Month: February 2019

Upgradation of Secondary Schools to Senior Secondary level under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan

open view news desk Department of School Education and Literacy has launched an Integrated Scheme for School Education-Samagra Shiksha, subsuming three erstwhile Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE), with effect from 2018-19. The new integrated scheme envisages […]

Digitalisation of Schools across the country

open view news desk The Central Government has launched an Integrated Scheme for school education- Samagra Shiksha,  which subsumes the three erstwhile Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) , Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education, from the year 2018-19. Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of […]

National Testing Agency launched Mobile App through which students can practice mock tests

open view news desk National Testing Agency (NTA) has launched a ‘mobile app’ through which students can practice or take mock tests on their own computers or smart phones.  In order to ensure that no student is disadvantaged due to lack of resources, NTA has established a network […]

Court sends Sunanda death case against Shashi Tharoor to Sessions court

New Delhi : A Delhi court Monday sent Sunanda Pushkar’s death case against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor to Sessions court for further proceedings. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal sent the case to Additional Sessions Judge Arun Bhardwaj since the offence under Section 306 (abetment of suicide) of the […]

Scholarships for Girls to encourage better education and career opportunities

The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education and Literacy is implementing ‘National Scheme of Incentive to Girls for Secondary Education (NSIGSE)’. The objective of the scheme is to establish an enabling environment to reduce the drop outs and to promote the enrolment of girl child […]

Petition filed in SC challenging central law on land acquisition near disputed site in Ayodhya

New Delhi : A petition was filed in the Supreme Court Monday challenging the constitutional validity of 1993 Central law on land acquisition in Ayodhya near the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site. The plea contended that Parliament has no legislative competence to acquire land belonging to the state. […]

RCom tanks over 48%; other group shares crash too

New Delhi : Shares of Reliance Communications fell sharply on Monday, tumbling over 48 per cent, after the company decided to opt for insolvency proceedings following its failure to sell assets for paying back its lenders. The shares of Reliance Communications, after a weak opening, further crashed 48.27 per […]

Anti-Ragging Regulations by UGC for curbing the menace of ragging in higher educational institutions

open view news desk In pursuance to the Judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India dated 8.5.2009 in Civil Appeal No. 887/2009, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has framed “UGC Regulations on curbing the menace of ragging in higher educational institutions, 2009” notified on 17th June, 2009. In order […]

Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) meet on Disaster Risk Management begins tomorrow

open view news desk To help strengthen cooperation in disaster response The Ministry of Home Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is organising a meeting of Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Cluster Group on Disaster Risk Management (DRM) on […]

Rupee slips 48 paise to 71.73/USD in early trade

Mumbai :  The rupee Monday depreciated by 48 paise to 71.73 in early trade on the forex market ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s policy review meet and lower opening in domestic equity market. Forex traders said strengthening of the US dollar against some currencies overseas weighed on […]

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