Archive for May 10th, 2018
A Tibetan demonstrator flashes a V-Sign as he denounces the Olympic Games in Beijing on August 06, 2008 during a demonstration held in front of the Chinese embassy in Brussels. (John Thys/AFP/Getty Images) Taiwan was scrubbed from my biography. I’d been invited to give a keynote speech and...
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May 10, 2018 Loknath Das
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As many as 3,292 NGOs and institutes have not disclised foreign donations. (Representational) NEW DELHI: As many as 3,292 NGOs and institutes, including some top academic centres like JNU, IGNOU, IIT Delhi and Madras, besides the Infosys Foundation in Bangalore have not disclosed their annual foreign donations and expenditure...
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May 10, 2018 Loknath Das
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London was on Wednesday ranked as the top city for students in the world, with Indian students making up the fourth-largest category. The top student cities in the latest edition of ‘QS Best Student Cities Rankings’ ranks Tokyo, Melbourne, Montreal and Paris to complete this year’s top five based...
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May 10, 2018 Loknath Das
Universities
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Time may be running out for unauthorised technical institutes as well universities claiming to offer degrees. These institutes have been flourishing and so far ignored several warnings from government bodies to get their courses officially approved. Government sources told Moneycontrol that these illegal institutes would be given a 6-8...
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May 10, 2018 Loknath Das
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The Lucknow University has urged the Uttar Pradesh government to consider revamping the B Ed joint entrance examination by introducing a single paper of three hours (180 minutes) duration instead of two papers of three hours each (360 minutes) and do away with negative marking. These suggestions came...
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May 10, 2018 Loknath Das
Universities
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The preliminary answer key of TS EAMCET 2018, the common entrance test for admission to undergraduate engineering, pharmacy and agriculture courses in universities in Telangana, has been released by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU). The agriculture and pharmacy entrance examinations were held on May 2 and 3 and...
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May 10, 2018 Loknath Das
Career
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