Sky gazers are set for a week-long celestial treat from Saturday with the start of Messier marathon, an annual astronomy event. The event is named after French astronomer Charles Messier, who compiled a list of 110 relatively bright deep sky objects  ..

Iran has started production of new medium-range surface-to-air missiles with the aim of upgrading its air defence systems. Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said the missiles can travel with supersonic speed and hit the target at the distance of  ..

Manoranjan "Mano" Misra, an Indian American professor known for turning coffee grounds and chicken feathers into fuel, been honoured as the 2010 Regents' Researcher by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents. Misra, direc ..

Two children died and six others were taken ill after eating a mid-day meal at a state-run school in Bihar's Sitamarhi district, an official said Thursday. According to a police source, Sangita Kumari, 12, and Neelu Kumari, 11, died of food poiso ..

Top US and Indian business executives will meet here Monday to address critical issues affecting US-India High Technology Cooperation in areas like defence/strategic trade, civil nuclear cooperation, biotechnology, nano-technology and civil aviation. ..

Indian-American computer scientist Subhash Khot, most well known for his "Unique Games Conjecture", has received the prestigious National Science Foundation's (NSF) $500,000 Alan T. Waterman Award.The award is given annually to an outst ..

The Delhi Government had to contend with the Supreme Court's rap Tuesday for its failure to fill up over 200 vacant posts of government school teachers and principals for the last two years when free education for students up to 14 years has been ..

Encyclopaedia Britannica textbooks and an online study module will hit Indian schools from April 2010 in four subjects - computer science, mathematics, environmental studies and general knowledge, says its president Jorge Cauz. This comes six months  ..

Class 12 state board English examination was cancelled in Haryana Wednesday after reports of question paper leak, officials said. The exam was being conducted by Board of School Education Haryana (BSEH), Bhiwani."We got reports that English ques ..

The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the government to make its stand clear on a plea that a short-term course on primary health was required to allow non-MBBS persons to practise medicine in rural areas.A division bench of acting Chief Justice Madan ..

Two students from Tamil Nadu and Assam have won a nationwide school-level wildlife painting competition held as part of the Animal Action Week (AAW) organised in 16 countries, the organisers said here Friday. Rohit K.R. of SBOA School and Junior Coll ..

India plans to set up a National Education Finance Corporation (NEFC) to provide loans for educational infrastructure expansion and re-finance study loans to needy students who otherwise fail to pursue higher education."A proposal for the establ ..

President Pratibha Patil Saturday buried a 'Time Capsule' on the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) campus on the occasion of its golden jubilee celebrations and also unveiled a nanosatellite developed by the institute.The capsule, ..

About 550 students were caught cheating during Class 10 exams in Bihar and over 100 parents were arrested for helping them to cheat, an official said Monday."In the past three days, 550 students were caught cheating during exams and 110 parents  ..

Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith Thursday announced the winners of the inaugural Australia-India Science and Technology Research Awards (AISTRA) that will help research placements for researchers from both countries."The theme for the i ..

At least 90 percent of Indian universities are providing below-par education and the time has come when action is required to improve it, Sam Pitroda, advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, said here Thursday.Speaking at an educational conference  ..

Three people were arrested and eight teachers suspended after an inspection of an examination centre in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district Thursday exposed mass copying on the first day of Class 10 exams of the state education board, officials said ..

Nearly one million students across Bihar started their Class 10 exams Friday. The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB), which conducts the examinations, has made elaborate arrangements for peaceful and fair exams.Over 974,000 students are taking the ..

The situation is tense at Tamil Nadu's Annamalai University after the "accidental" deaths of four students from Bihar and Jharkhand. Even as their bodies are being flown out Wednesday, classes have been suspended and hostels too are bei ..

 Highlighting the prevalence of ragging in educational institutions, a national helpline has received nearly 160,000 calls in just eight months.Minister of State for Human Resource Development D. Purandeswari informed the Lok Sabha that between  ..

The month-long exam schedule for class 12 students of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) began Wednesday with a challenging physics paper while some Class 10 students appeared for Music, an optional subject.The Class 10 students of the I ..

The Delhi High Court Friday allowed a Class 11 student expelled from his school for allegedly molesting a girl to sit for his final term examination.Justice G.S. Sistani stayed the expulsion order served on the student by the Chander Shekhar Azad Sar ..

Over 1.6 million students will sit for the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examinations starting March 3 at over 5,500 centres spread across the country and abroad, an official release said here Friday.This year 902,517 students of Class  ..

Nearly 20,000 students from the Gulf countries will take the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examinations starting March 3 at 70 centres, an official release said here Friday.This year, 11,144 students of Class 10 and 7,064 of Class 12, w ..

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), one of the world's largest open universities, will get Rs.91 crore from the union budget for the next fiscal.IGNOU will get Rs.91 crore innthe 2010-11 fiscal, Rs.9 crore more as compared to the  ..

India Friday allocated Rs.42,036 crore (Rs.420 billion/$ 9.1 billion) for both the school and higher education sectors in 2010-11, an increase of over Rs.5,600 crore from the previous fiscal - a move that aims to reform education by bringing equality ..

The human resource development (HRD) ministry appointed expert committee has found that some of the deemed universities likely to face blacklisting are like family-run institutions, the Lok Sabha was informed Wednesday."In respect of these 44 de ..

The government is committed to the welfare of the marginalized sections of society through public-private partnerships for economic and social development, says the Economic Survey for this fiscal.Nearly Rs.1,300 crore have been released for the &quo ..

The Delhi police have ordered the public not to use loudspeakers, carry arms, ammunitions, or hold processions near any schools where the Central Board of Secondary Education will hold its board examinations beginning the first week of March.As per t ..

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Thursday urged agitating unemployed trainee teachers to give up their protest and assured them the government will initiate measures to fill up vacant posts."A confrontational approach will not help them ..

In a bid to check school dropouts, the Himachal Pradesh government Thursday decided to set up school management committees to ensure involvement of parents and teachers to motivate more children to join schools."The state cabinet this (Thursday) ..

For the sixth day Monday, former child labourers went door-to-door visiting parliamentarians in the capital in an attempt to sensitise them about the Right to Education Act and asked them to implement it in its true spirit.The week-long campaign saw  ..

In a bid to make advanced computer education available to the rural population, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in collaboration with the Srei Sahaj e-Village limited Monday launched five programmes on vocational skill development  ..

Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard Tuesday announced funding of A$5.1 million to further strengthen the country's international education industry and "safeguard the course fees of international students".The funding wi ..

Erum Shakeel, Class X student of MGD, who wants to become a fighter pilot, is being monitored round-the-clock by her mother and elder sister Amrin Jabin.“She has been studying for 12-15 hours for the last two months. After she stopped socializi ..

During the reunion of the pioneer batch of IIT-K, the ex IItians interacted with the students presently studying at the institute and shared with them their life journey. Each alumnus had something or other to narrate. Most of them were found sharing ..

Scientists have come up with evidence to show that calcineurin, an enzyme, is critical in controlling normal development and function of heart cells. The loss of the protein leads to heart problems and death in genetically modified mice, says a new s ..

With the apprehension of ONE OR MORE terrorist strikeS looming large over India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh police have sounded an alert for schools. In an advisory issued to all district police chiefs, the state police headquarters has  ..

Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal Saturday said he will try to build a consensus among all states to implement the Right to Education (RTE) Act from April 1. He also stressed that the government is and will be strictly against com ..

In a joint venture with India, a power plant will be set up in Bangladesh in three years to produce 1,320 MW. Two coal-fired units with production capacity of 660 MW each will be built in Khulna district, 180 km southwest of Dhaka. A bilateral docume ..