashmir capital have successfully produced the world's first cloned pashmina goat, a statement said Tuesday.Giving details about ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan should focus on non-Kashmir issues: Sartaj Aziz (Interview)
March 11th, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Sartaj Aziz, a former Pakistani foreign and finance minister, says India and Pakistan should focus on resolving "doable non-Kashmir issues" like Siachen and Sir Creek ... Read more...
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Indian varsity to teach students from Mozambique
March 7th, 2012 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Maputo (Mozambique), March 7 (IANS) An Indian university has tied up with a university in Mozambique to help provide "global career opportunities for students".The O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) Tuesday ... Read more...
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Presidency to hold election
March 5th, 2012 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) Two years after being upgraded from a college, the Presidency University will hold student elections for the first time in September, it was announced here ... Read more...
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Committee on minority education seeks databank creation (Lead)
March 5th, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Members of a national committee monitoring access of minorities to education, which met for the first time here Monday, pitched for creating an authentic databank ... Read more...
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Gopalkrishna Gandhi to head Shimla’s IIAS
March 5th, 2012 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 5 (IANS) Former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi is the new chairman of the governing body of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS) in Shimla, an official ... Read more...
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IGNOU centres to be more disabled-friendly
February 22nd, 2012 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) New wheelchairs, lifts and additional security will soon be provided at all regional centres of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) to help the ... Read more...
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Court seeks Jamia Millia reply on students’ union poll ban (Lead)
February 21st, 2012 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought Jamia Millia Islamia's response by March 18 on a petition for quashing a 2006 decision of the central university ... Read more...
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Indian academician to head Commonwealth of Learning
February 19th, 2012 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Former pro-vice chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University(IGNOU) Asha Kanwar is to head the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), an internationally renowned educational organisation, the ... Read more...
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Notice to government over re-appointment of Jamia Hamdard VC
February 16th, 2012 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notices to the central government through the human resource development minsitry, the University Grants Commission (UGC) against the continuation ... Read more...
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‘Arab spring is human awakening’
February 15th, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests against repression in the Arab world was a human awakening triggered by people craving for better life and ... Read more...
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Canadian universities start India offices
February 14th, 2012 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi Feb 14 (IANS) With demand for foreign universities growing in India, a consortium of nine Canadian Universities is starting offices in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, Carleton University said ... Read more...
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Create knowledge systems, not learning systems: UGC
February 14th, 2012 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Higher education institutes in the country should strive harder to be knowledge systems, rather than just learning systems, chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) ... Read more...
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IGNOU to open study centre in Zambia
February 13th, 2012 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) would soon be launching a study centre in Zambia for three management programmes, an official statement said Monday.
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Jamia to build hostel for Kashmiri students
February 9th, 2012 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Jamia Millia university is building a hostel for students from Jammu and Kashmir as part of confidence building measures for the people from ... Read more...
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Australian varsity planning campus in Gujarat
February 6th, 2012 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) Australia's University of Wollongong (UOW) is planning to establish a 72-acre campus in Ahmedabad, an official of the varsity said Monday."Indian students have a major presence ... Read more...
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Northeast farmers unaware about crop insurance: Expert
February 6th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 6 (IANS) Farmers across India have been making claims for crop losses under the central government's National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS), but those in the northeastern states, mainly ... Read more...
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Research on to improve India-Myanmar ties
January 31st, 2012 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) India's Jamia Millia university will collaborate with a Myanmar institute to launch a joint research programme on how to better ties, particularly related to ... Read more...
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Indefinite shutdown of ICFAI University in Tripura
January 31st, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 31 (IANS) Following a two-month-long tussle between the university management and the employees, authorities at Tripura's ICFAI University Tuesday ordered closed the varsity for an indefinite period.The Hyderabad-based ... Read more...
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Jamia Milia to confer doctorate on Aung San Suu Kyi (Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Recognising Aung San Suu Kyi's over two-decade fight for democracy in Myanmar, Delhi's Jamia Milia Islamia will confer an honorary doctorate degree on her very ... Read more...
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Jamia Milia to confer doctorate on Aung San Suu Kyi
January 30th, 2012 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Recognising her over two-decade fight for democracy in Myanmar, Delhi's Jamia Milia Islamia will confer an honorary doctorate degree on her very soon.This was announced ... Read more...
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Sentiments vs freedom: Rushdie issue festers
January 29th, 2012 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Days after Salman Rushdie was not allowed to speak at the Jaipur Literature Festival, the issue continues to touch a raw nerve among Muslim ... Read more...
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IGNOU to focus on more foreign tie-ups
January 28th, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), one of the world's largest universities, will be focusing on more foreign tie-ups in order to provide more ... Read more...
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IGNOU bags best teaching practices award (With Image)
January 28th, 2012 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) here, one of the world's largest, Friday received an award for the best teaching practices at the ... Read more...
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IGNOU gets new web site on Republic Day
January 26th, 2012 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) A new and improved web site of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), with easy access to regional centres, was inaugurated here Thursday.Developed jointly ... Read more...
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Sukumar Azhikode: A man of the masses (Obituary)
January 24th, 2012 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Thrissur (Kerala), Jan 24 (IANS) Veteran Malayalam writer and orator Sukumar Azhikode has Tuesday breathed his last but his razor-sharp tongue and hard-hitting speeches interlaced with characteristic humour will remain ... Read more...
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Malayalam writer Sukumar Azhikode dead (Lead)
January 24th, 2012 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Thrissur (Kerala), Jan 24 (IANS) Malayalam writer Sukumar Azhikode died at a private hospital here Tuesday morning, family sources said. He was 85.After being detected with bone cancer, Azhikode was ... Read more...
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Malayalam writer Sukumar Azhikode passes away
January 24th, 2012 - 10:10 am ICT by IANS
Thrissur (Kerala), Jan 24 (IANS) Malayalam writer and orator Sukumar Azhikode passed away at a private hospital here Tuesday morning, family sources said. He was 85.The end came at 6.33 ... Read more...
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Malayalam writer Sukumar Azhikode’s health worsens
January 22nd, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Thrissur (Kerala), Jan 22 (IANS) Malayalam writer and orator Sukumar Azhikode's health has deteriorated and he continues to be unconscious, according to a medical bulletin issued Sunday evening by a ... Read more...
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Panjab University teachers see red over campus showbiz
January 21st, 2012 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 21 (IANS) Celebrities descending on the Panjab University (PU) campus to promote their films or shoot them may be to the liking of hundreds of awestruck students, ... Read more...
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Presidency University student alleges harassment by seniors
January 21st, 2012 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) A first year student of the Presidency University Friday lodged a police complaint against his seniors alleging them of mentally harassing them.Sajan Dewan, a boarder of ... Read more...
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Ishar new vice-chancellor of Jammu university
January 18th, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 18 (IANS) Mohan Paul Singh Ishar, professor at Amritsar's Guru Nanak Dev University, has been appointed the new vice chancellor of the Jammu University, it was announced Wednesday.Jammu ... Read more...
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AMU alumni protest shelving of Bhopal centre
January 15th, 2012 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 15 (IANS) The Aligarh Muslim University's Old Boys Association (AMU-OBA) Sunday criticised the Madhya Pradesh government's rejection of a proposal to set up the varsity's regional centre here.The ... Read more...
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Free hostel for physically challenged in Haryana
January 14th, 2012 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 14 (IANS) The Kurukshetra University (KU) in Haryana will provide free hostel facility to all students of the university and its affiliated colleges who are suffering from physical ... Read more...
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