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March 2, 2016 John Varghese to be St. Stephen’s College’s new principal
A file photo of St.Stephen’s College, Delhi. Photo: Hindustan Times New Delhi: John Varghese, professor at Hyderabad’s English and Foreign Languages University will be the new principal of St. Stephen’s College in Delhi after Valson Thampu retires from the post later this month. The Supreme Council of the college which includes members of Church of […]
ALL DEALS March 2, 2016 Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme extended to 61 more districts
Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, NCT of Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand are the 11 states where the scheme has been expanded. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/HT New Delhi: A week after Union women and child development (WCD) minister Maneka Gandhi announced the expansion of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao […]
ALL DEALS March 2, 2016 Neem extract may help treat pancreatic cancer: study
Nimbolide was able to reduce the migration and invasion capabilities of pancreatic cancer cells by 70%. Photo: Houston: A natural extract derived from the neem tree, commonly found in India, could potentially be used to treat pancreatic cancer without harming normal, healthy cells, a new study has claimed. Scientists tested nimbolide, a compound found in […]
ALL DEALS March 2, 2016 President approves Visva Bharati VC dismissal
A file photo of President Pranab Mukherjee, who had twice earlier returned the file relating to Dattagupta to the HRD ministry, seeking the opinion of the law ministry on this issue. Photo: PTI New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee has approved the dismissal of Visva Bharati vice chancellor Sushanta Dattagupta, the first instance of sacking of […]
ALL DEALS March 2, 2016 IITs look to nurture start-ups, host companies’ R&D centres
Around 40 start-ups work out of the IIT Madras research park. In the next six months, that number is slated to go up to 200. Tanuj Jhunjhunwala, 24, quit his job in a multinational car maker to return to his alma mater, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, to start an underwater robotics company. […]
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March 2, 2016 HRD ministry asks Central Universities to ‘proudly’ fly national flag
A file photo of HRD minister Smriti Irani. Photo: Hindustan Times New Delhi: The human resource development ministry on Thursday told all central universities to fly the national flag. Flags must fly at a height of 207 feet. The order comes amid a fierce debate on nationalism, with the ruling party and opposition calling each […]
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March 2, 2016 The teacher with a million-dollar plan
Robin Chaurasiya, one of the 10 finalists for the Global Teacher Prize 2016. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint Mumbai: Robin Chaurasiya, one of the 10 finalists for the Global Teacher Prize 2016, knows what she is going to do with her million dollars if she wins—she will share it with the nine others. “They all need the […]
ALL DEALS 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 […]
ALL DEALS 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 […]
ALL DEALS 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 […]
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March 1, 2016 BankBazaar.com ventures into international markets with Singapore entry
BankBazaar has set a target of around $10 million net revenue run rate (dollar terms) for its Singapore market in the coming months. Bengaluru: A&A Dukaan Financial Services Pvt. Ltd, the company that operates online financial services marketplace BankBazaar.com, has ventured into the international market starting with operations in Singapore. The company has appointed former […]
ALL DEALS March 1, 2016 Meet the first Indian start-ups to adopt IBM Watson platform
A file photo of IBM’s headquarters in Armonk, New York. Kartik Mohla, a graduate in management information systems, used to work at an US investment bank before he came back to India to join his family business that helps companies boost the skills and productivity of their employees. Now, he is the CEO of InspireOne […]
