St. Louis: Providing students with illustrative diagrams showing relationships among key concepts to be discussed in a lecture can boost student learning and recall, especially for students who have difficulty organizing bits and pieces of related information into a cohesive mental framework, suggests a new study from psychologists at Washington University in St. Louis.

New Delhi: Lt. Gen. Philip Campose, Vice Chief of Army Staff launched a new website, Joinindianarmy.nic.in, of the Directorate General of Recruiting for selection of Officers, Junior Commission Officers (JCOs) & Other Ranks (OR) from the precincts of the South Block recently.

New Delhi: The Ministry of Human Resource Development has approved release of ?605.45 lakhs from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to IIT, Guwahati under the Ishan Vikas programme.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged students to shed their stress and worry, and develop a positive attitude. He was addressing students on the radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ ahead of board and competitive examinations.

New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission will be conducting the Special Class Railway Apprentices’ Examination, 2015 on January 18, 2015 at various centres all over India as per notification.

New Delhi: The UGC under its various schemes releases grants to universities and colleges for improving access and quality of higher education. The UGC has reported that it implements various schemes for improving the quality of higher education, such as Universities with Potential for Excellence (UPE), Colleges with Potential for Excellence (CPE), Special Assistance Programme (SAP), Assistance for Strengthening of Infrastructure for Science and Technology (ASIST), Assistance for Strengthening of Infrastructure for Humanities and Social Sciences, etc.