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  FinComm holds meeting with HRD ministry on impact of pedagogy's new tools in COVID-19 times

  India | June 29, 2020 20:26 IST

  The Fifteenth Finance Commission on Monday met officials from the Ministry of Human Resource Development and discussed the impact of the new tools of pedagogy, including online classes and use of other technology for education, the need for which has arisen out of the ongoing pandemic.  

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  Pending board exams to be held in schools where students enrolled, result by July-end: HRD

  Education | May 20, 2020 12:56 IST

  Students will appear for pending class 10 and 12 board exams at the schools where they are enrolled instead of an external test centre, according to the HRD Ministry. 

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  New national education policy will be in public domain very soon: HRD ministry

  Education | December 03, 2019 15:59 IST

  Addressing the Swachh Campus Ranking, 2019, event for higher educational institutions at AICTE, Pokhriyal appealed to the students to pledge for saving a litre of water every day and encourage their near and dears ones also to do so.

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  IIT M.Tech fee hike not for existing students: HRD

  Education | September 29, 2019 22:50 IST

  It said the hike will be applicable on fresh admissions only and "needy students" will be provided necessary financial support.

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  HRD sends list of premiere engineering institutions to Kuwait following invalidation of IIT degrees

  Education | June 30, 2019 12:30 IST

  The Public Authority for Manpower, a government body in Kuwait, had last year issued a circular asking the labour department to not give work permits to expatriate engineers unless they got no-objection certificates from the Kuwait Engineers Society.

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  Modi government to soon bring live IIT lectures to your living room

  India | June 05, 2016 17:31 IST

  New Delhi: In what marks a first of its kind initiative, the students from across the country would soon be able to watch live telecast of lectures from six IITs and some other top institutions

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  No sitting fee for officials nominated to education institutions: HRD Ministry

  India | February 10, 2016 16:39 IST

  New Delhi: Noting that many higher educational institutions were giving “sitting fee” to government officials nominated to their governing bodies, the HRD ministry has sought an end to this practice.  In an office memorandum, the

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  Student's suicide: HRD team likely to submit report tomorrow

  India | January 21, 2016 23:54 IST

  New Delhi: The report of the two-member fact-finding committee set up by the HRD ministry to look into the suicide by a dalit scholar in Hyderabad University is learnt to be in the final stages

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  Fellowship: Student protest escalates despite HRD's assurance

  India | October 28, 2015 0:01 IST

  New Delhi: A protest by students here against the UGC's move to scrap non-NET fellowship escalated today and led to police detaining scores of them as they refused to budge from outside the commission's office

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  Smriti Irani launches national web portal for apprenticeship training

  Politics | September 10, 2015 17:46 IST

  New Delhi:  Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday launched the national web portal for promotion of a national apprenticeship scheme.The scheme, which provides opportunities for practical training, is for graduates, diploma holders and

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  Congress 'running away' from debate in Parliament: Smriti Irani

  Politics | August 08, 2015 19:01 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram:  A day after hitting hard at Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi over the Lalit Modi issue, BJP today accused Congress of making 'baseless accusations for personal political gains' and 'running away' from debate in Parliament. Congress was not ready

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  Flutter in HRD Ministry as Smriti Irani's secretary goes on leave

  Politics | June 19, 2015 23:24 IST

  New Delhi: HRD Minister Smriti Irani's Private Secretary Binita Thakur, who has gone on leave, has set off speculations of yet another change in the ministry. According to reports, Thakur, who went on leave last

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  IIT Madras row: Protest held outside HRD ministry office

  India | June 01, 2015 17:10 IST

  New Delhi:  A protest over the issue of de-recognition of an IIT-Madras students' group was today held outside HRD Ministry's office here by Left-backed associations and unions which slammed the Centre for allegedly issuing the

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  Sanjay Kachroo's appointment as Smriti Irani's OSD under PMO scanner

  Politics | April 17, 2015 10:38 IST

  New Delhi: The proposed appointment of Sanjay Kachroo as an officer on special duty (OSD) to Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani has come under Prime Minsiter Office's scanner. The PMO has sought to

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  Top 5 news headlines of April 1 that you can't afford to miss!

  India | April 01, 2015 20:57 IST

  Congress accepted Sonia Gandhi as leader because of her 'white-skin', says Giriraj SinghUnion Minister Giriraj Singh today courted another controversy by making a shocking remark about colour of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's skin.He said that

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  Common Entrance Examination for admission to all Central Universities?

  India | January 30, 2015 10:27 IST

  New Delhi: In a move that can trigger fresh controversy, the HRD ministry is reportedly considering a proposal to hold a common entrance examination for admissions to all the 42 Central Universities from the next

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  IIT-Delhi faculty forum backs director

  India | January 07, 2015 7:23 IST

  New Delhi: The faculty forum of IIT-Delhi has passed a resolution strongly backing its Director Raghunath Shevgaonkar in the wake of his resignation from the post a few days back citing some "unforeseen situations"."We, the

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  Smriti Irani hails support of political parties in passage of education bills

  Politics | December 06, 2014 21:08 IST

  New Delhi: HRD Minister Smriti Irani today hailed the support from all the parties in Lok Sabha for the passage of three crucial bills on education, saying the overall consensus reflected that "rashtraneeti" had prevailed

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  HRD Minister turns down demands to make Sanskrit compulsory

  Politics | November 23, 2014 16:24 IST

  New Delhi: Taking on her critics, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani today dismissed charges that education was being saffronised even as she turned down demands that Sanskrit be made compulsory in the curriculum.“Those

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  Udaan scheme for girl students launched

  India | November 15, 2014 7:18 IST

  New Delhi: WIth the aim to promote educational opportunities among girl students and address the challenge of lower girl enrolment rates in engineering colleges, the CBSE's Udaan scheme was launched Friday.Udaan aims to provide a