Badal wants farm science institute in Punjab

CHANDIGARH – Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Wednesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to set up the proposed Borlaug Institute for South Asia at Ladhowal, in Punjab’s Ludhiana district.

In a letter to Manmohan Singh, Badal stated that the Nobel laureate and father of the green revolution Norman E. Borlaug was intimately associated with Punjab. … Read more : Badal wants farm science institute in Punjab.

Allocate more money for children: NGO

NEW DELHI – With the union budget round the corner, child rights NGO CRY Wednesday said that more funds should be allocated for sectors like health and education which impact children directly.

“Children who live and grow in poverty are deprived of almost every fundamental right. They are much more likely to be malnourished, be living … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Allocate more money for children: NGO.

IGNOU students to get train travel concession

NEW DELHI – On-campus students of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will get concessional fares for train travel anywhere in the country, Vice Chancellor V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai announced Wednesday.

“The railway board has agreed to give train travel concession with immediate effect to face-to-face programmes students of varsity and this will place them on par …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : IGNOU students to get train travel concession.

Physical activity at school keeps child fit

LONDON – A structured physical activity programme at school can improve children’s fitness and decrease body fat, confirms a new study.

Researchers in Switzerland studied 540 seven and 11-year-olds in 15 schools. Over nine months, pupils randomly allocated to an intervention group underwent a physical activity programme designed by experts.
This involved structuring their existing three …. Source  : Physical activity at school keeps child fit.

UC San Diego freezes media funding after student TV show mocks blacks’ outrage to ghetto party

University TV show mocking blacks sparks freeze

SAN DIEGO – The University of California, San Diego has halted funding for student media after a TV segment ridiculed black students outraged by a party mocking Black History Month.
The head of the school’s student government froze funding for print media outlets last week after one, The Koala, ran … Read more >>>.

Few people survive 5 heart attacks; Cheney illustrates peril and progress in heart disease

Cheney’s 5 heart attacks unusual, shows good care

WASHINGTON – Surviving five heart attacks makes former Vice President Dick Cheney pretty unusual – showing that he has good medical care as well as a particularly aggressive form of heart disease.
But the number, attention-grabbing as it is, isn’t the real issue: It’s how much damage a heart …. Read the original article  : Few people survive 5 heart attacks; Cheney illustrates peril and progress in heart disease.

Ark. lawmakers refuse to give up $2.9M in local project money for budget needs

Ark. lawmakers refuse to give up project money

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday declined to give up $2.9 million in money intended for local projects to help pay for budget needs, instead tapping the state’s unclaimed property proceeds and the fund for the state’s constitutional officers.
Gov. Mike Beebe’s office called the move risky, … Original source on Gaea Times at : Ark. lawmakers refuse to give up $2.9M in local project money for budget needs.

Health Care REIT, Forest City form joint venture over Cambridge, Mass., project

Health Care REIT, Forest City form joint venture

Health Care REIT Inc. and Forest City Enterprises Inc. said Tuesday they have formed a joint venture to buy a $668 million life sciences campus in University Park in Cambridge, Mass.
The companies said Health Care REIT will acquire a 49 percent stake in Forest City’s seven life sciences … Original article on : Health Care REIT, Forest City form joint venture over Cambridge, Mass., project.

Ralph Remington is named director of the NEA’s theater and musical-theater division

Ralph Remington is named NEA theater division head

NEW YORK – A former Minneapolis city council member who has extensive regional theater experience has been named director of theater and musical theater at the National Endowment for the Arts.
Ralph Remington will join the NEA March 15 for the two-year appointment, Rocco Landesman, the endowment’s chairman, announced …. Original article  : Ralph Remington is named director of the NEA’s theater and musical-theater division.

Salman Rushdie visits Atlanta’s Emory University for opening of his literary archive

Salman Rushdie visits Emory for opening of archive

ATLANTA – Novelist Salman Rushdie is at Emory University this week for the official opening of his literary archive.
Rushdie, who is in the middle of a five-year stint as a distinguished lecturer at the Atlanta university, has donated his personal papers to Emory’s special collections library. The university … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Salman Rushdie visits Atlanta’s Emory University for opening of his literary archive.

New teacher contracts in Minn., Conn., Philly support reforms in failing urban schools

Teacher contracts support reforms in worst schools

PHILADELPHIA – Even in a school system known for its academic troubles, the numbers at Vaux High School are jaw-dropping: More than 90 percent of 11th-graders tested last year could not read or do math at grade level.
But next fall, at least half the teachers at Vaux and 13 …. Read the original article  : here.

Student found dead at suburban NY college; police say campus safe, killing was ‘family matter’

Student killing at NY college a ‘family matter’

PURCHASE, N.Y. – A freshman at a private suburban college who grew up on campus as the daughter of a maintenance worker was found slain in her family’s staff housing apartment, and police on Tuesday characterized the killing as domestic violence.
Harrison police Capt. Anthony Marraccini said investigators were …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

IGNOU pushing for seamless flow of knowledge

NEW DELHI – The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Tuesday said it is striving to make learning a seamless process through digital libraries.

With open and distance learning increasingly becoming popular, we are trying to bring in a set of recommendations by experts from across the world to make learning a smooth process, Sudhir Arora, …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Punjab to provide 70 acres for Indian business school

CHANDIGARH – The Punjab cabinet Tuesday approved in principle transfer of 70 acres of land in the Knowledge City in Mohali town adjoining Chandigarh for setting up Indian School of Business (ISB) in the state.

The land, located in Sector 81 of Mohali, 15 km from here, will be given to the ISB management on lease …. Original article  : Punjab to provide 70 acres for Indian business school.

Orissa seeks Rs.16,000 crore to work right to education

BHUBANESWAR – The Orissa government Tuesday sought Rs.16,000 crore from the central government to implement Right to Education (RTE) Act in the state from April.

The government said the state is not in a position to implement the RTE due to paucity of funds.
“We require about Rs.16,000 crore to implement the RTE. We have already … Read more >>>.

Class eight to shift to primary slab in Gujarat

GANDHINAGAR – The Gujarat government proposes to bring a bill in the state assembly’s budget session, opening Wednesday, that will transfer class eight from the secondary slab of education to the primary one.

The move is expected to throw open job avenues to an additional 45,000 Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) teachers over the next three years, … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Class eight to shift to primary slab in Gujarat.

Univision and the Obama administration join forces to improve Hispanic academic achievement

Univision, feds team up to boost Hispanic ed

MIAMI – Univision has kicked off a multiyear, multimillion dollar campaign to boost academic achievement among Hispanics in the United States.
The Spanish-language network unveiled its “The Moment is Now” campaign Tuesday in partnership with the federal government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The goal is to … Read more »»».

Court restrains school from seeking hiked quarterly fees

NEW DELHI – Restraining a school in the capital from demanding hiked fees on quarterly basis instead of monthly, the Delhi High Court Tuesday directed it to stop this practice.

Hearing the petition of 10 aggrieved parents who had approached the court against the discriminatory attitude of Summer Field Public School, Kailash Colony, Justice S.N. Aggarwal … Original source on Gaea Times at : Court restrains school from seeking hiked quarterly fees.

More funds to safeguard foreign students’s fees in Australia

NEW DELHI – Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard Tuesday announced funding of A$5.1 million to further strengthen the country’s international education industry and “safeguard the course fees of international students”.

The funding will be made available to top up the Education Services for Overseas Students Assurance Fund (ESOS Assurance Fund), said a statement by the …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : More funds to safeguard foreign students’s fees in Australia.

Students should sign undertaking on sexual harassment: Professors

NEW DELHI – Just like they do in case of ragging, university students should be made to sign undertakings against sexual harassment in order to curb such cases on campuses, said professors of prominent varsities in the capital Tuesday.

At a panel discussion on sexual harassment on the campus at Jamia Milia Islamia (JMI), R. Gopinath, …. Read the original article  : Students should sign undertaking on sexual harassment: Professors.