The Delhi government is planning to impose “heavy” fine and tougher punishment on those involved in heinous practices such as sex determination in violation of the Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994.
On the occasion of World Population Day on Monday, chief minister Sheila Dikshit said, “The government is mooting heavy fine and strict [...]
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Tuition fees for B.Tech and M.Tech courses at the National Institutes of Technology could be raised to Rs 50,000 a year from the 2012-13 academic year.
The council of the NITs, the body to decide such matters, today considered a proposal to hike fees from the Rs 35,000 the institutes charge at present. “The proposal [...]
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U.S. President Barack Obama today got a first hand account of how information technology (IT) has revolutionised life in rural India, and said this technology would help India directly leapfrog into the 21st century.
“India may be in a position to leapfrog, avoiding 20th century straightaway into the 21st century. I look forward to the [...]
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Aligarh: “The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Malappuram campus should reflect the exterior architectural ethos of AMU,” said AMU Vice Chancellor P.K. Abdul Azis, while addressing a meeting with the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) Calicut Central Division officials.”The building in the new ce…
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Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government has approved a proposal to allow private players to open medical colleges in the state, the health minister said on Friday.”The government has approved a policy for setting up of private medical colleges in the state and land will be provided to them at a token am…
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Dhaka: All schools and colleges across Dhaka will be closed during Ramadan after the Bangladeshi capital witnessed huge traffic snarls during the initial days of the holy month.The government on Thursday declared closure of educational institutions from August 14 to September 16 after the home minis…
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Aligarh: The Drug Society of J. N. Medical College (JNMC) at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) organized a health camp at Roravar, Shahjamal where senior doctors from the Medical College conducted health check-ups for poor people and provided them with the subscribed medicines free of cost. The Drug S…
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New Delhi: About 42 new faculty members have recently joined Delhi Technological University (DTU) as lecturers with the commencement of the new academic session. Out of these almost 23 faculty members are PhD degree holders. The new appointments have been made in different departments of the Univers…
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Bhubaneswar: The National Institute of Technology – Rourkela (NITR) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Thursday with Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) for the purpose of developing technologies that aid in recovering iron oxide from waste that has been generated from the alumina industry….
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