Terming Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee as a “man of extraordinary talent and integrity”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said he had risen above his party and his ideology to do what he believed was right.
Releasing Chatterjee’s book “Keeping the Faith: Memoirs of a Parliamentarian” here,the prime minister said Chatterjee’s book was a very important contribution to political history as witnessed from one side of the political spectrum. Read the rest of this entry »
Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) and the Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) are facing a faculty crunch with nearly one-third of the posts vacant, Read the rest of this entry »
There is a shortage of 1.2 million teachers in India and states must speed up the recruitment process to bridge the gap, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
Parliamentary approval was Thursday accorded to a bill amending the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Act to enable the central government decide on the status of such institutions without consulting the states. Read the rest of this entry »
The central government will take appropriate steps to promote the Urdu language, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in the Lok Sabha Thursday.
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The Lok Sabha Wednesday congratulated batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar for his “unique achievement” of playing a record 169 cricket Test matches.
“The is unique achievement and he is a source of inspiration for budding cricketers,” Speaker Meira Kumar said. Read the rest of this entry »
“Academy of Scientific And Innovative Research Bill 2010” has been introduced in the Lok Sabha today to establish Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research, as an institution of national importance. The Bill was approved by the Cabinet last month on June 17th for setting up the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) as an institution for imparting instruction and awarding degrees in frontier areas of science and technology.
Approval has also been given to establish an interim Academy even before the enactment of the comprehensive legislation for setting up the Academy so as to initiate its academic session by August-September 2010.