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EC likely to push SIR date

New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- The Election Commission is likely to push back the deadline for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and several other States, senior offici... Read More


Deepavali joins UNESCO heritage roll, extending India's intangible cultural legacy

India, Dec. 11 -- Deepavali, the festival of lights celebrated by millions across India and the diaspora, was on Wednesday inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage... Read More


Indus Valley 'flute' granted Unesco protection

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- A clay flute tradition from Pakistan's Sindh region - with echoes stretching back to the Indus Valley and faint parallels in Gujarat - became the early focal point of the 20th se... Read More


Pakistan's Boreendo put on Safeguarding List; Indus Valley 'flute' granted Unesco protection

India, Dec. 10 -- A clay flute tradition from Pakistan's Sindh region - with echoes stretching back to the Indus Valley and faint parallels in Gujarat - became the early focal point of the 20th sessio... Read More


UNESCO adds Deepavali to global intangible heritage list as Delhi hosts key session

India, Dec. 10 -- Deepavali, the festival of lights celebrated across India and the diaspora, was on Wednesday inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO... Read More


UNESCO adds Diwali to global intangible heritage list as Delhi hosts key session

India, Dec. 10 -- Deepavali, the festival of lights celebrated across India and the diaspora, was on Wednesday inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO... Read More


UNSW set to open India campus after Australia-India education council meeting

India, Dec. 9 -- The University of New South Wales (UNSW) received a Letter of Intent (LOI) on Monday to set up a campus in India, marking a major step in the expanding higher-education partnership be... Read More


GOVT EYES PLAN TO REDEVELOP WAQF PROPERTIES

New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- The Union minority affairs ministry is preparing to seek Cabinet approval for a Rs.1,000-crore redevelopment blueprint aimed at commercially transforming high-value waqf propertie... Read More


House panel on education recommends reforms across testing, accreditation

India, Dec. 9 -- The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports on Monday tabled its 371st report on the autonomous bodies under the Department of Higher Educatio... Read More


ECI directs political parties to submit updated versions of their constitutions

India, Dec. 9 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed national and state-recognised political parties to submit, within 30 days, updated versions of their constitutions, including amend... Read More