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.

The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) of the Planning Commission on Monday cleared 11 development projects, costing Rs 41.6 billion. The meeting was presided over by Planning Commission deputy chairman Aseff Ahmed Ali. The CDWP conceptually cleared the big project of "Construction and planning of Rural Access Roads" in the country costing Rs 30 billion.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Education Minister M A Baby inaugurated the education portal, higherstudiesonline.com, the new venture by a group based in Pathanamthitta, at a function held in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday.

The site provides information on various courses and entrance examiations conducted by Indian and foreign universities.

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Water Aid here at the Ministry Thursday.

General Electric is shifting the strategy in its $17 billion-a-year health equipment and technology business, seeking to broaden its reach with more lower-cost products.

China on Thursday put the official number of dead and missing schoolchildren from last year's devastating Sichuan earthquake at 5,335, far lower than the number compiled from news reports at the time.

The number was announced by Tu Wentao, the province's education department head, at a news conference in the provincial capital Chengdu, the official Xinhua news agency said.

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