Former HHS secretary Shalala president detained, questioned for 3 hours at Israeli airport

Former HHS secretary questioned at Israeli airport

MIAMI – A former secretary of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department says she was interrogated at the Ben-Gurion International Airport in Israel last month.
Donna Shalala, who is of Lebanese descent, is now the president of the University of Miami. She was visiting Israel in July as part …. Original source  : Former HHS secretary Shalala president detained, questioned for 3 hours at Israeli airport.

University of Miami president detained, questioned for three hours at Israeli airport

University president questioned at Israeli airport

MIAMI – The University of Miami’s president says she was interrogated at the Ben-Gurion International Airport in Israel last month.
Donna Shalala, who is of Lebanese descent, was visiting Israel in July as part of a delegation of university leaders invited by the American Jewish Committee’s Project Interchange. Shalala, former secretary … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : University of Miami president detained, questioned for three hours at Israeli airport.

Bihar centre for poor IIT aspirants impresses Obama envoy

PATNA – Rashad Hussain, son of an Indian migrant couple from Bihar who is US special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Sunday visited Bihar’s free coaching centre here for poor students aspiring for an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) berth.

After visiting Super 30, a free coaching centre that helps economically backward students …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Rs.2.31 lakh crore in 3 years for RTE: Pranab

KOLKATA – The Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry would be allocated Rs 2.31 lakh crore over the next three years to establish infrastructure for implementing the Right to Education (RTE) law, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here Sunday.

“The HRD Minister (Kapil Sibal) has said Rs.2,31,000 crore will be required for implementing RTE in the next [..] Read the original article: here.

IGNOU to host 6th pan-Commonwealth forum on open learning

NEW DELHI – Around 700 delegates from 70 countries are expected to participate in the Sixth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning to be hosted in Kochi by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Nov 24-28 to discuss the importance of open and distance learning.

The conference will discuss what open and distance learning has … Original article on : IGNOU to host 6th pan-Commonwealth forum on open learning.