New Delhi, July 7th: The union Human Resources Development minister, Mr. Kapil Sibal informed in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that the government would enter into joint ventures with the foreign universities soon. The draft bill enabling this was being sent by the ministry to the cabinet for its approval. Mr. Sibal said that the government would also set up more IITs and IIMs across the country. The centre further stated that the deemed universities have been allowed to remove the tag ‘deemed’ and identify themselves as universities.
The minister for state for HRD, Mrs D. Purandeswari, disclosed that the University Grants Commission has approved the use of the word “university’ by such institutions. This is good news for the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences and the International Institute of Information Technology in Hyderabad and a handful of other entities in the state. The total number of deemed universities in the country are 125. The decision was taken on the basis of a recommendation by a committee comprising the heads of the UGC, the All-India Council of Technical Education and former secretary of Higher education.
Hyderabad, July 7th: Taking the hike in petrol and diesel prices as advantage the autorickshaw drivers in the city are fleecing the passengers. Depending on the distance they have been charging Rs 10 and more above the minimum stipulated rate. The drivers are refusing to ply if the passengers don&r...
Warangal, July 7th: A software engineer, Buddhe Kiran, 28 who sustained bullet injuries when unidentified assailants opened fire at him on June 2 in South African town of Johannesburg succumbed on Tuesday morning. The news of his death shocked his parents, relatives and the villagers of Arepally, t...
Rajahmundry, July 7th: Agricultural works has picked up momentum in both East and West Godavari districts, following continuous drizzle for the last few days. Farmers are busy raising paddy nurseries to take up transplantation in a few days. Paddy nurseries were raised to the tune of 65 per cent o...
Kakinada, July 7th: The East Godavari district administration is planning to start a home exclusively for the HIV positive children. This was announced by the district collector, Mr. Gopala Krishna Dwevedi at a review meeting held at collectorate on Tuesday. Officials belonging to AIDS (Acquired Im...
Hyderabad, July 8th: The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has issued notices to 392 B.Ed colleges in the state for violating norms related to infrastructure, faculty and fixed deposit. There are a total of 610 B.Ed colleges in the state and most of them are found to be lacking in basic...
Hyderabad, July 8th: Due to scanty rainfall and decrease in the production this year, the prices of the pulses in the state has raised drastically. While a kilogram of red gram costs as much as Rs 85 in the open market, green gram is sold for Rs 62 a kg and black gram for Rs 56 a kg. Even the humbl...
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