Students from Indian towns get cracking at coding early in life
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Gone are the days when students in small towns planned to pursue traditional courses like calligraphy art or swimming during …
No CBSE fee for Delhi government students: Sisodia
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Delhi government on Saturday announced the students from government schools will not have to pay any fees to the …
Odisha to close down schools having less than 10 students
Bhubaneswar, June 22 (IANS) The Odisha government on Saturday decided to shut down 966 schools across the state that have less than 10 students each. …
College students fall from bus roof in Chennai
Chennai, June 18 (IANS) A group of college students sitting on the roof of a city bus here in Tamil Nadu fell on to the …
Scholarship scam: How officials, bankers cheated poor students
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Initial investigation by the CBI into the multi-crore scholarship scam reveals a deep-rooted nexus between government officials, private institutions and …
Muslim students bag 80% of government scholarships
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Students from the Muslim community received about 80 per cent of total scholarships offered under 20 Central government schemes in …
18 of ‘Super 30’ students crack IIT-JEE Advance
Patna, June 14 (IANS) Mathematician Anand Kumar’s Super 30 has once again achieved a commendable success rate as its 18 out of 30 candidates cracked …
Medical students move SC citing wrong answer keys in NEET
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) A group of students moved the Supreme Court on Thursday claiming that answer keys of four questions in the National …
US Embassy launches App for Indian students
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Indian students aspiring to enroll themselves in the US universities can now get authentic information, with the American Embassy here …
4 students killed after toilet roof collapses in Nepal
Kathmandu, June 12 (IANS) Four students died when the roof of a school toilet collapsed in Nepal’s Darchula district on Tuesday, authorities said on Wednesday. …
Odisha teacher helps underprivileged students to realise dreams
Bhubaneswar, June 9 (IANS) Inspired by Anand Kumar’s famed Super 30 in Patna, Ajay Bahadur Singh has been imparting free medical education to underprivileged students …
2 engineering students drown in Uttarakhand
Dehradun, June 9 (IANS) Two engineering students drowned in Nainital’s Garudtal lake in Uttarakhand, police said on Sunday. Akshay Dharamwal (21) and Ritesh Verma (21), …
US students’ group visits AMU
Aligarh, June 9 (IANS) A delegation of 12 students from leading US universities Saturday evening appreciated the rich cultural heritage of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). …
Poor sleep linked to mental health issues in students
New York, June 8 (IANS) Insufficient sleep is associated with a wide range of mental health issues such as anxiety, self-harm and suicide ideation among …
Mainstream learns about the exploitation of foreign students… finally!
Pradip Rodrigues Last week when the Globe and Mail ‘broke’ a story about the widespread and scandalous exploitation of international students across Canada, I could …
PG medical students move SC seeking fresh choices in admissions
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) General category MBBS students on Friday moved the Supreme Court with a fresh plea seeking modification of its order, which …
Survey shows list of companies where Canadian students want to work
Canadian students are showing an increasing preference to work for foreign-owned companies rather than Canadian ones leading some to believe that if Canadian employers seek …
Teacher made African-American students act as slaves
New York, May 31 (IANS) A New York teacher singled out African-American students and cast them as slaves in a mock “auction” as part of …
PIL in SC on safety of students in private coaching centres
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) A PIL was filed in Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking directions to the Centre to frame guidelines for safety of …
Students make 600 feet long greeting card for Modi
Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh), May 29 (IANS) A group of 75 students here have designed a 600 feet long greeting card to wish Prime Minister Narendra …
1,137 Telangana Intermediate students declared passed after re-verification
Hyderabad, May 28 (IANS) Telangana Board of Intermediate Education on Monday night announced the results of re-evaluation of answer scripts of over 3.82 lakh students …
Maharashtra students protest against medico’s suicide
Mumbai, May 27 (IANS) The Students Federation of India (SFI) and other student organisations staged vociferous protests against the recent suicide of a post-graduate woman …
English medium students beat Gujarati counterparts in 12th boards
Ahmedabad, May 25 (IANS) Over 73 per cent of around 3,55,560 students cleared the Class 12 general stream examinations conducted this year, the Gujarat Secondary …
Surat fire toll rises to 23, two students on ventilator
Surat, May 25 (IANS) The death toll in the Friday’s devastating blaze in Surat rose to 23 by Saturday, even as seven students battled for …
Canada is short of 300,000 homes as students not counted: CIBC
In order to truly address the housing shortage plaguing many cities in the country, rental housing should be built near colleges and universities. A new …
Devastating fire in Surat building kills 17 students
Surat, May 24 (IANS) A devastating fire engulfed a coaching centre in a Surat building in Gujarat on Friday, killing 17 students. Official sources said …
At least 15 students killed in major fire in Surat
Surat, May 24 (IANS) At least 15 students were killed and several others injured in a devastating fire at a coaching centre atop a four-storey …
Visva-Bharati varsity students protest against fee hike
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) Students of Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Wednesday continued their sit-in protest against the hike in the fee …
3 lakh students pass BSE’s HSC exam in Odisha
Bhubaneswar (Odisha), May 21 (IANS) Girls outshone boys in the High School Certificate (HCS) examination results declared by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) Odisha …
Over 175 JGU students going to Oxford, Harvard, Columbia, UCB
Sonepat, May 20 (IANS) Over 175 students from O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) will be leaving shortly for Short-Term Study Abroad Programmes (STSAP) across leading …
International students flouting work rules is quite common
Sabrina Almeida A recent report about an international student possibly being deported for working as a truck driver without a separate work visa puts the …
VIA Rail offers new summer pass for students
VIA Rail Canada is hoping that its discounted fares will prompt more travelers to hop onto one of their trains. The Youth Summer Pass lets …
Mamata condemns attacks on Vidyasagar College, CU students
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Condemning alleged attacks on students of the Vidyasagar College and University of Calcutta after BJP President Amit Shah’s roadshow here, West …
Maharashtra PG medical students on warpath
Mumbai, May 14 (IANS) After the Supreme Court and the Bombay High Court scrapped the applicability of Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) for the …
Four Indian students awarded La Liga scholarship
Mumbai, May 14 (IANS) The La Liga Football Schools Scholarship is being granted to four Indian students this year — two from Mumbai and two …
Indian-American students among US Presidential Scholars
Washington, May 14 (IANS) Indian-American students accounted for more than 10 per cent of the 55th class of the 2019 US Presidential Scholars, according to …
Over 92% students pass Telangana Class 10 exam
Hyderabad, May 13 (IANS) More than 92 per cent of the students have passed Class 10 examination in Telangana. The results were declared on Monday. …
Delhi private school told to reimburse Rs 2.09 cr to students
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi on Saturday ordered a private school in the city to reimburse the …
Acting guru Roshan Taneja dead, ‘students’ pay tributes
Mumbai, May 11 (IANS) Roshan Taneja, the man behind the treasure trove of talent in Bollywood including the likes of Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Jaya …
The pull of studying abroad for Indian students (Comment)
The growth in Indias middle class and strong aspiration among Indias young to be part of a global workforce have emerged as key drivers for …