Indian exports may face adverse prospects in TPP markets

Last Updated: Sunday, July 12, 2015, 17:18

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) impact on India and South Asia will be much more than the short-term tariff-preference erosions for the region's exports, a senior researcher at Singapore?s Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) says.

Oil Min moots introduction of 'save fuel' lessons in textbooks

Last Updated: Monday, January 19, 2015, 21:50

Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has mooted the idea of introducing lessons in fuel conservation in textbooks on the lines of environment studies to instill the habit of saving the scarce resource.

India`s only hospital for fish to open in Kochi

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 21:04

The country`s first hospital for fish has been sanctioned, and will come up shortly in Kochi, Kerala Minister for Fisheries K. Babu said Thursday.

Panchayats to oversee functioning of schools in J&K

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 16:29

In a bid to check drop out rates in schools and ensure attendance of staff, the Jammu and Kashmir government has given powers to the panchayats to oversee functioning of schools.

Oxford University and JGU sign MoU for higher studies

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 16:41

With an aim to underscore global collaborative initiative in higher education, UK`s University of Oxford has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with O P Jindal University.

Quails in orbit: French cuisine aims for the stars

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 14:53

It`s your 150th day in space, and life is starting to resemble the movie "Groundhog Day" -- a repetitive daily routine interspersed with tugs of longing for life back on Earth.

Learning Buddha

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 12:24

<i>Buddhism is not only a religion. It has great lessons for students of economics, history, sociology and philosophy, <b>Prachi Rege</b> discovers after a visit to KJ Somaiya`s Centre for Buddhist Studies.</i>

Transforming education in India is very complex: Azim Premji

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 23:59

Industry captain and philanthropist Azim Premji has called upon the government and other stakeholders to invest more resources to improve the state of education in the country.

Helen Flanagan to continue studies

Last Updated: Sunday, September 8, 2013, 10:24

Helen Flanagan is thinking about going to university and getting the education she missed out when she was a child star on `Coronation Street`.

No curbs on funds for medical treatment, studies abroad: RBI

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 18:31

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said Wednesday it had not imposed curbs on expenses for overseas medical treatment and studies when it reduced the limit on outward remittances last month.

Can earth`s aerial studies help predict earthquakes?

Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 19:48

Researchers have claimed that aerial studies of the earth`s surface could actually help foretell where earthquakes and landslides might happen.

Sonia Gandhi to open KPCC`s campus for development studies

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 12:33

Named as Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Development Studies, the facility is conceived as an academically autonomous centre sponsored by the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee.