Chennai, March 14 (IANS) About 120 students belonging to 16 educational institutions will participate in a solar lamp workshop in an engineering college here to learn basics of its technology, an official said.

Thiruvananthapuram, March 14 (IANS) The information technology (IT) sector in Kerala has registered an all-round growth in key indicators such as employment, turnover, built-up area and incubation of new companies, the state government said Thursday.

Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) India should promote a revenue model in which non-cricketing sports like football also take a centre stage and become popular, experts said here Thursday.

Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) India is a "hip and happening country" when it comes to litigations in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, said a leading patent attorney here Thursday.

Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) Easy access to technology has led to an "explosion" of creativity in the media and entertainment industry, experts said here Thursday.

New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) A total 5,50,589 students from the Muslim community were given scholarships in Maharashtra, while 4,43,412 girls from the minority communities were extended financial aid in the state, the Lok Sabha was informed Thursday.

Bhubaneswar, March 14 (IANS) The Odisha government Thursday directed all elementary schools in the state to conduct morning classes as temperatures were hovering around 40 degrees Celsius in parts of the state.

Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) More awareness and technology implementation is needed in West Bengal in the field of intellectual property (IP) rights, a state minister said here Thursday.

Nepra (Punjab), March 14 (IANS) At a time when the world is increasingly moving towards paperless offices, the campus of a Punjab-based educational group is 75 percent on the way there. Not only that - there is heavy reliance on social networking sites and new media applications for communicating between students and teachers.

New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Making employability the buzzword, Britain's Leeds University is keen to forge ties with Indian industry to get a sense of its needs. It is also in talks with the IITs and IISc for research projects and student exchange programmes.

Mumbai, March 13 (IANS) Television has seen phenomenal growth to become the biggest medium but it remains under-indexed when it comes to advertising revenue growth, experts said here Wednesday.

Mumbai, March 13 (IANS) The biggest challenge for global entertainment channels in content creation is striking the right balance between global and local content, Andy Kaplan, president, World Wide Networks, Sony Pictures Television, observed Wednesday.

Kolkata, March 13 (IANS) West Bengal has received investment proposals worth Rs.2,250 crores in the information technology (IT) sector during the current fiscal, a minister said Wednesday.

Chennai, March 13 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday termed the changes made by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in the scheme of civil services exams as "highly discriminatory" and "is calculated to bias the system against civil services aspirants from non-Hindi speaking regions".

New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Online chatting, playing computer games or watching television at night can leave children sleep deprived and adversely affect their studies and physical health, psychiatrists said at a conference here Wednesday.

Patna, March 13 (IANS) More than 200 school students, caught cheating in the Class 10 board exam, were expelled and nearly 100 parents, who helped them use unfair means, were arrested in Bihar Wednesday.

Bangalore, March 13 (IANS) About 150 global firms, including Reliance Industries and HCL Technologies, made 415 lucrative job offers to 381 graduates of the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) at the campus hiring here.

Mumbai, March 13 (IANS) India has the ability to become the next app superpower due to its enormous consumption power and potential, said a panel of experts at the 14th edition of Ficci-Frames 2013 here Wednesday.

Velguem (Goa), March 13 (IANS) Free tablet computers would be distributed to students of Class 5 and 6 in the next academic year, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said here Wednesday.

Kolkata, March 13 (IANS) Taiwanese personal computer maker Acer is planning to open new outlets in 2,000 small Indian towns this year through its "outreach programme", a top company executive said here Wednesday.

Bangalore, March 13 (IANS) State-run Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) will develop an advanced aerostat and communication system to meet the surveillance and reconnaissance needs of the Indian armed forces, an official said Wednesday.

Bhubaneswar, March 13 (IANS) A day after the long-range cruise missile 'Nirbhay' deviated off course during its maiden launch off the Odisha coast, scientists Wednesday began the post-mission analysis to locate the fault, a defence scientist said.

Kolkata, March 13 (IANS) Research students in West Bengal will soon be able to avail guidance from scientists and teachers of any university of the state through the 'State-wide University Network' or SUN.

Kolkata, March 13 (IANS) Fifty percent of the mobile phone users in India do not use mobile security solutions, making them vulnerable to cyber-crime, a recent study by leading cyber security firm Symantec has found.

Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) About 77 percent parents in India are aware of cyberbullying, which could prove deadly for their children, according to Symantec Software Solutions, makers of Norton anti-virus software.

Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Regulatory changes, new technology and creative content are the three fundamental drivers of exponential growth, agreed experts at a session here Tuesday during the first annual media and entertainment convention Ficci Frames.

Chennai, March 12 (IANS) Accusing the central government of trying to impose Hindi by making changes in the civil services exam norms, DMK president M. Karunanidhi Tuesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to withdraw the notification as it would filter out candidates from rural India.

New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano is visiting India amid continuing protests over the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu.

Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) Come April, Students in West Bengal will now have free access to international journals and books online -- courtesy an electronic library.

New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Twenty-three-year-old Richie Ronsard left his home in the Congo two years ago to fulfil his childhood dream of obtaining a degree from an established instutute in the India. The reality check was not long in comming.

New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien Monday asked the government to consider including moral education in the school curriculum.

Mumbai, March 11 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Monday said there was a need for creating an educational system that highlighted the importance of entrepreneurship.

Lucknow, March 11 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Monday kick-started the distribution of laptops to college students -- in line with his Samajwadi Party's election promise.

Hyderabad, March 11 (IANS) The Oklahoma State University Monday signed a MoU with the Andhra Pradesh Society For Knowledge Network (APSFKNW) to explore offering joint certificate programmes.

New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien Monday asked the government to consider including moral education in school curriculum.

Hyderabad, March 10 (IANS) A showdown is likely between authorities of the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) and the students Monday as the latter are determined to continue their protests over the suicide of a Kashmiri student.

Bangalore, March 10 (IANS) The much-awaited air-conditioned double-decker train linking Bangalore and Chennai is set to debut this month.

Chennai, March 9 (IANS) A man was electrocuted on Saturday at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu, police said.

New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the central government, the University Grants Committee (UGC) and fashion institute Fashionista on a plea by a student alleging that it was running illegally and playing with the careers of innocent students.

Shimla, March 8 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Friday launched a programme to make school children free from anaemia, an official said here.

Kolkata, March 8 (IANS) Skygazers will have something to look forward to this weekend as also the beginning of the coming week with a comet becoming visible to the naked eye from the northern hemisphere just after sundown.

Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) On International Women's Day, Plan India, an NGO that works towards the upliftment of under-privileged children, will launch a web-based application to raise funds for the education of girls in the country, an official said here Thursday.

New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Overworked and stressed-out school students, burning the midnight oil to pass the board exams with flying colours, can benefit from these simple tips to enhance their performance - eat healthy and do light exercises.

Patna, March 7 (IANS) Train and road services were hit in Bihar Thursday owing to a strike called by contractual teachers to protest against police action during earlier protests.

Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) The central government is mulling introducing a new scheme to provide export benefits to non-SEZ units, the country's largest IT trade facilitation body Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC) said Wednesday.

New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Multi Screen Media, that airs Sony TV channel, Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it would edit all reference to bribery in two episodes of a teleserial on the Haryana teachers recruitment scam.

Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) All girl students in West Bengal studying in Class eight and whose parents' annual income is less than Rs.50,000 will get an annual scholarship of Rs.500, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced here Wednesday.

Shillong, March 6 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will teach students of the Indian Institute of Management-Shillong a course titled "Societal transformation bio-technology and its application".

Patna, March 6 (IANS) Thousands of agitating teachers on contract with the Bihar government staged protests against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar across the state Wednesday. They were protesting police action against earlier protests.

New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Mondeep Dutta is a full-time employee in a well-known IT company in Bangalore. It's a weekday, and he is sitting in the comfort of his beanbag and typing away on the laptop. No, it's not his day off. He's working from home (WFH) - an option increasingly being offered by companies to their employees to better manage their work-life balance.

Aligarh, March 5 (IANS) Uttarakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi Tuesday highlighted the contribution of former ruler Begum Sultan Jahan and said Bhopal in its 240 years' history is the only state that was ruled by women four times.