Daily Archives: March 2, 2016
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March 2, 2016 National flag only one of the many plans Smriti Irani has for universities
A file photo of HRD minister Smriti Irani. Photo: PTI On Thursday, Union minister of human resource development Smriti Irani chaired a conference of 46 central university vice-chancellors at Surajkund, Haryana. There were several resolutions passed unanimously at the conference. While one of the proposals, the mandatory flying of the flag, dominated most of the […]
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March 2, 2016 JNU rally for convicted terrorist wrong: poll
A demonstrator waves Indian national flag as she takes part in a protest demanding the release of Kanhaiya Kumar in New Delhi. Photo: Reuters A majority of respondents to an instaVaani poll opposed the rally staged by some Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students to commemorate the anniversary of the hanging of Afzal Guru, a convict […]
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March 2, 2016 Budget pegs Rs72,394 crore as education outlay for 2016-17
As part of the pending move, all education credentials of students from Class X onwards would be digitized and kept in a demat format. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint New Delhi: The Union budget on Monday allocated Rs.72,394 crore to education in the 2016-17 financial year, an increase of around 5% over the 2015-16 estimate. Of the […]
