http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/ India's FIRST and ONLY dedicated educational news site en-us 2007 National Network of Education Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:22:11 GMT Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:22:11 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Thousands_protest_against_French_education_reforms_10938/ Paris: Thousands of students and teachers took to the streets here recently to protest against French President Nicolas Sarkozy's education reforms, Xinhua reported.Demonstrations were also held in major cities like Strasbourg, Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse and Nice after eight major teachers' unions ca... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:52:10 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Cambridge_University_to_train_police_chiefs_in_India_10928/ Cambridge: A former metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, is to co-direct a new training programme for senior police executives in India, led by the University of Cambridge. The university's Institute of Criminology signed an agreement with the National Police Academy of India today, unde... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:11:26 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Indian-American_professor_wins_500,000_dollars_US_science_award_10924/ Washington: Indian-American computer scientist Subhash Khot, most well known for his "Unique Games Conjecture", has received the prestigious National Science Foundation's (NSF) $500,000 Alan T. Waterman Award.The award is given annually to an outstanding young researcher in any field of science and ... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:35:09 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Indian-American_professor_turns_chicken_feathers_into_fuel_10922/ Washington: Manoranjan "Mano" Misra, an Indian American professor known for turning coffee grounds and chicken feathers into fuel, been honoured as the 2010 Regents' Researcher by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents.Misra, director of the University of Nevada, Reno's Renewable Ene... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:18:23 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Scholarships_for_NRIs,_Persons_of_Indian_Origin_10916/ Kuala Lumpur: New Delhi has announced scholarships for the Indian diaspora for undergraduate studies in India during 2010-11. The undergraduate courses include engineering, architecture, technology, humanities, liberal arts, commerce, management (business administration and business management), jou... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:48:36 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Australia_releases_report_on_educational_reforms_10898/ Melbourne: The minister for Education, Julia Gillard, today welcomed the release of the Baird review final report into the legislation that governs international education in Australia.Following his review of the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act 2000, former Member for Cook Bruce ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:10:41 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/One-fifth_of_Australia's_private_colleges_visa_factories_-_Report_10892/ Melbourne: Nearly a fifth of Australian private colleges are "permanent residency factories", a new report in the education sector has revealed.A string of assaults on international students, particularly Indians, has affected the education sector, which is the country’s third largest export indus... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:09:05 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Einstein's_manuscript_on_display_in_Israel_10879/ Jerusalem: The manuscript of the path-breaking theory of relativity written by physicist Albert Einstein has been put on display for the first time in Israel.The 46-page manuscript of the "Theory of General Relativity", which was donated by the scientist to Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1925, ha... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:43:11 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/5_million_Afghan_children_have_no_access_to_schools-_Karzai_10878/ Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said recently that lack of educational facilities and attacks by Taliban have kept five million school going children out of schools and pleaded with insurgents to stop such attacks."Five million of our school going children can not still go to schools," Karzai t... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:36:08 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Max_Mueller_Bhavan_offers_German_fellowships_in_cultural_management_10876/ New Delhi: Cultural institute of the Federal Republic of Germany, The South Asian Network of Goethe-Institute, has declared to provide fully funded annual fellowship in Arts Management and Cultural Policy.Starting March 15, 2010, the first edition of 'A. R. Think South Asia Fellowship' that includes... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:58:31 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Australian_agency_to_help_resolve_perception_issues_in_India_10838/ Melbourne: A national agency to oversee standards of higher education providers will help resolve Australia's "serious perception issues" in India, an official of a universities' group said on Thursday, adding, "We do have a problem in India, and it is our collective problem."Deputy Prime Minister J... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:28:24 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Australia_announces_more_student-friendly_visa_rules_10834/ New Delhi: With a view to stamp out fraud and ensure that students have the financial capacity to live and study in Australia, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), government of Australia announced (August 2009) strengthening of checks on student visa applications.The targeted measu... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:13:44 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Australia_admits_some_attacks_on_Indians_were_racist_10826/ New Delhi: Keen to rebuild ties with India, Australia on Wednesday admitted that some of the attacks on Indian students were racist in nature that caused considerable damage to its reputation and standing among Indian people.Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith also stressed that the Australian... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:31:14 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Indian_MIT_alumnus_wins_Innovator_of_the_Year_award_10823/ Washington: An Indian alumnus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has won the Innovator of the Year honour from Technology Review India by designing an ultra lightweight jacket to keep one cool in hot summers.A postgraduate in Mechanical Engineering and Technology Policy Programme from MI... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:37:05 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Australian_institute_studying_attacks_on_Indians_-_Minister_10822/ New Delhi: The Australian Institute of Criminology is studying the recent attacks on Indian students there and will come up with an exhaustive report soon to help the government deal with the issue better, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said here on Wednesday."Studies done by our police o... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:30:50 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Hindu_temple_in_Malaysia_adopts_school_10819/ Kuala Lumpur: The managing committee of a Hindu temple in Malaysia has adopted a school for people of Indian origin. A newspaper that has urged other shrines to emulate it has welcomed the move.Arulmigu Veera Muniswarar temple committee in Gunung Hijau, Batu Gajah, Perak state, has adopted the Tamil... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:50:53 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Samosas,_sandwiches,_Shane_Warne_at_Indian_picnic_in_Australia_10810/ Melbourne: Members of the Indian community mobbed spin bowler Shane Warne on Tuesday during an informal interaction at the Parliament house in the backdrop of the violence against Indian students here.The food included samosas, sandwiches and curries. In addition, the Indians were happy to interact ... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:17:26 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Independent_scientists_to_review_IPCC_report_10796/ Bali: A group of independent scientists will review the working and the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the wake of mistakes being found in its 2007 report on global warming, the UN Environment Programme announced here.The IPCC has been facing flak since it was fou... Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:52:49 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/MIT_to_hold_emerging_technologies_conference_in_Bangalore_10791/ Washington: About 100 leading business and tech visionaries from around the world would discuss innovative ideas and market ready incubated technologies at the annual emerging technologies conference, EmTech 2010, in Bangalore next month.The two-day conference from Massachusetts Institute of Technol... Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:25:44 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/International/Nearly_20,000_Gulf_students_to_take_CBSE_exams_10789/ New Delhi: Nearly 20,000 students from the Gulf countries will take the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examinations starting March 3, 2010, at 70 centres, an official release said here on Friday. This year, 11,144 students of class 10 and 7,064 of class 12, will take the board exams, a ... Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:58:32 GMT