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Oxford College Drops Aung San Suu Kyi From Common Room Name

Education | Press Trust of India | Friday October 20, 2017

Students of St Hugh's College yesterday voted to remove the Nobel Peace Prize laureate's name from the junior common room with immediate effect.

Lessons In Writing Love Letters, Courtesy Barack Obama

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Friday October 20, 2017

Years before the world came to know him as the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama was just a boy sending intense (his word) love letters to his college girlfriend. And no, it wasn't the woman he eventually married, Michelle Obama. The letters were addressed to his then-girlfriend, Alexandra McNear. Nine of the handwritten love letter...

Google Doodle Celebrates Birthday Of 'Starman' Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Indians Abroad | Edited By Soumyajit Majumder | Thursday October 19, 2017

Google doodle today celebrates the birth anniversary of legendary India-origin astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. Born in Lahore, in present day Pakistan, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was described as child prodigy. Mr Chandrasekhar won a Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983 "for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to t...

50 Suicides In 60 Days: Dark Reality Of Andhra, Telangana Coaching Centres

Andhra Pradesh News | Written by Uma Sudhir | Thursday October 19, 2017

Samyuktha had scored 95 per cent in 12th class and joined a leading coaching institute in Hyderabad three months back to get through the national medical exam. She wanted to be a doctor.

In Video From Andhra College, Student Slapped Repeatedly By Teacher In Class

Andhra Pradesh News | NDTV News Desk | Wednesday October 18, 2017

A student is repeatedly slapped and assaulted by his teacher in front of his classmates in a video that has emerged from a private college in Andhra Pradesh.

5 Members Of Hyderabad Family Found Dead, Including 4-Year-Old

Hyderabad News | Reported by Uma Sudhir | Tuesday October 17, 2017

Five members of a family in Hyderabad, including a four-year-old, have been found dead this morning on the outskirts of the IT hub.

No Annual Returns For 2015-16 From Over 4,000 Institutes, Data Shows

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 15, 2017

Indian Institute of Management-Kolkata, Aligarh Muslim University and Delhi's Lady Shri Ram College for Women are among 4,739 institutions and non-profit organisations that have not disclosed their foreign funding and expenditure for 2015-16, according to the Home Ministry

College In Madhya Pradesh Suspends Principal For Inviting 'Congress Leaders' To Event

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday October 13, 2017

The principal of a college in Madhya Pradesh has been put under suspension reportedly because he chose to invite Jyotiraditya Scindia, the Member of Parliament from the area, as the special guest for a function hosted by the institution.

80 Girls Fall Ill Due To Food Poisoning In Uttar Pradesh College

Cities | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday October 13, 2017

At least 80 students of a girls college in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh were taken ill reportedly after consuming sub-standard food, officials said on Thursday.

5 Telangana Students Selected For NASA Rover Challenge

Hyderabad News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 13, 2017

Five students from a private engineering college in Telangana have been selected for the prestigious NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge.

7th Pay Commission: DUTA Welcomes Cabinet Decision, Demands Approval Of Pay Revision Of Non-Teaching Employees

Education | Edited by Shihabudeen Kunju S | Thursday October 12, 2017

The Delhi University Teacher's Association (DUTA) welcomed the Union Cabinet's decision to approve Pay Revision for University and College Teachers.

7th Pay Commission Bonanza For Teachers In UGC Funded Universities/Colleges

Business | NDTV Profit Team | Sunday October 15, 2017

The decision will benefit 7.58 lakh teachers and equivalent academic staff in the 106 Universities/Colleges which are funded by the UGC/MHRD and also 329 Universities which are funded by state governments and 12,912 government and private-aided colleges affiliated to state public universities, the government said in a statement.

Pay Hike For 7.5 Lakh Teachers In Universities, Colleges Cleared By Cabinet

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Thursday October 12, 2017

A pay hike for over 7.58 lakh teachers in central and state universities has been cleared by the Union Cabinet, Education Minister Prakash Javadekar announced on Wednesday. He said the decision was an attempt to do justice to faculty members at the country's higher education institutions and attract good talent.

India-China Yoga College Opens Admission To Masters Programme

Education | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 10, 2017

India-China Yoga College was jointly set up by Yunnan Minzu University and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations in 2015.

UK University Launches Language Course For India's Future Engineers

Education | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 10, 2017

The three-week course runs from November 13 and has been developed by the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences. It is led by Tim Jackson, Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering.

Hanging Out Of Moving Train, Chennai Students Filmed Showing Off Knives

Chennai News | Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Tuesday October 10, 2017

After a video went viral on social media showing students in Chennai brandishing knives while hanging out of a moving train, four students of a state-run college in the city have been arrested; another two are being questioned about their alleged involvement.

Malala Attends First Lecture At Oxford, Five Years After Being Shot

Offbeat | Written by Priyanka Pant | Tuesday October 10, 2017

Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Pakistani Taliban after campaigning for girls' rights to education, attended her first lecture at the University of Oxford on Monday. A photo Ms Yousafzai tweeted from her first day at college quickly went viral.

Girls Outnumber Boys In College Enrolment In Rajasthan

Education | Press Trust of India | Monday October 9, 2017

Rajasthan has registered a record growth of 23.23 per cent in the enrolment of girls in colleges which has outnumbered boys during the academic year of 2016- 17, according to a report.

US National Admitted To Kerala Hospital With Injuries

Kerala News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday October 9, 2017

A 27-year-old US national, an inmate of the Mata Amritanandamayi Mutt, was admitted to the Medical College hospital here past midnight with multiple injuries. Police on Monday began a probe.

16 Children Die At Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College In Last 24 Hours

Lucknow News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday October 9, 2017

Sixteen children, including ten infants, died at the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College in Gorakhpur during the last 24 hours, authorities said on Monday.

Doctor Arrested For Allegedly Molesting Nursing Student In Delhi

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 8, 2017

A doctor was arrested for allegedly molesting one of his students on the pretext of getting her admitted to a good nursing college, the police said.

Bangladesh Teenager Dies After Being Struck By A Cricket Ball

Saturday October 7, 2017

Rafiqul Islam, 17, was declared dead at Dhaka Medical College Hospital late Friday after being rushed there in critical condition following the incident at Balur Math ground in Bangladesh's capital.

Cambridge Women-Only College Set To Admit Students Who Identify As Women

Education | Written by Anisha Singh | Friday October 6, 2017

A women-only Cambridge college, Murray Edwards College, recently changed its admission policy to allow and accept transgender students who identify as female. Closely following on its footsteps, another women-only college, Lucy Cavendish College, on Wednesday decided to review its admission policy.

'Bhagwan Bharose...': Student In Bihar Issued Admit Card With Lord Ganesha's Picture

India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Friday October 6, 2017

A first-year B.Com (Honours) student at Lalit Narayan Mithila University's JN College in Bihar's Darbhanga was issued an admit card that had the picture and signature of the Hindu god Ganesha. Others from his college found photographs of actresses on theirs, he said.

8 Infants Die At Assam Hospital In 24 Hours

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Friday October 6, 2017

In a reminder of the tragedy in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur, eight infants have died in a span of 24 hours at the Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College and Hospital in Assam's Barpeta district. Five children died on Wednesday night and three on Thursday, as per hospital records.

Graduates, These Are The Skills IT Firms Are Looking For

NDTV Profit Team | Friday October 6, 2017

Slower hiring trends and reports of layoffs earlier this year have created anxiety among college graduates over securing tech jobs.

Chintapurni Medical College: Punjab Officials Meet MCI For Shifting Of Students To Other Colleges

Education | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 4, 2017

Senior officials of the Punjab government today met the Medical Council of India (MCI) officials to work out the modalities for shifting of students of the Chintapurni Medical College in Pathankot to other colleges.

Mumbai Boys Make 4.4 Crores A Year Selling Vada-Pav To London

Mumbai News | Santosh Wagh and Anurag Kamble, mid-day.com | Wednesday October 4, 2017

Back in 2010, when the effects of global recession began to be felt, London-based Sujay Sohani remembers receiving a message from his boss, informing him that he had lost his job as food and beverage manager at the five-star hotel where he worked. With chances of survival looking bleak, Sohani reached out to his college-mate, Subodh Joshi, for help...

3 Bengaluru Boys Crushed By Train; Possibly Taking Selfies, Say Cops

Bangalore News | Written by Maya Sharma | Tuesday October 3, 2017

Three boys from Bengaluru were run over by a train this morning in Bidadi, around 30 km from the Karnataka capital. The police are investigating whether they were taking a selfie without realising how close they were to the oncoming train.

In Kashmir's Baramulla, Women Cricketers Pitch For Equality

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 2, 2017

Her hijab firmly in place, she slings her bat across her shoulders and rides her scooty to college and practice, challenging not just her rivals on the cricket field but also societal and religious stereotypes. As captain of the women's cricket team in Baramulla's Government Women's College, Insha is one of the young women setting trends in this su...