Education

Booklet advices Brit school kids about tips on cannabis use

Booklet advices Brit school kids about tips on cannabis useLondon, Jan. 27: School kids in Britain have been given access to a 20-page booklet that provides them with tips on cannabis use.

Titled ''Know Cannabis'', the booklet, according to The Telegraph, spells out how the drug can make you feel relaxed and makes music ''sound better'' as well as whether to use bongs or buckets and how to roll a joint.

Nintendo brain-trainer 'no better than pencil and paper'

Nintendo brain-trainer 'no better than pencil and paper'It has been proved by a novel study that a Nintendo that carries a price tag of £100 is no better than a 10 paise pencil at stimulating the memory. After the latest study, the claim by Nintendo that the DS Lite boosts the brain has been disapproved.

Arjun Singh to be chief guest at XIth Convocation of University of Hyderabad today

Arjun Singh to be chief guest at XIth Convocation of University of Hyderabad todayNew Delhi, Jan 17: Union Minister of Human Resource Development Arjun Singh will be the chief guest at the XIth Convocation of the University of Hyderabad today.

The last convocation was held in 2007.

With student strength of more than 3,400 the University of Hyderabad has emerged as a top-ranking institute of higher education and research in India.

Union Ministry of Science and Technology has recognized this University as the Second Ranking University in the country.

Malaysian Government told to release funds for Tamil schools

Malaysian Government told to release funds for Tamil schoolsKuala Lumpur, Jan. 14 : The Malaysian Government has been asked to release the RM 50 million for Tamil schools under the 2009 Budget.

KLANG MP Charles Santiago made the appeal, the Malaysia Nanban and The Star reported.

He said the higher enrolment in Tamil schools had resulted in a shortage of classrooms. There was also a need to upgrade existing facilities in schools and quality of teaching, he said.

He said 370 Tamil schools out of the 523 were on private land and as such, they could not be converted into fully aided schools.

Five AMU Centres To Come Up In The Country

Five AMU Centres To Come Up In The CountryThe Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is all set to set up five special academic centres across the country to offer traditional and job oriented courses.

In this regard, AMU has already got the final nod from the varsity’s Academic Council on Monday.

The new centres will be established in Murshidabad (West Bengal); Katihar (Bihar); Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh); Pune (Maharashtra) and Mallappuram (Kerala).

The university (AMU) is making discussions with the related states in order to open up special centres of the varsity.

Chandigarh boy among top CATs; 50 get IIM calls

Chandigarh boy among top CATs; 50 get IIM calls Pavneet Singh Gulyani, a Chandigarh-based boy has managed to succeed with nice ranking in CAT exam results as he got full 100 percentile and also got calls from six IIMs, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Kozhikode and Indore.

It should be noted here that the first round of CAT results have been cleared by nearly 50 students from Chandigarh, who also have got calls from IIMs. However, Pavneet is the one who is on the topmost position.

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