UP government to distribute Rs 267.30 crore among 89,100 meritorious girl students

Kanya Vidya Dhan scheme at a glance This drive follows CM Akhilesh Yadav’s instructions to officials to launch the program under the amended scheme for the benefit of meritorious girl students The government will give a cheque of Rs 30,000

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Government to introduce star safety rating for new cars in India

  The government of India is considering a proposal to introduce a star rating programme for new passenger cars in the country. The ratings will be given out based on the safety features that the cars might come with. The

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Delhi government likely to oppose several proposals of New Education Policy

The Delhi government is expected to go against central ‘Indian Education Service’ and a centralised induction programme including several proposals on higher education in the draft New Education Policy (NEP) Different views were presented on the proposals during a meeting

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Government has no plans to make Urdu compulsory in school education: Prakash Javadekar

“There are no plans to make Urdu compulsory in school education though the government is taking steps to promote the language, ” said HRD minister Prakash Javadekar in the Rajya Sabha. Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour, Javadekar said government is

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India’s CSIR ranks 12th among the best government institutes of the world

The Council of Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR) has secured 12th position among the best government institutions in the world, according to a report. Who holds the first position? Out of 746 institutions, France’s National Centre for Scientific Research was ranked

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NEET must be conducted in regional languages as well: Gujarat government

At the 11th meeting of the inter-state council, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel appealed for the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) to be held in regional languages. The meeting was held on Saturday, July 16, where the Gujarat government asked

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IIT-Bombay students to wear khadi robes for convocation: Is government saffronising education?

IIT Bombay has chosen uttarias or khadi angavastrams, for its convocation ceremony of the passing out batch. The Indian Institute of Technology has placed an order for 3,500 convocation robes made of khadi cotton, inculcating the feeling of nationalism in

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Apple’s iBooks store and iTunes films close down with the aid of chinese language government

A chinese regulator is said to have ordered Apple to shut down its iBooks keep and iTunes films only six months after the offerings were released within the country. The movement towards Apple in a rustic, which it costs as

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