D.K. Gautam, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, speaking at the 15th review meeting of State project engineers and civil works

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a "green new deal" on climate change on Thursday and urged for a final push in negotiations ahead of a key summit to be held in Copenhagen in December.

K S Manjunath / New Delhi May 22, 2009, 0:59 IST
Broadening the scope of ongoing education schemes is likely to be the focus of the second UPA government. In this year

The foremost task before the new HRD minister is getting the Right to Education Bill, ensuring free and compulsory education to children in the 6-14 age group, passed. All set to be introduced in the last session of Parliament, dithering and last minute pressure by the strong private lobby had ensured its delay.

Sreelatha Menon & Rituparna Bhuyan / New Delhi May 18, 2009, 1:31 IST

Seven people, each contributing Rs 2,500, set up Deepalaya in Delhi

A motley crowd of around 100 people

The number of public schools in New York City reporting children with flulike symptoms continued to rise Friday, as three more schools in Queens and Brooklyn were closed, bringing the total to six this week, and parents and city officials wrestled with how to handle the growing spread of the disease.

Chandigarh Keeping in view that students of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) are unable to continue their academics beyond Class VIII, the Education department is all set to help them study till Class X under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Yojana.

The special education cum vocational training institutions of Gujranwala district will be getting 16 new buses with rupees 20 million altogether. Commissioner Gujranwala, Khalid Masood Chaudhry made the decision while chairing a meeting here on Monday, which was also attended by DCO Gujranwala, district officer special education and other officials of the district government.