The United States has always been a popular destination for Indian students and has become even more popular with unattractiveness of the alternatives. Recent Council of Graduate Studies (CGS) data, confirms increasing interest of Indian students for graduate programs in the US and also the diversion of some traffic from Australia and the UK due [...]
Gone are the days when being apolitical was politically incorrect. Today, the young Indian is not hesitant to speak his mind. Some believe that politics serves as a catalyst to develop one’s critical thinking skills, while others are sceptical when it comes to student-politics. A handful, on the other hand, is convinced that college [...]
Mumbai: It’s long been known that Indian students outperform their global counterparts in science and math. But here’s a stunning finding: even students whose mother tongue is an Indian language fare better in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (Toefl) than those whose native language is English. That’s according to a recent analysis [...]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that students aggrieved with their examination scores, including Stds X and XII, entrance exams for professional courses as well as job recruitment tests, can now take a look at how they were evaluated by moving an application under the Right to Information Act. So far, only [...]
Coming from a rural background, I have always felt that despite a strong democracy, equal development is still a distant dream in our country. India has made a lot of progress on all fronts, but a major section of the society is still underprivileged and devoid of basic health and education facilities. India is an emerging economy [...]
Mumbai: College students may soon be able to attempt tests online. While city colleges are becoming tech-savvy by using technology for an effective administrative use, D G Ruparel College in Matunga is taking a step ahead by introducing ICT (information and communication technology) in daily learning and teaching. The reason—they want students to learn at [...]
The Supreme Court took it to task for its reluctance to go public with the details of persons who have parked their black money in foreign bank accounts, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Union Cabinet that the government was bound by the confidentiality clause contained in the treaties entered into with countries that had [...]
Significant Circulars/ Notifications issued by the CBDT in September and October, 2010 I. Circulars 1. Circular No. 6/2010 dated 20.9.2010 Regional Rural Banks not eligible for deduction under section 80P The CBDT has, through this circular, reiterated that Regional Rural Banks are not eligible for deduction under section 80P of the Income-tax Act, 1961 from [...]
The country has launched an ambitious programme to build a number of new nuclear power stations. Chinese scientists have apparently been working on this technology for 24 years. It is a complex and costly procedure but the recycled material can be used again to fuel nuclear power stations. China is not the first country to [...]
Shahrukh Khan starrer “My Name Is Khan” has become the first Bollywood film to be released in cinemas across the country with Hindi audio description (AD) for visually challenged people. AD is as important to blind and partially sighted people as subtitles are to those with hearing problems. It is an additional narration that fits [...]