Chandigarh: Twenty-nine students from different towns of Punjab and Haryana are waiting for the refund of their tuition fees, amounting to Rs. 87 lakh, from a Dutch university that was closed in June.The students had applied for different courses at the European University for Professional Education…
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New Delhi: Branded pre-schools across the country increased their fees 120 percent between 2005 and 2010, a survey has found.The average fees for the kindergarten segment have gone up from Rs.1,500 to over 3,500 per month, the survey by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSO…
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Coast Guard and AMET University will offer an international level course on oil spill assessment and shoreline clean-up exercise.
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New Delhi: A bill for re-establishing the ancient Nalanda university was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. The Nalanda University Bill, 2010, will establish a central university in Nalanda district of Bihar, identifying with the ancient university, which was founded in 5th century AD and be…
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Mumbai: Due to a decrease in bank interest rates, the government has decided to cancel the national means-cum-merit scholarship scheme that was meant to provide financial aid to 1 lakh gifted children whose parents’ annual income was below Rs.1.5 lakh.The fund of Rs.1000 crore for the scholarship sc…
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New Delhi: With the flagging off of a special bus, a national campaign titled ‘Bus Aur Nahin’ against ragging was launched in Delhi University (DU) on Wednesday. The bus will travel to nine cities in the country covering over 40 colleges to create awareness against ragging. “The special, colorful bu…
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New Delhi: India will launch a satellite to monitor sea water levels in collaboration with the French space agency, Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan said on Wednesday. The satellite, called Saral, will carry an altimetre (ALTIKA) for studying the sea surface heights and…
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New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil will inaugurate the golden jubilee celebrations of Delhi University’s Sri Venkateswara college on August 17.Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah, Union Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy and agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan will also attend the …
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Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday reinstated Kusuma Kumari as the vice-chancellor of the Sri Krishnadevaraya University in Anantapur district. She was removed by the government earlier this month over alleged lapses.In an interim order, the court set aside the government order di…
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