The life of Francis Mbangwa, a Kenyan farmer in his late 20s, revolved around crops and fertiliser. He would eagerly wait for the harvest season, sometimes face a severe financial crunch because of a bad crop.Today Francis is a marketing manager in a ..

Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf Thursday conferred the Stockholm Water Prize on US scientist Rita R. Colwell for her pioneering research on prevention of waterborne diseases, the second most common cause of death among children under five, Xinhua report ..

The Human Resource Development Ministry Thursday started a newsletter of the department of higher education, in a bid to inform people of its activities and provide people a channel for feedback.The newsletter was released by Human Resource Developme ..

Learning solutions company NIIT Thursday said it has signed an agreement with Aria Institute of Higher Education of Afghanistan to create a pool of IT professionals in that country.Under the agreement, NIIT will provide educational programmes in soft ..

A Gujarat youth studying at a private engineering college here has been hospitalised for depression after he was harassed and not allowed to sleep for two nights by seniors at a hostel, says his father who has complained to police of ragging.A case h ..

Flora Aduk finished her graduation in Uganda but realised that her dream of pursuing an MBA would be impossible to fulfill due to financial constraints. She had almost given up when one day she got a scholarship letter from India.The 26-year-old was  ..

More than 40,000 students from 120 schools gathered at a stadium in this Maharashtra city to celebrate the 105th anniversary of India's national song 'Vande Matraram here Tuesday.The event was jointly organised by the education department of  ..

It was a unique get-together that just might have motivated a few schoolchildren to join the armed forces. Four senior military officials joined the assembly at their alma mater here - St. Peter's College - which is celebrating its 165th year.Lt. ..

The Haryana assembly Monday passed bills to raise the retirement age of vice chancellors (VCs) and pro-vice chancellors to 68.Earlier, the retirement age was 65 years.The decision will benefit vice chancellors of the Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Unive ..

Renowned nuclear technocrat and scientist Homi N. Sethna died at his home here late Sunday, official sources said Monday.A former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Sethna was 86. He is survived by a daughter Meher Dadabhoy and son Rusta ..

Jamia Millia Islamia has been adopted as an extension centre by the Sports Authority of India, an official said Monday."The varsity will be used as a Special Training Centre and Special Area Games Schemes for junior level trainees in sports like ..

A government university in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district has come up with an online service - Students' Talent Bank (STB) - to provide regular job offers to varsity students, officials said Monday.The officials claimed that the STB servic ..

China successfully launched a new satellite into space Sunday, which will improve television and radio broadcasting signals in the country.The "SinoSat-6" was launched at 12:14 a.m. from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest Chin ..

Around 250 nuclear scientists, technologists and industrialists are expected to participate in the three-day Asian Nuclear Prospects 2010 conference to be held near here in October, a top official of atomic research unit said Saturday."The 2nd I ..

As India celebrates another Teacher's Day on Sunday, it comes as a reminder of a major challenge that lies ahead - a massive crunch of teachers, at both the school and university levels that could hamper the goal of education for all.Availability ..

A mere 40 percent of the electorate turned out Friday for the elections to the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU), officials said.The turnout defied the election office's expectation of a substantial turnout as the number of "freshers&qu ..

The Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO) has joined hands with the Banaras Hindu University  (BHU) to promote better understanding of vegetation-environment relationship, including development of predictive ability to study the vegetation  ..

A 15-year-old Briton has become the youngest student to gain a place at Cambridge University for over two centuries. He has enrolled for a course that is considered one of the toughest in the world and former scholars include Isaac Newton.Arran Ferna ..

More than 6,000 children took part in a month-long workshop on astronomy that was organised in Abu Dhabi to encourage youngsters to learn science.The annual "Reach for the Sky" workshop conducted during Ramadan by the Emirates Foundation fo ..

Fifty-one colleges of both the north and south campuses of Delhi University (DU) will go to polls Friday amidst elaborate security arrangements.The students of morning colleges would be voting between 8.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. while the students of th ..