Education News in India

Let's give colleges autonomy: Kapil Sibal 12/Jan/2010
New Delhi: Human resource development (HRD) minister Kapil Sibal has grand plans to reform our education system. After advocating a formula that would test the analytical ability of students instead of promoting learning by rote, Sibal wants educational institutes to be free from university affiliations. ..
Act on bogus colleges duping students: SC to Centre 12/Jan/2010
New Delhi: The Supreme Court asked the Centre to curb the activities of bogus colleges claiming affiliation to various universities and ruining the lives of thousands of students. A bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and A K Patnaik asked the Solicitor General to examine the measures for curbing the ..
Reforming the rent control law 12/Jan/2010
All is not well with rent control legislations with many in developed countries having abandoned their buildings. Based on accommodation analysis carried out in New York’s South Bronx area, it was criticised that ‘rent control’ was destroying housing resources, development and other activities. If ..
Can I claim tax benefits? 12/Jan/2010
My wife and I want to opt for a joint loan with her being a co-borrower. If I pay 100 percent EMI, can she claim the tax benefit as co-borrower? If I take the home loan, can I add my would-be wife later as a co-borrower in the loan so that even she can pay a part of the EMI? Amit Ranjan To be able ..
The road ahead 12/Jan/2010
While 2010 will be the year when global commercial real estate recovery begins, robust, broad-based growth is not expected until 2011. The global economy is moving towards recovery, thanks in large measure to government economic stimulus programs and loose monetary policies. Early estimates from IHS Global Insights ..
raising the bar 12/Jan/2010
The medical education scene looks promising with the government's proposal to start more medical colleges and the Health Department's focus on strengthening the PHCs. Photo: S. Ramesh Kurup Exciting career: Great opportunities await medical students in stem cell and gene therapy research...
ICTACT to provide industry-relevant courses 12/Jan/2010
The Anna University, Coimbatore, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu (ICTACT) to function as a nodal institution for ICTACT in the area of its jurisdiction. Training This will enable ICTACT to provide industry-relevant training programmes in the ..
Join the fun at Felicity 2k10 12/Jan/2010
Felicity 2k10 - the annual cultural and technical fest of the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad being organised from February 19 to 21 will be a felicitous mix of technical, literary, sports and cultural events attracting thousands of students across the country. The ..
Merely a numbers game? 12/Jan/2010
An announcement made by the Union Government on Thursday heralds both good and bad news for the education scenario in Karnataka State. New colleges may be delighted with the fact that the Minister for Human Resource Development has announced that the intake in engineering and management colleges can be increased from ..
Applications invited for civil services exam 12/Jan/2010
The Union Service Public Commission will conduct the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2010 on May 23 for recruitment to the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and certain other Group ‘A' and Group ‘B' Central services/posts. The candidates ..

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