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  Disaster Management will be taught as compulsory subject in colleges in Odisha

  Education | July 24, 2021 10:04 IST

  A course on disaster management will be taught as a compulsory subject during the first year at colleges in Odisha, the state's Higher Education minister Arun Sahoo said.

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  THE Impact Ranking 2021: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham becomes one of world's top 100 institutes

  Education | April 22, 2021 17:43 IST

  Apart from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, there are two other varsities in the 101-200 band, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, and Lovely Professional University

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  AICTE says merger of education regulators including UGC, NCTE will take place this year

  Education | March 19, 2021 18:39 IST

  Key structural reforms in the education sector, especially the merger of regulators leading to the creation of Higher Education Commission of India(HECI), will happen this year, AICTE Chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe said on Thursday.

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  Delhi Budget: Law university, English speaking course on cards for higher education students

  Education | March 09, 2021 16:19 IST

  To improve English communication skills amongst the youth, the Directorate of Higher Education also proposed a scheme for students who have completed schooling.

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  Where do Indian universities stand in THE world rankings for UN SDGs

  Education | January 17, 2020 23:44 IST

  THE - Chief Knowledge Officer Phil Baty said that India’s participation has grown very rapidly in the global rankings’ arena

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  Indian students pursuing higher education in US sees 3 percent jump in 2018-19

  Education | November 18, 2019 20:34 IST

  The total number of Indians pursuing their higher education in the US has grown for the sixth consecutive year, the US embassy in New Delhi said in a release.

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  Indian soldier quits service to pursue higher education

  India | October 01, 2019 20:32 IST

  The 23-year-old son of a mechanic applied for premature retirement and the Army was quite generous in expediting his request so that he can join the course in January next year.

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  HRD ministry releases five-year vision plan to transform higher education

  India | June 29, 2019 6:29 IST

  The report has been termed as Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP), which will be taken to the Cabinet for approval after inter-departmental consultations.

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  Cabinet nod to single corpus fund for secondary and higher education

  Politics | August 16, 2017 18:17 IST

  Cabinet today approved creation of a single corpus fund in which all proceeds of secondary and higher education cess will be credited and utilised for the government's schemes in education sector.

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  India's higher education sector over-regulated: Niti Aayog

  India | July 14, 2017 21:42 IST

  "Over-regulation needs to be completely scrapped. We should be facilitators instead of being inspectors. We are working to create an easy and simple regulatory framework," Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said.

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  All-encompassing education regulator in offing may replace UGC and AICTE: report

  Education | June 06, 2017 15:23 IST

  The NITI Aayog and the Ministry of Human Resource Development are working on a new law that, if implemented, would scrap the UGC and the AICTE and replace them with one regulator

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  RSS-backed body pitches for greater autonomy to higher education institutions

  India | July 05, 2015 11:55 IST

  New Delhi: At a time when HRD Ministry is being accused of trying to tighten its control over higher education institutions, an RSS-backed body has slammed the present system as one breeding "inefficiency and corruption"

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  Student from troubled Kashmir area cracks AIIMS test

  India | June 23, 2015 10:20 IST

  New Delhi:  A young man from a militancy-plagued region in Jammu and Kashmir has cracked the AIIMS medical entrance test and is itching to join the country's premier medical institute as a doctor.Shahid Nabi, a

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  MP to launch scheme to help children of cops in higher education

  India | August 31, 2014 15:05 IST

  Indore: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has assured policemen in the state that his government will soon implement a scheme to provide assistance to their children in higher education."The state government is framing

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  President concerned over India's lack of currency printing ability

  India | August 25, 2014 7:55 IST

  Kolkata: Expressing concern over India's inability to produce paper or ink for its currency notes, President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said the importing of the materials exposed the country to the menace of fake Indian

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  Abdul Kalam calls for big investment to promote research

  India | July 24, 2014 18:35 IST

  Shillong: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam on Thursday said there is not enough funding for basic science in India and called for 'big' investment to promote researches in higher education."There is not enough funding for

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  Varkey Group acquires stake to enter UAE higher education

  June 03, 2014 18:41 IST

  Dubai: Aiming to enter the fast growing higher education segment in the UAE, leading K-12 Education provider Varkey Group has announced the acquisition of a significant holding in Dubai's International Horizons College (IHC).  The group

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  World Bank likely to fund higher education in Odisha

  India | May 06, 2014 21:22 IST

  Berhampur (Odisha): World Bank is likely to fund the development of higher education sector in Odisha.“World Bank is keen to finance the higher education sector, particularly for improvement in teaching quality, learning and research process