Kultali (West Bengal): Radharani Sardar, a Class 4 student, can never forget that May evening when she saw cyclone Aila batter her home here in the Sunderban islands that contain the world's large

New Delhi: Ever thought of logging on to a social networking website to find a job? These sites have become a huge hit with job seekers in India who not only look for career opportunities but also int

Bangalore: A visitor taken to colleges across this city will be taken in by the trendy wardrobe of students. A closer look, however, reveals that the fashionable dresses and accessories are not expens

Chennai: He has literally tickled people's palette and imagination with such dishes as halwa, an Indian pudding, made of onions and even green chillies. Now his experience as an innovative chef an

New Delhi: The English language has stood India in good stead before and after the success of the independence movement. Mahatma Gandhi wrote "My Experiments with Truth", which remains a classic. And

Washington: Citing the dramatic confession of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving Mumbai terrorist, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said good education and jobs were the ways to keep people

New Delhi: A 20-year old student of Lady Shri Ram College had gifted a short poem to Hillary Clinton, when she visited India in 1995 as the First Lady. The poem touched the right chords with Clinton a

Washington: Advances in neonatal care enable two-thirds of premature babies born with respiratory problems to be ready for school at the right age. However, those living in poverty are far less likely

New Delhi/Mumbai: You've heard of book and CD libraries, but now comes toy libraries for young ones. The concept is fast catching on with parents in Indian cities as it provides kids with a learni

Sydney: Intelligence really begins in the womb which shows up as improved numerical ability and literacy skills in early primary school, according to a new study.The study shows that healthy fetal gro

New Delhi: Beaten mercilessly several times, Samuel Venkatesen from Tamil Nadu has made a short movie on corporal punishment which he feels will help sensitise teachers. "I want corporal punishment

London: Nearly two decades after world leaders pledged to provide education for all irrespective of caste and gender, the promise remains unfulfilled and more than half of the world's children out

Bangalore: Mohit Ahuja, a 17-year-old Bangalore resident, has just come back from a month-long holiday to Singapore and is in no hurry to hit the college campus. He wants to extend his "vacation" to t

New Delhi: A large chunk of India's 50-75 million disabled suffer every day as there are few dedicated services for them. But the pressing demand for trained human resources in the field has at le

New Delhi: Scarcity of resources has resulted in more than 1.5 lakh students studying in the primary schools run by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to sit down on mats instead of chairs. The

New Delhi: Ten incidents of attacks on Indian students in Australia took place in June, and some had racial elements, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi told parliament on Thursday. In

Shey (Jammu and Kashmir): Barely 15 km southeast of Leh, the hilly headquarters of Ladakh district in Jammu and Kashmir, lies one of India's most innovative "green" schools that operates on solar

London: The best teachers are enthusiastic, inspiring, innovative and indeed in a class of their own. These are the latest findings of research funded in primary and secondary schools by the Economic

Washington: Depressed students are twice as likely as their classmates to drop out of college, new research shows. However, the research also indicates that lower grade point averages depended upon

Auckland: The number of Indian students heading to New Zealand has been steadily increasing over the past five years. This year the government is making efforts to see a marked rise in enrolments, mar

Bengaluru: Yoga refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines. The word is associated with meditative practices in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Yoga is being adopted and followed by profe

New Delhi: Schemes to improve female literacy, credit support and microfinance to rural women as well as children's health and education have been given prime importance in the union budget announ

Melbourne: A change in lifestyle has been the fallout of the attacks against Indian students in the southern winter of 2009 in Australia. They have learnt an important lesson - get home early. Mir Qa

London: British schools were on Thursday urged to look out for signs of forced marriages ahead of school holidays. "All children have the right to grow up safe from harm," Baroness Delyth Morgan, min

Brussels: Chinese and Indian university graduates have won the most scholarships to study for a master's degree in the European Union (EU) in the next academic year, EU officials said on Wednesday

Melbourne: Australian coroners have suppressed the details of the death of over 50 international students "amid evidence the death toll is higher" than the government has admitted, a media report clai

Bangalore: The proposed oversight body for higher education is a "welcome development", says Pushpa Bhargava, former vice-chairman of the Knowledge Commission. According to him, the present regulatory