November 01, 2011 23:29 IST
While Chinese food was being suspected to be the culprit behind hundreds of students falling sick at IIT Bombay last month,results of the tests conducted by the Food and Drug Administration show that vegetable hakka noodles and ajinomoto were not the cause.
Tue, Nov 01, 2011October 31, 2011 03:09 IST
Fly-By-Night operators will not be allowed to train students under the National Vocational Education Qualification Framework programme to be launched across the country in 2012
Mon, Oct 31, 2011October 31, 2011 02:35 IST
Even as Massachusetts Institute of Technologys entrepreneurship competition is pitched as the worlds largest business plan contest,IIT Bombays Eureka has seen a sharp rise in the number of foreign players this year.
Mon, Oct 31, 2011October 30, 2011 01:08 IST
The protests at the Jaitapur nuclear power project site,apprehensions about the safety of nuclear power post-Fukushima and the Kudankulam agitation have forced the Department of Atomic Energy
Sun, Oct 30, 2011
October 29, 2011 01:16 IST
Koodankulam nuclear power plant is scheduled to go critical in the next two months.
Sat, Oct 29, 2011October 27, 2011 03:58 IST
The infant mortality rate has increased in some wards of the eastern suburbs due to high concentration of slum population.
Thu, Oct 27, 2011October 22, 2011 02:29 IST
A team from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies has recommended that warehouse receipt financing,
Sat, Oct 22, 2011October 21, 2011 01:44 IST
To deal with stress among school children,the Tata Institute of Social Sciences is developing a manual.
Fri, Oct 21, 2011September 26, 2011 02:26 IST
Disconnect between academia and industry has been long cited as a key challenge in attracting funds and subsequently impacting quality of research in Indian institutes.
Mon, Sep 26, 2011September 26, 2011 01:21 IST
A technical educational institute,which will train candidates in vocational skills that are in great demand from the mechanical engineering industry in the state,is one of the proposals being considered by a committee headed by IIT,Bombay alumni.
Mon, Sep 26, 2011September 21, 2011 02:48 IST
The report was the result of a reconnaissance study,conducted immediately after an earthquake in Sikkim on February 14,2006.
Wed, Sep 21, 2011September 20, 2011 02:07 IST
IIT council recommends conditional fee hike of Rs 2 lakh yearly as students pay fraction of costs.
Tue, Sep 20, 2011
September 20, 2011 00:04 IST
After being involved in relief and rehabilitation work with victims of floods,earthquakes,blasts,riots,among others,the Jamsetji Tata Centre for Disaster Management at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences is now working towards expanding into a School for Social Risk Management.
Tue, Sep 20, 2011September 19, 2011 01:12 IST
A 2010 report by the Science Advisory Council to the Prime Minister said while C V Raman won the Nobel Prize for the Raman Effect,instruments available in India today using this principle are imported.
Mon, Sep 19, 2011September 18, 2011 00:12 IST
A unique galaxy,which holds clues to the evolution of galaxies billions of years ago,has now been discovered by an Indian-led international team of astronomers.
Sun, Sep 18, 2011September 10, 2011 01:31 IST
Imagine walking on the road,watching a movie,shopping or doing daily activities,blindfolded.
Sat, Sep 10, 2011September 09, 2011 00:12 IST
A four-wheel mechanical steering car that gives immense power to maneuver as compared to conventional steering mechanism,is expected to be ready in a years time.
Fri, Sep 09, 2011September 07, 2011 00:19 IST
If you have an inovative business plan that looks at tackling a pressing social issue,help is at hand.
Wed, Sep 07, 2011September 06, 2011 00:55 IST
Even as India has secured the first rank in the International Olympiad in Astronomy & Astrophysics for yet another year,this is the countrys best performance so far.
Tue, Sep 06, 2011September 05, 2011 02:26 IST
The fear and stigma associated with suicides was ironically a major hurdle in a study by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences meant at formulating strategies to help prevent student suicides in Maharashtra,with some schools refusing to be part of such an initiative.
Mon, Sep 05, 2011September 05, 2011 02:22 IST
AICTE has decided to start application and approval process for next academic year.
Mon, Sep 05, 2011September 04, 2011 01:13 IST
In September 2010,a group of old students from the Rose Manor Garden School got together to help an ailing 91-year-old former teacher.
Sun, Sep 04, 2011September 04, 2011 00:19 IST
A research team from Pune has found that 92 per cent of Indian adolescents consume less calcium than recommended.
Sun, Sep 04, 2011August 29, 2011 01:14 IST
A long-pending roadblock to colleges seeking autonomy might just get cleared after an assurance from the state that a proposal to amend a contentious section of the Maharashtra Universities Act,1994,is being considered.
Mon, Aug 29, 2011August 28, 2011 01:06 IST
Scientists at the international physics symposium held at TIFR last week said they expect a result on the existence of the Higgs particle very soon.
Sun, Aug 28, 2011





