New Delhi: The Centre has launched a massive programme of School Leadership to provide training to about nine lakh principals headmasters in Government and Government aided schools to enable improvement of standards of education in the country. The scheme was launched by Human Resources Development Minister Dr. MM Pallam Raju

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.