Thiruvananthapuram: The academic council of Kerala agricultural university decided to award doctorate honoris causa to farmers who have made significant contributions to the agriculture sector.

New Delhi: The details of medical education institute receiving financial assistance from Central Government along with the courses having reservation for OBC & SC/ST in their admission is annexed. The quota of OBC/SC/ST is allocated as per statutory reservation of 27%, 15% & 7.5% respectively.

Tel Abib: Of Israeli high school pupils 94% access social media via their cell phones during class, reveals a new study conducted by the University of Haifa.

New Delhi: In the conference of Vice-Chancellors of Central Universities and in the meeting of the Council of Vice Chancellors of Central Universities held recently, it was decided that the Common Entrance Examination should test the general and subject-related aptitude through a single examination and should be held both in English and Hindi.

Knoxville: Middle school students who are more physically fit make better grades and outperform their classmates on standardized tests, according to a recently published study from a professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

New Delhi: Minister of Culture Chandresh Kumari Katoch has said that in March 2008 Ministry of Culture had released a corpus grant of Rs.2 crores for establishing the Bahadur Shah Zafar Chair in IGNOU.