40 global universities form Climate Alliance to accelerate action
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) In a bid to help fight climate change and provide relevant insight and action to various stakeholders, 40 world-class universities...
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Aussie universities bracing for thousands of job losses
Canberra, April 14 (IANS) Universities Australia, which represents 39 varsities in the country, has predicted that more than 20,000 jobs in the sector will be...
Pak universities asked to start online classes
Islamabad, March 31 (IANS) Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission (HEC) has directed all universities and accredited institutions in the country to start online classes for the...
Parliament passes Central Sanskrit Universities Bill
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Central Sanskrit Universities Bill by voice vote, paving the way for converting three...
Greece shuts down schools, universities to contain COVID-19
Athens, March 11 (IANS) All schools and universities across Greece will be closed for 14 days to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, Health...
COVID-19: Saudi Arabia suspends schools, universities
Riyadh, March 9 (IANS) Saudi Arabia has announced that schools and universities in the kingdom are suspended in a bid to curb the spread of...
Indian Universities to focus on enriching R&D culture
Chennai, Feb 29 (IANS) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday stressed on the need to develop a culture of innovation in India and called...
Universities should promote USR: Venkaiah Naidu
Chennai, Feb 26 (IANS) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said universities should promote University Social Responsibility (USR) similar to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)....
Fake coronavirus alerts plague GTHA universities and colleges
Bad enough many in the GTA are worried about contracting Coronavirus in public places, now students at some Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area universities and...
Deploy CRPF to protect universities and students: Stalin
Chennai, Jan 10 (IANS) DMK President M.K. Stalin on Friday urged the Central Government to utilise the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel withdrawn from...
Protests against CAA rock Osmania, Hyderabad universities
Hyderabad, Dec 17 (IANS) Massive protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rocked the Osmania University and University of Hyderabad on Tuesday as the students...
Central Sanskrit Universities Bill 2019 passed in LS
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) A Bill to convert three Sanskrit deemed universities into Central Sanskrit Universities was passed in the Lok Sabha on Thursday...
Universities hubs of ideas, not ivory towers: President
Bhubaneswar, Dec 8 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind here on Sunday said students and teachers should be sensitive towards empowerment of the marginalised sections of...
JGU signs MOUs with seven Australian Universities
New Delhi/Sydney, 6 Dec (IANS) The O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) in Sonipat in Haryana has signed MoUs with seven Australian universities all of which...
Seven Chinese universities in top 10 in QS Asia rankings
London, Nov 28 (IANS) QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a London-based higher education analyst firm, released on Wednesday its latest assessment of Asia’s 500 best universities, which...
Yogi bans mobile phone in UP colleges, universities
Lucknow, Oct 18 (IANS) The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has banned the use of mobile phones in colleges and universities in the state....
Lok Sabha passes Central Universities Bill
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2019 with a voice vote to establish a central...
JGU ranked among top 150 global ‘young’ universities
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The OP Jindal Global University (JGU) has featured as the only private university from India in a global list of...
Yogi tightens hold on private universities in UP
L0ucknow, June 19 (IANS) All private universities in Uttar Pradesh will now have to give an undertaking to the government, saying that their campuses will...