Vladimir Putin was sworn in as Russia’s President for a third term on Monday in a glittering Kremlin ceremony overshadowed by mass protests against his return.After taking the oath in the magnificent Kremlin Palace in front of 3,000 guests Mr.  ..

Regular classes are held in the absence of a classroom, and computer education is imparted without computer labs. Welcome to Lucknow University's computer science department, which is reeling under acute faculty crunch and inadequate infrastructu ..

After the students shown little interest in many of the colleges in Andhra Pradesh, several engineering colleges in the states have decided to shut their shop from the next academic year.As per the AICTE report, about 143 technical institutes in 14 s ..

Election Commissions of SAARC nations today set up a joint forum to promote mutual cooperation for enhancing their capabilities in conducting free and fair polls.India will chair the first such forum set up at the third conference of heads of electio ..

In addition to setting up its own IT city, Uttar Pradesh has decided to welcome on board private sector enterprises for setting up IT cities of their own. Under the IT policy of the former BSP government, private developers could not set up an IT cit ..

With the old model of outsourcing getting outdated, Indian IT companies may need to tweak their strategies to grow further.“Outsourcing is undergoing a lot of changes and the focus should be on giving value to the client instead of merely lower ..

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sworn in as a member of parliament Wednesday, opening a new chapter in the Nobel laureate's near quarter-century struggle against oppression.The 66-year-old stood to read the parliamentary oath in ..

About 40 MCA and MBA colleges in the state have got approval from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to close down their institutions from coming academic year as their courses have few takers.Speaking to Express, AICTE director an ..

On the first day of semester exams, Mahamaya Technical University was forced to cancel the first paper - Object Oriented Systems  - of the Masters in Computer Application (MCA) course after one-third of the question paper was found to be an exac ..

Leading technology companies in India are giving back to the society by investing in education sector for the lower segment of the society. Several new initiatives are being taken to expand young minds in order to make better opportunities available  ..

Nasscom on Monday said that there is no change in its forecast for infotech and IT-enabled services sector.The industry body had earlier said that it expects an 11-14 per cent growth for the sector in US dollar terms during 2013.“We will take a ..

The information technology companies have hired maximum number of engineering graduates in campus placements this year.Compared to last year, there has been improvement in number of people hired as well as the average compensation, as per the data fr ..

Rafael Nadal became the first player in the Open Era to win two tournaments seven times after beating David Ferrer 7-6 (1), 7-5 in Sunday's Barcelona Open final.The second-ranked Nadal's 21st straight victory on clay followed up his eighth st ..

Five technical state institutions providing MBA and MCA courses have approached the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) with a wish to shut down. The request is said to be currently under process.A regional member of the AICTE (Karnatak ..

On the basis of report of All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), the technical college in this border town, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College of Enginering has been given the status of State Technical Campus and as per notification of Punjab Go ..

China on Monday said it had successfully launched two navigation satellites, the twelfth and thirteenth additions to its fast-expanding home-grown navigation and positioning satellite network that will soon end Chinese dependence on the United States ..

Singapore’s former president S R Nathan has been conferred with the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, the highest honour accorded to people of Indian-origin oversees.Mr. Nathan was presented with the award by Union Minister of Overseas Indi ..

Patna University (PU) has finalized the admission schedule  for all its self-financing (vocational) courses for the next academic session (2012-13). The detailed admission schedule would be uploaded on the university's website on May 6.It ha ..

Buoyed by the successful launch of all-weather radar imaging satellite RISAT-1, ISRO today announced it would launch two GSLVs and a PSLV this fiscal and the second Indian moon mission of Chandrayaan 2 in 2014 on board a GSLV."The launch of Chan ..

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will tomorrow inaugurate the $ 4-billion refinery built by a joint venture of state-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) and steel czar Lakshmi N Mittal's investment firm.The 9-million tonne refinery of HPCL-Mittal  ..