Brisbane: GlobalEnglish Corporation, provider of cloud-based, on-demand software to advance Enterprise Fluency for global organizations, announced the results of its annual Business English Index (BEI), the index that measures Business English proficiency in the workplace.

Philadelphia: Yoga classes have positive psychological effects for high-school students, according to a pilot study in the April Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, the official journal of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.

Washington: College students who frequently text message during class have difficulty staying attentive to classroom lectures and consequently risk having poor learning outcomes, finds a new study accepted for publication in the National Communication Association’s journal Communication Education.

Washington: Despite continuing uncertainty in the global economy, a regular international survey of over 17,000 organizations in 56 countries has found jobs markets for professionals and managers holding up relatively well.

Kolkata: ‘It is not the responsibility of the Central and the State Government to implement quality education in the country. Neither the industry will take the responsibility of a value-based education. Education sector has to be looked upon holistically. It has to be aligned with Nation-building.’

New Delhi: Section 80E of the Income Tax Act, 1961 provides for a deduction to an assesse (being an individual), out of his income chargeable to tax, on account of any amount paid by him in the previous year by way of interest on loan taken by him from any financial institution or any approved charitable institution for the purpose of pursing his higher education or for the purpose of higher education of his relative.