The IIT management has agreed to the government's proposal to provide JEE coaching classes online. Modeled as a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), the portal IITPAL will include video lectures, assignments and question papers for students.
NMAMIT, in Nitte, near Udupi, is becoming self-reliant. The college collects used cooking oil from hotels, converts it into bio-diesel, and uses it as fuel for their buses and vehicles.
Here are the factors that led to Mysore getting the top spot for cleanest city in India, and why Chandigarh, in spite of being India's first planned city, lost out.
Kalpana Chawla, an Indian-American astronaut and the first Indian woman in space, was one of the seven astronauts who lost their lives in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003.
The latest excavation project by The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has led to one of the largest human settlements being unearthed in Tamil Nadu. The settlement reveals some very important and exciting aspects of life in the region 2,500 years ago.
It is a well known fact that government schools in UP are falling apart. The lack of basic facilities in many such schools is forcing parents from financially weaker backgrounds to seek private education for their kids. But an order by the Allahabad High Court might turn into a game changer. The order compels bureaucrats and politicians in the state to send their kids to government schools only, so they have a better understanding of those schools.
The king of the jungle seems to have found a friend in the villagers living around Gir forest. The lion population has shown a healthy development and increased considerably. For this, the forest officers give credit to the villagers who treat the lions as their own.s who treat the lions as their own.
Community Radio empowers rural people to discuss rights, freedoms, policies, laws, accountability, governance, and a host of other things. Community Radio can usher in change at the deepest level. Here's how one organization is harnessing the power of community radio across the country.
Walk for water, photo exhibition on rural India, adopt a pet and a lot more to look forward to this week. Check out these 5 events you should not miss this week.
A cool mix that pays tribute to the spirit of the Indian constitution and the extra ordinary man who created it. It also features the real voice of Dr. Ambedkar. Check it out here.