Aligarh: The Department of Pharmacology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University organized a National Workshop cum CME on “Alternatives to Animal Experimentation in Medical Science Education” here on Monday.

New Delhi: Agriculture and Food Processing Minister, Sharad Pawar announced the establishment of Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University at Jhansi.

  London: Almost two thirds of working mums think men are discriminated against with regard to flexible working, according to a Workingmums.co.uk survey.

Georgetown: The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 makes it illegal for a woman to be fired just because she is pregnant.

  Iowa: An executive order increasing the minimum wage federal contractors must pay employees to $10.10 an hour will have little impact on most government contracts, said Peter Orazem, a University Professor of economics at Iowa State University.

Washington: Children may perform better in school and feel more confident about themselve if they are told that failure is a normal part of learning, rather than being pressured to succeed at all costs, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.