Voluntary organisation Zakat Foundation of India (ZFI) said Friday that it has adopted the family of 11-year-old Shano Khan, who died last week after being allegedly subjected to corporal punishment by her teacher in a school here for not being able  ..

A fourth year chemical engineering student of IIT Kharagpur allegedly committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling of his hostel room Thursday.IIT sources said the 22-year-old student - K. Ramananda Rao - was from Andhra Pradesh."He failed to d ..

Shano Khan, the 11-year-old schoolgirl who died after allegedly being meted out corporal punishment by her teacher, could have suffered an epileptic attack leading to her death, the autopsy report on the girl has hinted, according to Delhi Police Thu ..

The Supreme Court Thursday attributed rising incidents of ragging in educational institutions to the "loss of childhood" due to parents' unrealistic expectations from their children."Children are a vulnerable lot. No parent expects ..

Demanding the arrest of the principal of Modern School Vasant Vihar, the mother of Aakriti Bhatia of the school Thursday said her daughter's soul would not rest in peace till she got justice."(Principal) Goldy Malhotra should resign and be p ..

Students across India have been pouring out their anger and horror over the death of Delhi girl Aakriti Bhatia on social networking site Facebook, with those who knew her saying she was "full of life and laughter" and others saying she woul ..

Three days after the death of a 17-year-old girl student due to an asthma attack, students from prominent city schools Thursday staged a protest outside the Modern School in Vasant Vihar and demanded the resignation of principal Goldy Malhotra.Studen ..

The Delhi government has ordered an inquiry into the death of the 17-year-old Aakriti Bhatia who succumbed to an asthma attack during school hours three days ago."An enquiry was ordered into the incident Wednesday night. The report will be submi ..

Prominent schools in the capital Thursday said they were well equipped for any medical emergency among students and that 17-year-old Delhi girl Aakriti Bhatia's death after an asthma attack during school hours was "unfortunate" and &quo ..

About 600 boarders at the Bishop Cotton School here are in trouble as workers have been on strike for three days to support their demand to reinstate sacked colleagues, and there is no sign of an agreement.Tension between the school management and em ..

Anguished parents and screaming students Thursday took on the authorities of one of Delhi's most reputed institutions, Modern School Vasant Vihar, blaming them for the death of 17-year-old girl Aakriti Bhatia who succumbed to an asthma attack dur ..

Delinquent teens marry earlier than their peers while substance-abusing teens, especially girls who abuse marijuana, marry later than their peers, if at all, according to a broad-based study.Delinquency was defined as anti-social behaviour, including ..

After a Class 12 student died following an asthmatic attack in a school here, Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury Wednesday advocated compulsory health checks in schools."We must be cautious and periodical health checks should  ..

Can personal traits such as physical attractiveness and personality fetch success in school? If so, which aspect of one's appearance can help grades the most? It's a combination of grooming and personality, a new study has found.The study by  ..

Around 300 people, mostly parents and students of Modern School, held a brief candlelight march Wednesday, mourning the death of a Class 12 student following an asthmatic attack in school and protesting the school authorities' negligence.The pare ..

All but 10 of the 192 UN member states adopted by consensus Tuesday a declaration at the Durban Review Conference in Geneva calling for protecting vulnerable people and fighting against racism, discrimination and intolerance.The second day of the con ..

Schoolchildren who witness violence, shootouts or hear gunshots is traumatised by them, a new study confirms.Young people living in US cities experience and witness high levels of serious and lethal violence, which leaves lasting negative effects on  ..

As many as 31 students of a government-aided school in the national capital fell ill after they ate school-provided mid-day meal Wednesday, police said.The incident took place in Baba Nebraj School in south Delhi's Jal Vihar area, police said.&qu ..

Ever wondered how issues like climate change or environment conservation would be perceived by a child? PVR cinemas' 'Cineart' initiative launched Wednesday will provide for just that, by giving four kids a chance to film issues they beli ..

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 tragic death of 11-year-old Shano Khan allegedly due to corporal punishment at scho ..

A decade-old plagiarism case could be reopened in Spain against 1989 Nobel Literature Prize winner Camilo Jose Cela, the daily El Pais reported Tuesday.As Cela died in 2002, the judicial complaint now targets Jose Manuel Lara, head of the Planeta pub ..

Five days after the death of 11-year-old Shano Khan, there was hardly any progress in the investigations as Delhi Police Tuesday said they were awaiting the post-mortem report to find out if she died due to corporal punishment she had received at sch ..

A national policy on skill development, approved in February by the union cabinet, was Tuesday said to be a key force in linking education and skill training to 'employability' and increasing 'functional literacy' in the country.Addre ..

Calling the Indian examination system faulty, education experts at a seminar Tuesday said the system of examination here fails to create questioning minds.Amit Kapoor, chairman of the Institute of Competitiveness who was one of the panellists, said t ..

A new study has found that almost one in 10 kids who play video games showed classic signs of addiction, lying about their habit, failing in efforts to cut back and even stealing to buy new games.The study by Douglas Gentile, a psychology professor a ..

Computer spies have broken into the US Defence Department's costliest weapons programme ever, the $300 billion Joint Strike Fighter project, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.Similar incidents have also breached the Air Force's air tra ..

Delhi Police Monday said they will record the statements of the classmates of 11-year-old Shano Khan, who died last week after being allegedly subjected to corporal punishment by her teacher for not learning the English alphabets, official said.A tea ..

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen Monday criticised Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's campaign pledge to banish the use of English in Uttar Pradesh, saying such a move would only deepen existing divisions between the haves and have-nots in the ..

A panel formed by the Supreme Court to probe the ragging and subsequent death of a Himachal Pradesh medical college student Monday blamed "rampant alcoholism" for the spurt of ragging in educational institutions."One of main reasons fo ..

The Punjab-based International Tractors (ITL), which sells tractors under the Sonalika brand, Sunday claimed it has achieved the highest export sales among all manufacturers in the country during 2008-09.The company posted export sales of Rs.105 cror ..

A panel formed by the Supreme Court to probe the ragging and subsequent death of a Himachal Pradesh medical college student Monday blamed "rampant alcoholism" for the spurt of ragging in educational institutions."One of main reasons fo ..

The human resources development (HRD) ministry has initiated an enquiry against Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Vice Chancellor P.K. Abdul Azis for alleged financial irregularities and misconduct, varsity sources said Monday.The decision to conduct t ..

The Panjab University (PU) Monday announced that it will provide free education to blind students from the next academic session."This decision has been taken as we want to fulfil our commitment towards the visually impaired students. There woul ..

Delhi Police were Sunday clueless about the woman teacher and waited for the autopsy report of the an 11-year-old student who died allegedly due to corporal punishment Friday."For the past two days, our teams have failed to locate Manju (the acc ..

Parents and students of state-run as well as private schools Sunday evening protested outside the official residence of Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna the poor quality education of state-run schools and arbitrary fee hike by private school ..

The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) rocket will early Monday put into orbit the country's first all-weather spy and educational satellites.The 229-tonne Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C12 (PSLV) will blast off from Satish Dhawan S ..

Diaries kept by some child reporters at the instance of NGOs reveal a sordid saga of how young students are thrashed, punished, humiliated daily by teachers in schools across India. They also reveal how 11-year-old Shano Khan's death in Delhi is  ..

Maharashtra Government is actively considering splitting of major universities like Mumbai and Pune to make them more manageableadministratively.In the light of recommendations of National Knowledge Commission (NKC), the State Government is consideri ..

Using political rallies as a platform to raise a voice against the poor quality of education in government schools, a "My vote, My choice!" campaign is urging leaders to provide "education vouchers" to students, especially from ma ..

NASA's Kepler mission has captured its first images of the star-rich sky where it will soon begin hunting for planets like Earth.The new "first light" images show the mission's target patch of sky, a vast starry field in the Cygnus- ..