Higher Education
Higher education survey soon to launch: HRD ministry
Owing to the meagreness of information that is available about higher education in India, a huge survey has been decided to take place by the HRD ministry.
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Left, Congress blames BJP for blocking RTE bill
Important amendment in Right to Free and Compulsory Education Amendment Bill could not be taken up in Rajya Sabha on Friday.
Corporate Updates
Cognizant litigated over employee rustling in US
Cognizant, the tech world leader has been sued over employee poaching. A business process outsourcing (BPO) firm in Chennai, working for Delaware, US, is alleging that Cognizant is trying to
Corporate Updates
Nokia not dropping Symbian
Cell phone giant Nokia will maintain its association with Symbian software to sell smartphones for a long time after its first Microsoft’s Windows enabled phones hit the market.
K-12
Andhra Pradesh govt gives English push at primary education level
With English increasingly becoming the preferred language of education even among the students hailing from poorer sections of the society and also rural areas, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to lay emphasis on English right...
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Thorat, Ramanathan favourites for ONGC board
Usha Thorat, former RBI Deputy Governor and former Finance Secretary Arun Ramanathan are likely to be appointed by the government to the board of ONGC to pave the way for the share of the state-owned firm...
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IT, BPO staff may see 10-12% salary hikes: Mittal
When the IT and BPO industries in general are bracing for a hike in appraisal process currently, Som Mittal, president, Nasscom said the its employees may see 10-12 per cent salary hikes during 2011-12.
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Q3 net income up 78%: Oracle
Oracle Corp has revealed that its net income rose 78 per cent in the third fiscal, as it was enhanced by a rise in new software license sales and the coming-in of three full months of...
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Opposition MLAs protest against non-payment of primary teachers
In protest against the non-payment of salaries of over 2.5 lakh primary teachers for five months, majority of the opposition parties
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More universities duping Indians: US journal
A leading US journal on higher education reported that Indians are the main target in the Tri-Valley University which is only one of many dubious and unaccredited universities in the US that are duping foreign students,...
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Pakistan education sector gets $400m from World Bank
Pakistan, which spends less than 1.5 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on schooling and has one of the world