Courses with few takers to be scrapped
All centrally-funded technical institutions, including the renowned Indian Institutes Of Technology were told to close down centres and courses which have got few takers...
Maharashtra Government Looks To Build 400 Toilets On State Highways
Maharashtra is looking to construct around 400 toilets on its state highways for which the Public Works Department (PWD) has identified 160 locations. The...
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Dental Council makes one-year internship compulsory for BDS students
Students From Mumbai School Raise ₹72 Lakh To Combat Sexual Abuse
176 students from Mumbai’s prestigious Cathedral and John Connon School have been going around door to door, organising bake sales and enlisting the help...
Aadhar weds PAN this year
While introducing the Aadhar card into the Indian system, back in 2009, the government had no intention of unifying the identification with the existing...
1,009-run scorer returns scholarship granted by MCA
Pranav Dhanawade, the Mumbai schoolboy who scored a record-breaking 1,009 runs in an inter-school cricket match in January 2016, and went on to become...
PT Usha Raises Rs. 20 Lakh For Young Athletes’ School
Track legend PT Usha is preparing young girl athletes in her hometown of Kerala to turn them into contenders for the Asiad and Olympics,...
State To Introduce International Board From Next Academic Year
The state has planned to form the Maharashtra International Education Board (MIEB), an autonomous body that will decide curriculum for the schools and conduct...
UNESCO includes yoga in intangible cultural heritage
Mind-body discipline is added to intangible cultural heritage list apart from Cuba’s rumba and Peruvian scissors dance
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...
The US government no longer controls the Internet
The U.S. government finally handed over control of the world wide web’s “phonebook” to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) after...
