This year, March 8, celebrated as International Women's Day (IWD) marks 100 years of the declaration and observation of the first International Women's day. The first official celebration of Women's Day happened on March 19 in 1911 in Aus ..

 India successfully flight-tested an indigenously built interceptor missile from Wheeler Island off the Orissa coast on Sunday, joining the US, Russia and Israel in an elite group of countries to have accomplished the mission.The interceptor, de ..

Information technology giant Infosys is likely to set up its first software development centre in Bihar and the state government is planning to provide it with land, an official said Sunday."Infosys officials approached the state government for  ..

The Central Government has approved setting up of 20 new Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) on public private partnership ( PPP) basis, Minister of State for Human Resource Development D Purandeswari said."As per the approved sc ..

Fifteen organisation have submitted applications to start new colleges while as many as 182 institutions affiliated to the University of Madras have sought permission to start new courses, vice-chancellor G Thiruvasagam said.Speaking at a seminar org ..

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) launched a Web portal for students and partner institutions (PIs). It would play a vital role in providing guidelines, publishing information and enhancing interaction, an official said.The portal ha ..

While the $60-billion information technology industry is recovering from the impact of global recession, companies are increasingly hiring non-engineering graduates with an aim to tame attrition and minimise costs.Headhunters and industry veterans re ..

In an effort to build an international highway of information, 6,000 colleges and 800 universities in the country would be connected with fibre optics in the next three to four years, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said on Sunday.Once the connectivity was  ..

Seven out of every 10 engineering students in India prefer Bangalore as their 'first job' city, ahead of the capital Delhi, reveals a survey.According to employability measurement and recruitment firm Aspiring Minds Research Cell, about 72 pe ..

Pondicherry University on Wednesday inked a MoU with University of Picardy Jules Verne in France envisaging exchange of students and teachers from both the institutions in different disciplines.Registrar of Pondicherry University S Loganathan and Pre ..

Education has got a major fillip in the Union budget with 24% more funds for the coming financial year.The allocation of Rs52,057 crore is focused on universalising access to secondary education, increasing the percentage of scholars in higher educat ..

The 2011-12 Budget has failed to bring cheer to the Indian IT sector as Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee did not make any major announcements to boost the segment.IT companies were batting for reduced tax rates and continuation of sops under the STP ..

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday presented to parliament India's union budget for the coming financial year beginning in April.The Indian information technology firms are looking for increased spending on education, e-governance and de ..

Managerial and consulting roles in call centres attract IIM graduates.Business process outsourcing (BPO) firms that so far hired from tier three B-schools will now flaunt IIM graduates. Take the case of Delhi-based BPO firm EXL Services which has man ..

Union Minister for Human Resource Development and Information Technology Kapil Sibal said on Sunday that 800 universities and 26,000 colleges in the country would be linked through a fibre optic network to create a free information highway, as India  ..

The Economic Survey today pegged the fiscal deficit for 2010-11 at 4.8 per cent, lower than the Budgetary estimates of 5.5 per cent, on the back of higher realisation from 3G spectrum auction and buoyancy in revenues.India's fiscal deficit had ba ..

India's exports rose 29.5 percent to $164.7 billion in the first three quarters of the current fiscal and it is likely to remain robust for the next two years, according to the Economic Survey for fiscal 2010-11."India's cumulative expor ..

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee , while presenting the Rail Budget 2011-12 in the Parliament, on Friday said the railways is planning to invest Rs 57630 crore in the 2011-12 fiscal.Regretting over the two incidents of sabotage that led to a large nu ..

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced an outlay of Rs 57,630-crore for adding 1,300 km of new lines and acquisition of rolling stock in 2011-12. The outlay is proposed to be funded through budgetary support and market borrowings at Rs  ..

Private sector Axis Bank today announced the launch of the facility to pay income tax at ATMs.This facility, initially, will be available at select ATMs in the major centres and will shortly be made available at all 5,600-plus ATMs across the country ..