A delegation from the Indo-Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IJCCI) met a group of students here at the Manipal Edu building on Thursday and informed them of the new visa policy, tourism and higher education opportunities in Japan.
The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D) and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday entered into a pact for setting up a Biomedical Research Park in Jhajjar, Haryana, and embark on interdisciplinary research for a "robust health care".
To promote a culture of innovation and research in higher education, the Union government has introduced Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA), Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar announcement on Thursday.
AAP leader Gopal Rai said the AAP had decided to form a joint panel of its Chatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS) with AISA because it wanted to "eliminate negative politics" from higher education.
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is likely to declare the results of All India Entrance Examination for Admission (AIEEA) 2018 today, i.e., August 30, 2018.
A "steep fine" that Surendranath Law College has levied on students across three semesters for insufficient attendance sparked a row on Wednesday with many protesting outside the college since morning and outside Calcutta University main campus on College Street in the evening.
A petition filed by Kanishka Pandey, a final year law student has led SC issue a notice to recognise sports as a fundamental right under Article 21A, TOI speaks to stakeholders about the implications.
Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Board (UPBEB) is going to release the Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (UPTET) 2018 notification on September 15, 2018.
The Patna High Court on Wednesday ordered the Bihar School Examination Board to give "one mark" for an unchecked answer in Hindi paper of a girl, who had secured the second rank in the state in matriculation examination last year.
The Himachal Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (HPBOSE) today released the admit cards for the Himachal Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (HPTET) 2018 on the official website of HPTET - hpbose.org
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After the declaration of the Group D exam date for Computer Based Tests (CBT) for recruitment of Level 1 post, which is going to take place on September 17, 2018. The Railway Recruitment Board has also issued the syllabus and pattern for the CBT exam.
UT Education department has decided to conduct fourth round of counselling for admission to Class XI as 82 seats have gone vacant after third round of counselling and vacancy is further expected to increase. The dates have not yet been finalized for the same.
Oakridge International School Mohali held its fourth OISM Model United Nations (MUN) Conference.
The success rate of the secondary school certificate (SSC, std X) supplementary examination marginally dipped against last year with 23.66 per cent students passing the exam in Maharashtra.
The National Testing Agency, set up by the government to conduct exams for entrance to higher educational institutions, will convert its 2,697 test practice centres into teaching centres from next year. According to a HRD ministry official, the practice centres will start functioning from September 8.
A Sri Lankan suspected to be linked to the Islamic State group was Friday charged with terrorism offences for possessing a document police allege contained plans to target "symbolic locations" in Sydney. Mohamed Nizamdeen, 25, was arrested at the University of New South Wales where he worked after a tip-off by someone who found a notebook allegedly detailing his plans.
US President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that his daughter played no role in the abrupt departure of his top lawyer and pushed back at the notion of a White House in chaos, calling it "a smooth-running machine with changing parts."
There is growing disquiet on Capitol Hill over the fabled Silicon Valley major deciding to send a lower level executive to answer questions from US lawmakers instead of its CEO -- India-born Sundar Pichai. One lawmaker has said he may ask for an empty chair to be placed to placed before a Google nameplate to highlight Pichai's decision to stay away from the hearing.
The United Nations called on Russia, Iran and Turkey on Thursday to forestall a battle in Syria’s Idlib province which would affect millions of civilians and could see both sides using chlorine as a chemical weapon.
In a Thursday telephone interview from a Georgia jail, Reality Winner told "CBS This Morning" that Trump's tweet was a "breath of fresh air" and it made her laugh. Trump tweeted August 24 that Winner's crime is "small potatoes" compared with "what Hillary Clinton did." Prosecutors have said Winner once wrote in a notebook of her desire to "burn the White House down."
Iran has asked the International Court of Justice to order the United States to lift the sanctions, reimposed after US president Donald Trump pulled out of a multilateral 2015 accord. Iran brought the case at the court in The Hague under a 1955 friendship treaty that predates the country's Islamic Revolution.
Now, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is looking to capitalise on an easing in international tensions with his isolated regime to advance plans for a high-speed rail network to rival those in Europe and neighbouring South Korea.
"The secretary of state and the chairman are going to fly in to Islamabad to meet with the new government that's in place there now," defence secretary James Mattis said during a news briefing at the Pentagon on Tuesday. The need to fight terrorists would be "the primary part" of their discussions with Pakistani leaders, he was quoting by the Dawn newspaper as saying.
Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang are being detained and tortured and face "egregious restrictions on religious practice and culture" and other abuses. China insists tough measures are needed as part of a "People's War on Terror" to purge separatist and religious extremist elements from Xinjiang.
Trump has hailed his personal relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and said there was no reason to resume the US-South Korea war games. Trump’s statement came a day after defense secretary James Mattis hinted that drills, which North Korea denounces as rehearsals for invasion, could resume.
"China makes it much more difficult in terms of our relationship with North Korea," Trump said at the White House, though he insisted his ties with Chinese President Xi Jinping were "great." "We know that China is providing North Korea with considerable aid, including money, fuel, fertilizer and various other commodities. This is not helpful!" he tweeted.
The Interpol has rejected Pakistan's request to arrest General Pervez Musharraf as it does not want to interfere in cases of political nature, the government on Wednesday informed a special court hearing the high treason case against the former military dictator who is now in Dubai.
US intelligence agencies have accused Russia of involvement in the hacking of Democratic emails during the 2016 election campaign. The Justice Department has indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers accused of hacking into Clinton's presidential campaign and the Democratic Party.
The social media network is the prime source of news and information for many in the country but has also been a platform for the army and Buddhist hardliners to spread hate speech against the Rohingya and other minorities. The site aired support for the military's bloody "clearance operations" last year that forced some 700,000 Rohingya over the border into Bangladesh.
Holding India back are glacial economic reforms, a fragile banking sector, rigid labor laws and a spotty educational system that imparts limited skills to the 12 million young people who enter the job market each year.
On Friday Rupee breached the 71-mark for the first time against the dollar, hitting a fresh low. The weakening of the rupee over the last few days has been attributed to month-end dollar demand from importers, the pressure being on currencies by Turkish lira and Chinese offshore yuan and rally in crude oil.
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After petrol and diesel, consumers using CNG (compressed natural gas) and PNG (piped natural gas) will have to pay more from October 1 as the benchmark price for natural gas produced from domestic fields is expected to hit a 28-month high during the routine six-monthly revision.
US Prez Donald Trump has said that if the WTO does not treat US better then he will pull ut of the organisation.The consequences of US withdrawal from the WTO is expected to be greater than Trump's growing trade war with China. US has accused the WTO dispute-settlement system of interfering with US sovereignty, particularly on anti-dumping cases.
According to consumer insights gathered by rural tech startup StoreKing, international brands like Garuda Foods and Maybelline cosmetics have found their way into markets beyond the cities without companies making significant investments.
Income-tax returns hit the five crore mark on Thursday evening, a rise of over 60% compared with filings a year ago. The authorities believe that compliance improved on account of persuasion, education of taxpayers, imposition of penalty on missing the Aug 31 deadline along with Nov 2016 demonetization of Rs.500 and Rs.1000 currency notes.
Sensex opened just above the 38,700-mark, gaining 14 points. However, soon after the trading started, the gauge extended its gains and was up 120 points at 9.40 am, having regained the 38,800-mark. The broader 50-share NSE Nifty had also regained the psychological mark of 11,700.
“Was the invalidation of the non-deposited currency the only object of demonetisation? Certainly not,” Jaitley said in a Facebook post dismissing criticism that demonetisation had not met its objectives. The FM listed the benefits of demonetisation which ranged from higher tax receipts, more money in the system and eventually higher growth.
Jaitley suggested that the 'larger objective' of demonetisation was to make India a tax-compliant society, an exercise which involved the formalisation of the economy and a blow to the black money. The minister noted that in the last two years, income tax returns have increased by 19 per cent.
Addressing a group of probationers of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), he said a nation's tax structure should be just, efficient, honest and equitable. Kovind said the government last year introduced the Goods and Services Tax, the most comprehensive tax reform ever seen by the nation.
Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) president Ganesh Kumar Gupta said that with fluctuation in rupee value, global buyers start asking for review of contracts. "Exporters are facing uncertainty due to this. They are unable to hedge as they do not know where the rupee value would go tomorrow," Gupta said.
The Board of Directors of the company at its meeting held on Thursday have considered Bedi's resignation from the services of the company, and accepted the same, with effect from September 30, 2018, Fortis Healthcare said in a filing to BSE. The resignation is due to personal reasons, it added.Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp on Friday stepped up his calls to protect players from burn-out after claiming England's festive fixture ...
