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. New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) on Monday announced its plans to start a six-month certificate programme in 'community radio' from January next year. IGNOU Vice Chancellor V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai informed that the programme will be launched in partnership with the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA). He also said that over 150 scholarships will be on offer for students opting for the course. Plus two pass-outs and community workers working towards raising the socio-economic profile of the marginalized will be entitled for the scholarships. "The course will generate quality hands to operate the community radio stations. The scholarships will act as an encouragement, not only for IGNOU, but also for those who wish to learn the arts and crafts of community radio broadcasts", Prof. Pillai further said. Addressing a two-day conference on Community Radio organized on September 29-30 here, Prof. Pillai said, "This is ...

London: Do you have club fingers? Then it's possible you may have lung cancer. A new study in the latest issue of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine reveals your hands can provide clues to hidden diseases you may have.Researchers came to this conclusion after studying the palms of a woman tested positive for ovarian cancer. A 74-year-old woman who was otherwise healthy sought medical help for hard lumps that had developed on her palms. These had gradually spread and joined together, giving the palm a 'wooden' feeling, making movement difficult and painful. Doctors could not find anything obviously wrong, but she was tested for - and diagnosed with - ovarian cancer after they read medical literature and found that the lumps (called palmar fasciitis) were a rare sign of the disease. Why a tumour has this effect on hands remains a mystery. But one theory is that cancer cells pump out chemicals that trigger fibrosis, or scarring of tissue. The study's author, Gra...

Dubai: India and Bahrain are set to sign a bilateral agreement for the development of small and medium healthcare enterprises in that Gulf nation. Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed, who was on a two-day visit to Bahrain, said that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) would be signed between the two countries when India's Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss visits Bahrain. "Anbumani Ramadoss may visit Bahrain soon to sign the MoU," Ahamed told reporters in Manama. "The Mou will establish guidelines for recruiting doctors and nurses from India to Bahrain and encourage Bahrain's health ministry to benefit from India's surgical facilities of international standard," he added. According to Ahamed, under the terms of the proposed agreement, imports of drugs, pharmaceutical products and medical equipment from India to Bahrain will also see an increase. As for cooperation in other economic fronts, the minister said that both Bahraini and Indian busin...

Agartala: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, an institution for promotion of education and culture, will provide free information technology (IT) education to the youth of northeast India . "The Bhavan would set up Gandhi Institution of Information Technology (GIIT) centres at Guwahati , Jorhat in Assam , Shillong , Agartala, Kohima, and Gangtok," said K.V. Gopalkrishnan, regional director of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. These institutes are being set up under the Prime Minister's special fund to provide three months free IT education to local youth in the region. The Bhavan has already set up 30 GIITs in various parts of the country. The 70-year-old Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan has 112 institutes in India, eight overseas centres in the UK, US, Canada, Portugal, South Africa, Kuwait, Mexico and Australia and 280 constituent institutions, besides a number of affiliated colleges. IANS Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Tripura/Bharatiya_Vidya_Bhavan_to_provide_free_IT_education_in_northeast_6154/

New Delhi: Here is good news for students enrolled at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) as the varsity will soon begin providing all the information regarding its courses, examination dates, results etc via SMS. With IGNOU kicking off its first level of mobile services, the facility will be operational within 15 days. Prof. P.V. Suresh, senior lecturer at the School of Computer & Information Sciences said, "This service will make information gathering and other exhausting procedures very simple and instant. It is a first-of-its-kind experiment to be used by a university or educational institute in India. Most of the students enrolled with IGNOU are either students who are pursing their regular courses or students who are already working. This service will save their time". Talking about the project, Prof. Suresh said, "The project has three levels. The first level will be started within 15 days wherein bulk messages will be sent to millions of stude...

Lucknow: Mr. Sudhanshu Vats, Vice President, Home-care at Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) conducted a marketing workshop at the Indian Institute of Management , Lucknow (IIM-L) recently. The three-hour-long session on "Challenges involved in the launch and development of a new product" provided students at IIM Lucknow a great opportunity to learn the key insights in the field of marketing. Mr. Vats started the session with a live case study that involved finding the strategy to revive the market share for VIM in the Utensil Cleaners market - the development that initiated HUL to launch Vim Liquid in the market. Today, the company enjoys leadership position in the Utensil Cleaners market. Students formed a group of eight and analyzed the case from different perspectives to arrive at different strategies that came very close to the actual strategies employed by HUL. Supplementing the case study with his insights, Mr. Vats explained HUL's strategy of targeting rural and urb...

New Delhi: Acharya Narendra Dev College, in collaboration with Gandhi Bhavan, Delhi University (DU) and with support from the Commonwealth of Learning (Vancouver), will conduct a workshop on "Open Educational Resources" on October 3, 4 and 6, 2008 (9:30 am to 4:30 pm) at its Web Facilitation Centre. The workshop, named 'WikiEd 2008', is meant for faculty members and students of the varsity and anyone else who wants to learn. Scheduled immediately after Gandhi Jayanti (October 2nd), the workshop is in consonance with Mahatma Gandhi's ideals espousing learning for creation of free, open and universal access to educational resources. An official from the varsity said, " Open Distance Learning (ODL) has become a way of expanding the outreach of educational institutions worldwide, and it has therefore become important to evaluate innovative modern technologies that support educators to develop online content. The content has to be available to the learners for us...

. Following are the list of Colleges and Universities in India A.V.C. College Alagappa Government College of Engineering and Technology All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi Andhra University College of Engineering Anna University Annamalai University Armed Forces Medical College, Pune BMS College of Engineering Bengal Engineering College Birla Institute of Technology Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Calcutta University Central Electrochemical Research Institue Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi Central University of Hyderabad Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad Cochin University of Science and Technology Coimbatore Institute of Technology(CIT) Crescent Engineering College Delhi College of Engineering Delhi Institute of Technology Dr.Ambedkar Institute of Technology Gajra Raja Medical College Government College of Engineering, Pune Government College of Engineering, Salem Government College of Technology, Coimbatore...

. Following are the list of Universities in India: India has a large number of universities supported by the Government of India and the State Governments. Apart from these there are private universities supported by various bodies and societies. The wise will consult India's University Grants Commission and their list of recognized universities.Deemed University is a status of autonomy granted to high performing institutes and departments of various universities in India. It is granted by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India. Universities/ Deemed Universities in India Alagappa University Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Allahabad University (AU) Andhra University Anna University Annamalai University Assam Agricultural University Assam University Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Barkatullah University Bengal Engineering College (BEC) Berhampur University Bharathiar University Bharathidasan University Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) Center for Environmental Pl...

New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT-G) has proposed to upgrade its existing infrastructure and double its student intake capacity by 2012. The institute has submitted a Rs.300 crore-proposal to the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry for enhancing its infrastructural facilities so as to accommodate 4,000 students. The institute's current student strength is 2,100. The proposed increase in the intake capacity includes the 54 percent rise in the total seats for implementing the mandatory 27 percent OBC quota reservations by 2010. The institute has about 700 acres of land, of which, about 550 acres will be used for expansion. "We have submitted a proposal to the HRD Ministry and are awaiting its approval. There will be a huge expansion of facilities like buildings, laboratories, hostels, equipments etc.", said Gautam Barua, IIT Guwahati Director. The move has come in after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the Indian Institutes of Technolog...

Thiruvananthapuram: The five state-run medical colleges in Kerala were facing a staff crunch due to poor service conditions and 600 doctors' vacancies were lying unfilled -- and expected to cross 1,000 in the next few years, an office-bearer of a medical college teacher's body said on Thursday. A. Sarath Kumar, Kerala Government Medical College Teachers Association president, told reporters here that young doctors are keeping away from medical colleges because of poor service conditions. Of the 1,922 designated posts of doctors in the five MCs (medical colleges), every year for the past five years the number of vacancies are increasing and in the next few years they would cross 1,000, said Kumar. He said this is going to be a point of discussion at their state conference to be held at Kozhikode on Sunday. The five medical colleges in the state mainly cater to lower and middle level income people. They have a total of nearly 9,000 beds and treat close to 400,000 in-patients and...

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has assured the setting up of an AIIMS-like institute in West Bengal. He also assured the state of all possible help in the field of public health.Ramadoss, while addressing a delegation headed by state health minister Surya Kant Mishra, said, "We are committed to setting up such an institute in West Bengal and formalities in this regard are being completed".He further said that norms for setting up of new medical colleges in the state will be relaxed. " Medical education in the country will be expanded without compromising its quality and in accordance with the recommendations of Medical Council of India (MCI)", Ramadoss said.The delegation also raised the issue of suspension of licenses of CRI, Kasauli, the Pasteur Institute, Coonur and the BCG Vaccine laboratory of Guindy, Chennai. Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Today/

Aligarh: The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) will organize its World Alumni Summit on October 18-19, 2008. Vice-President of India, Mr. M. Hamid Ansari will be the chief guest on this occasion. Vice Chancellor Prof. P.K. Abdul Azis said, "The idea behind this historic meet is to provide a platform for a memorable reunion with thousands of our alumni spread all over the globe and to establish a permanent AMU Alumni Foundation as a perpetual facility for the old boys to maintain links with their alma mater. It would enable them to participate in its continued growth and glory". "This meeting and reunion of Alumni would be an excellent forum to interact with present students and faculty members, technical collaboration in projects, academic collaboration to support advanced research projects in their respective fields, modernizing laboratories and setting up high quality lecture theatres, digital libraries and an International Hostel for the children of AMU Alumni", he...

New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will soon have a Marathi Chair on its campus. According to sources, the Government of Maharashtra has sanctioned a grant of Rs.1.5 crores to setup the Marathi Chair at the varsity. The chair will be established at the Centre of Indian Languages at the School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies. R.K. Kale, Dean of School of Life Sciences said, "A notification by the Maharashtra Government dated August 29, 2008 states that it has sanctioned Rs.1.5 crores to setup this chair. It has been issued on the order of the Governor. The Director of Higher Education of the State Government based in Pune has been asked to release the amount. We received the notification last week". The varsity's executive council has also approved the establishment of the Marathi Chair. Academic activities of the chair will commence from the next academic session, Kale informed. "A renowned figure will be appointed as the Professor of the ch...

Chandigarh: 16,000 students of all the 66 engineering colleges affiliated to the Punjab Technical University (PTU) have failed in the Mathematics examination which was conducted recently. The shocking results came after a liberal re-evaluation of the answer scripts of students. According to Tejinder Kaur, Principal Secretary, Technical Education and Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Technical University (PTU), said, "If you can't study Maths, then you are a pseudo-engineer. But then, people are obsessed with the idea of getting a degree". PTU has under its affiliation 40 Engineering colleges , 56 Management colleges , 17 Pharmacy, 6 Architecture , 2 Hotel Management and 13 colleges imparting courses in Medical Lab Technology & IT disciplines. Wipro, Infosys and TCS are the main recruiters at the varsity. Rakesh Verma, Director, said, "You could argue for drastic measures such as overhaul of the entire education system, but these are long-drawn processes. In Punjab, we hav...

New Delhi: The National Council of Science Museum (NCSM) will soon setup eight new science museums and one planetarium in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry through a Central Government funding. At present, there are 27 science museums and centres in the country that have seen 9.5 million visitors, with the number growing every year. The Centre has also brought in major changes in the different schemes for Science cities, regional science centres and sub-regional science centres. The changes are a result of the difficulties faced by the state governments in making available 50 acres of land besides the state share of 13 percent of the cost, said sources. The Centre will now bear 60 percent of the project cost with maximum limit of Rs.30 crores. Source: http://www.rajasthaneducation.net/

New Delhi: The Central Government will amend the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 to make the new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) eligible to award degrees to students. The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2008 will be tabled in the coming session of the Parliament. The new IITs are currently operating as registered societies and to be able to award degrees to its students, their names will have to be incorporated into the existing Act. "A society does not have the power to award degrees to students. For the new IITs, currently operating as societies, their names will have to be incorporated into the Act", an official from the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry said. The Institutes of Technology Act was amended in 1994 when IIT Guwahati came into existence. The IITs in Delhi, Bombay, Kanpur, Guwahati and Chennai were initially setup as societies. As many as eight new IITs are being set up in the country during the current academic session to impart h...

Sitapur (Lucknow): The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has given its approval to a new dental college in the name of Vinayaka Mission's Dental College & Hospital at Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. The college, affiliated to Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University, Kanpur, has also been approved by the Dental Council of India (DCI). An official release from the Ministry said that the college will admit 50 students in the academic year 2008-09. The permission will be valid for one year and the college will admit only one batch of students during the academic session 2008-09. The next batch of students will be admitted in the college only after renewal of permission by the Central Government, the release further said. Source: http://www.upeducation.net/

New Delhi: After Delhi University (DU) launched its first placement cell earlier this month, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has also decided to setup a placement cell on campus to help students get jobs after they graduate. The varsity administration has formed a committee to finalize the establishment of the cell. The committee will submit a report on the cell soon. The placement cell will be operational by the next academic session, varsity officials confirmed. Ram Adhikari Kumar, Rector, JNU, said, "Although individual schools are helping students get jobs, the placement cell has been long demanded by our students. The cell would definitely be beneficial to the students". The National Student's Union of India (NSUI) yesterday presented a request signed by 3000 students of the varsity to the Vice Chancellor pressurizing him to setup the placement cell soon. Delhi University (DU) launched its first central placement cell on September 18, 2008. Making the process as ...

New Delhi: A committee setup by the Central Government to examine the existing Load Despatch Centres (LDCs), has suggested introducing new designed courses at the I ndian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs) to raise skilled manpower. The LDC is an apex body which ensures integrated operation of the power system in a state. The Government Committee on LDCs, headed by Gireesh Pradhan, has suggested ensuring functional autonomy of the LDCs with all states creating an individual representative board structure for the governance of the centres. The committee has given its suggestion to strengthen the existing LDCs. The report has also called the introduction of a system of certification for system operators by an independent central body. The committee said that to attract talented and intelligent manpower, the Centre should offer handsome compensation structures higher than what is offered by other companies in the power sector. Source: http://www....

New Delhi: The Directorate of Education (DoE) has tied up with British Council to train over 40 principals and 400 school teachers from Government schools in English proficiency. The teachers will then train students in English proficiency, the DoE said. The project has been launched with an aim to help students speak English fluently in time for the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi. "Though our schools have been doing well academically, the general perception is that students don't have English speaking abilities. Since the language is important in today's world, we felt that our students should also have the skill", said Rina Ray, Secretary (Education), DoE. The first phase of the project was kicked off in August with a five-day workshop for teachers. "We realized that the teachers had excellent theoretical knowledge, but when it came to implementation, were lacking in the requisite skills. Many teachers were hesitant about using the language in classrooms, wh...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Mrs. Sheila Dikshit has approved a Detailed Project Report prepared by the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) for establishing a Science & Technology Park in the capital. The proposed S&T Park will be established by the Government of Delhi at the Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology (NSIT) campus in Dwarka, covering an area of over 30 acres with a built up area of over 2 million square feet. The Detailed Project Report for the S&T Pak was prepared by NASSCOM with assistance from PricewaterhouseCoopers through a consultative process involving detailed interactions with industry firms involved in R&D activities, academicians and research institutions. The project is a part of the State Government's effort to foster industry-institutional partnerships in the area of advanced technology research, provide opportunity for NSIT to leverage industry expertise to support advanced research and to position Delhi ...

Aligarh: In line with the prestigious academic and literary organizations such as the Nobel, the Pulitzer and the Gyan Peeth, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has instituted an international award for literature in the name of its founder. By announcing the "Sir Syed Ahmed Khan International Award" for literature, AMU has become the first ever university in the world that will confer an international award for propagating scholarship, creativity, literary dexterity, education and literal values propagated by its founder. AMU Vice Chancellor Prof. P.K. Abdul Azis informed that in order to turn attention to Sir Syed's vision and mission, the university will confer the International Award along with a cash prize of Rs.5 lakhs. The award will be given every year on the Sir Syed Day (October 17) in different disciplines. For this year, the award will be given for literature to pay tribute to literary pursuits of Sir Syed. The university has invited nominations from all qua...

New Delhi: In an initiative which will help students get jobs after they graduate, the Delhi University (DU) has now launched its first central placement cell. Making the process as student-friendly as possible, the varsity has made registration form available online on its website www.du.ac.in as well as in all the colleges so that all a student has to do is access the form, fill it in and then wait for the call from a company. Gurpreet Singh Tuteja, deputy dean of the Students Welfare Department of the university, said that they are already in touch with business bodies like the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industries (ASSOCHAM), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FICCI), which will help in the process. "The central placement cell aims at creating an interface between the industry and the academia to provide a unique platform to the Delhi University students. The industry will get a wide choice to select s...

Mumbai: Distinguished alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) and founder of the Symphony Group, Mr. Romesh Wadhwani, gifted his alma mater $5 million for establishing a Bio-Science Center.The announcement was made during an alumni gathering of IIT-B. The money will be used to set up the Wadhwani Research Centre and Bioengineering."I owe my success in life to the superior education I received from IIT Bombay, and this is my way of saying thank you," said Romesh Wadhwani.Anil Kshirsagar, President of the IIT Bombay Heritage Fund, said, "Mr. Wadhwani's generosity is another example our alumni's consistent commitment to give back to IIT Bombay."Emphasis will be given on research in certain types of cancer fighting bacteria, which includes slowing bacteria division and growth and thus ultimately addressing bacterial diseases like tuberculosis. "Several international institutes that are involved in world-class research in these areas wi...

New Delhi: Kumar Mangalam Birla, leading industrialist and Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, has been elected the new Chancellor of the Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences (BITS).The decision was taken in a meeting of the Board of Governors of the institute held at Birla House in the capital. He succeeds K.K. Birla who recently passed away. Kumar Mangalam Birla holds several key positions on various regulatory and professional boards.He has served as the chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India's Committee on Corporate Governance, and as chairman of SEBI's committee on insider trading. He has also been playing a stellar role on the National Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII); the Apex Advisory Council of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India, New Delhi and the Advisory Council for the Centre for Corporate Governance. Holder of Honorary Doctorates conferred by various universities and winner of several coveted awards for ...

New Delhi: The Central Government on Thursday gave its in-principle approval for setting up an autonomous institute for Nano-Science & Technology in Mohali (Punjab). At present, more than 30 industries and 50 institutes in India are engaged in nanotech research and development basically focused on chip design, nanomedicine and nanomaterials.Nanotechnology is used to make materials and gadgets at the smallest possible scale (a nanometer is one millionth of a millimetre).Products offered by nanotechnology are single molecule transistors, enzyme-powered biomolecular motors and tiny submarine that carry chemicals from blood to brain to fight tumours.Its potential applications include microelectronics, diagnostic kits, improved water filters and sensors. Nano-scale particles of grapheme, a one atom thick layer of carbon molecules that form the basic structure of graphites, are one of the strongest materials known, which is used as a weapon to check climate change. Source: http://www.pun...

New Delhi: After starting 'Post Graduate Medical Degree and Diploma' programmes, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) has also introduced 'Super Speciality Medical Courses' from this academic session at two of its affiliated medical institutions, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital. The Super Speciality Medical Courses on offer include DM Cardiology, M.Ch. (Cardio Vascular & Thoracic Surgery) and M.Ch. Plastic Surgery, of three years duration each. Admission to these courses will be made strictly on the basis of an Entrance Test to be conducted by the University on September 25, 2008. The session for these courses will commence from October 1, 2008. Interested candidates can obtain the Admission Brochure-VIII (Super Speciality Medical Courses) inclusive of the Application Form, between 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on all wo...

New Delhi: A diploma course in Mechanical Engineering will be introduced by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) from the next academic session. Students having certificate in Motorcycle Service and Repair (CMSR) from the University with 55 percent marks in class X or having an ITI certificate are eligible for admission in the Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (DME) programme of the varsity. Interested candidates can purchase the application forms and prospectus from September 15, 2008. Source: http://www.indiaeducation.net/distanceeducation/universities/ignou_university/

Gandhinagar: About two million students of Classes 8, 9 and 10 in Gujarat would be allowed to carry their books to exam halls if the state education authority has its way. The Gujarat Secondary Education Board (GSEB) on Monday sent a proposal in this regard to the state government. If the government nod comes, which is likely, then the 2008-09 examinations in March next year may see students of three groups, maths-science-social science group; Gujarati-Sanskrit-English group and the lesser group of physical education-drawing-music-computer appearing in exams with books. GSEB chairman R.K. Pathak said the decision was taken after the working committee approved the proposal of the education and examination committees. IANS Source: http://www.gujarateducation.net/

New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil on Friday gave away here the National Awards for 2007 to 374 teachers to accord them public recognition. Of these, 82 are women teachers. Nine teachers were nominated under Sanskrit category and five for teaching in madrasas. These awards, instituted in 1958, give awardees a silver medal, a certificate and Rs.25,000. This year the highest number of teachers awarded have come from Maharashtra (29), Uttar Pradesh (28), Tamil Nadu (25) and West Bengal (23). Speaking on the occasion, President Patil said: "There must be constant efforts to upgrade the skills of the teachers. I am informed that in the 11th plan there is an initiative to strengthen teacher education structures and that must be implemented properly." She pointed out that the government has accepted the recommendation of the National Knowledge Commission to interconnect all knowledge institutions through electronic digital broadband network to encourage sharing of resources and res...

Pune: TOP Management Institutes from United States and United Kingdom setting up campuses in India may soon become a thing of past. For the first time, a Pune-based management institute, TASMAC, has successfully launched a full-fledged B-School in London. Going global" Indian institutes setting campuses in Singapore and Dubai has happened, but no one has ventured into the West. We are the first in the education sector. Who knows we may have just started a new trend," said Sameer Dua, joint managing director, TASMAC.Last year 20,000 students went to UK to pursue higher education, this certainly is a huge number considering average annual tuition fee for a management course is £12000 (Rs 9.5 lakh)."We chose London because it is a cosmopolitan city and we have been working with University of Wales for a long time, so we are very adept with the British system of education, said Dr Giri Dua, chairman and managing director of TASMAC.The institute has leased a building with f...

Toronto: Plastic containers may be deadly for your brain. Canadian researchers have found that Bisphenol A (BPA), the chemical used in making plastic containers, might be responsible for impairing many brain functions such as learning and remembering. They also fear that it could be a factor behind Alzheimer's, schizophrenia and depression. BPA is globally used in making plastic water bottles, baby food bottles, food containers and dental prostheses. In their study, the researchers at the University of Guelph near here found that BPA might be leaking into the solid or liquid foods kept in the plastic containers. When these foods and liquids are consumed, they said, the chemical might be getting into the human system, disrupting communication between brain neurons which is vital in understanding and remembering. According to researcher Neil MacLusky, the slow doses of this chemical badly impair the formation of synapses in the areas of the human brain linked to learning. As part of ...

New Delhi: Felicitating the teachers who were awarded the National Teachers' Award here on Thursday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that education was a priority for the government and the 11th Five Year Plan is the education plan of the country. "Investment in the education sector, especially in the areas of school education, has increased manifold in the last four years. The 11th Five Year Plan can be described as an education plan for our country," Singh said on Thursday, on the eve of the Teachers Day. Highlighting the government's various initiatives to make education accessible to all, he said that several new scholarship schemes are being implemented for educational development of children belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and religious minorities as well as the girl child. Admitting that the number of children out of schools is still high, Singh said: "As a result of various interventions, the number of out-of...

New Delhi: A Supreme Court (SC) bench has ordered to conduct an extended second counselling on September 13-14 for the all-India quota seats after it found that several medical and dental colleges did not furnish information about vacant seats.A petition filed by a number of students through Counsel A.D.N. Rao, alleged that this year, medical colleges across the country did not contribute as many as 700 seats to the all-India quota.Many students who cleared the common entrance examination missed out on a seat in an institute of their choice after the second counselling for the all-India quota seats in medical and dental colleges was over. Moreover, there was no provision for a third conselling.Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam agreed with the petitioners saying that 70 out of 117 medical colleges and 22 out of 27 dental did not furnish information about the vacant seats.The Bench comprising Justices B.N. Aggarwal, H.S. Bedi and S.G. Sighvi ordered the Director General of Health Ser...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Monday inaugurated six new engineering colleges. All the six engineering colleges are affiliated to Anna University. The six engineering colleges are located at Tindivanam, Villupuram, Panruti, Ariyalur, Thirukuvalai and Ramanathapuram.The foundation stone of the Tamil Nadu Open University and Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education's office was also laid down by the Chief Minister.On this occasion, some books were released and published by the Council.At the inauguration ceremony, Karunanidhi said that the DMK Government was following the path of ex-chief minister Kamaraj by ensuring that students from the state receive quality higher education. Source: http://www.chennaieducation.net/