Fill vacancies to provide quality education: HRD Minister
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Union Minister for Human Resources and Development (HRD) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Tuesday directed the Central Board of Secondary Education …
NCR’s ‘poor’ air quality days down by 50%: Javadekar
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said the government’s efforts to control air pollution have led to a decrease …
Google to share air quality findings with scientists
San Francisco, June 6 (IANS) As part of a larger effort to track pollution, Google is releasing air quality data for scientists that it collected …
No compromise on quality of service, Huawei tells customers
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Denying that consumers would be affected by the “global tussle”, Huawei on Wednesday said that its quality of service as …
Focus on education quality, not language, say experts
Chennai, June 2 (IANS) The government should first get its basics right on education and then focus on peripheral issues like compulsorily teaching Hindi to …
I’m looking at quality, not quantity: Rohan Mehra
Mumbai, May 30 (IANS) Actor Rohan Mehra, known for shows like “Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai” and “Bigg Boss”, doesn’t want to restrict himself as …
IndusInd Bank net plunges over 62% in Q4 FY19 on IL&FS provisioning, bad asset quality
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Worsening asset quality pushed down IndusInd Bank’s net profit over 62 per cent to Rs 360 crore in the fourth …
Swiss young men’s semen quality in ‘critical state’
London, May 22 (IANS) Most young men in Switzerland have poor semen quality, a key determinant of male fertility, reveals a new study. Only 38 …
SBI posts muted Q4 profit, but asset quality, interest income up
Mumbai, May 10 (IANS) State Bank of India on Friday posted a muted net profit of Rs 838 crore in Jan-March period of last fiscal …
SBI reports Q4 net profit of Rs 838 cr, asset quality up
Mumbai, May 10 (IANS) Countrys largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) on Friday reported a net profit of Rs 838 crore for Q4 of …
Kohli doesn’t have game reading quality like Dhoni: Coach
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) India skipper Virat Kohli has often said that he is lucky to have M.S. Dhoni in the team and the latter’s …
Professional education quality a concern, says V-P
Chennai, April 23 (IANS) Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu here on Tuesday said even though India increased the number of higher education institutions after Independence, the …
Improve athlete quality, medals will follow: Manisha
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Olympian Manisha Malhotra knows what it takes to shine against the best in the business and the former tennis star …
Drive quality investment in India, says Mauritius
Port Louis, April 9 (IANS) Mauritius remains compliant to international norms and best practices as it continues to drive quality investments into India, the Indian …
New ‘smart’ pyjamas for better sleep quality
New York, April 1 (IANS) Researchers have developed pyjamas embedded with self-powered sensors that provide unobtrusive and continuous monitoring of heartbeat, breathing and sleep posture …
Jindal varsity raises bar for quality education
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Access, equity and excellence are key challenges for improving the quality of higher education in India and the institutions, both …
Tea Board plans quality checks to keep standards
Kolkata, March 13 (IANS) Tea Board of India plans to collect random samples from tea factories, packets and bulk tea stored in warehouses to check …
Tripura to appoint ‘Academic Leaders’ to improve quality of education
Agartala, March 11 (IANS) It’s not exactly carrying coal to Newcastle, but Tripura will appoint “Academic Leaders” and arrange special training of teachers by national …
Kolkata to have 5 more automatic air quality monitoring stations by March
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) will be adding five more automatic stations by March for monitoring air quality in …
Quality health for all a shared goal: Kovind
Lucknow, Feb 24 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday said that quality health for everybody was a shared goal and he was happy that …
Air quality in Chinese cities worsens in January
Beijing, Feb 17 (IANS) Quality of air in major Chinese cities deteriorated in January, according to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE). The average …
Delhi air quality deteriorates to ‘very poor’; only rain can bring relief
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) As predicted, the overall air quality of Delhi and adjoining areas deteriorated to “very poor” on Monday, after days of …
Only quality content will survive, say players on digital platforms
Mumbai, Feb 11 (IANS) It will be a clear case of survival of the fittest as an increasing number of web series and short films …
Cold Monday morning in Delhi, air quality deteriorates
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) It was a cold Monday morning in Delhi as the minimum temperature was recorded at 7 degrees Celsius, three notches …
Cold Sunday morning in Delhi, air quality moderate
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) It was a cold Sunday morning in Delhi as the minimum temperature was recorded at 8.4 degrees Celsius, a notch …
Can UGC’s Quality Assurance Strategies address challenges to Open Distance Learning? (Column: Active Voice)
Considering the significant role played by Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in increasing access to higher education in India, the Indian government last year announced …
Delhi’s air quality improves to ‘moderate’
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The overall air quality of Delhi improved to the ‘moderate’ category on Thursday after being in the ‘poor’ and ‘very …
Rains in Delhi, air quality ‘very poor’
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) There was thunder and lightning on a cloudy Wednesday morning here as light to moderate rains lashed parts of the …
Delhi’s air quality improves to ‘poor’
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) The air quality in the national capital improved to the ‘poor’ category on Saturday after being ‘very poor’ for the …
Netaji’s 122nd birth anniversary celebrations remind ‘quality leadership’
Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) Remembering freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 122nd birth anniversary, former West Bengal Governor and Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Gopalkrishna …
India lack system to generate quality tennis players: Bopanna (IANS Interview)
Melbourne, Jan 22 (IANS) Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna has blamed the system for not producing quality players and demanded more tournaments in the country …
Sporting culture needed to produce quality athletes, says marathoner Sunita (IANS Interview)
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Experienced marathon runner and Born2Run half-marathon’s Race Director Sunita Godra believes a lack of sporting culture, scientific guidance and grassroot …
Khelo India: Quality of shooting reflects sport’s growing stature in India
Pune, Jan 17 (IANS) The growing stature of shooting as a sport in India was amply reflected in the quality of competition and intense battles …
Air quality in Delhi may turn ‘very poor’ again; weekend rain may bring relief
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The overall air quality in Delhi and adjoining areas continued to remain in the ‘poor’ zone on Thursday but the …
Centre should ensure equal, quality education instead of reservation: AAP Minister
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Accusing the Modi government of bringing the upper caste reservation policy “out of the blue”, Delhi Cabinet Minister Rajendra Pal …
First better air quality day in Delhi; relief unlikely to last
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) After weeks of “very poor” and “severe” air, Delhi and adjoining areas witnessed their first improved air quality day of …
Delhi government collaborates with Washington University to monitor air quality
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) With air pollution reaching ‘severe’ levels every winter in the national capital, the Delhi government on Monday joined hands with …
Weekend rain lowers PM 10 levels in Delhi but air quality may remain ‘very poor’
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Although the first spell of winter rain over the weekend brought down the pollution levels in the national capital, the …
BSB spend quality time with families in video of ‘No place’
Los Angeles, Jan 6 (IANS) Backstreet Boys have unveiled the music video of their new track “No place”. The video centers around the importance of …
Misty Saturday morning in Delhi with ‘very poor’ air quality; rain expected
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) It was a misty morning in the national capital on Saturday with the minimum temperature recorded at 5.4 degrees Celsius, …
No ‘good’ air quality day for Patna in 2018
Patna, Jan 4 (IANS) Bihar’s capital city Patna did not see even a single “good” air quality day throughout the year gone by, according to …