HRD Ministry to ask IIT to reinstate whistleblower

Thursday 28 February '13

The Supreme Court once termed him as one of the many "unsung heroes who helped improve the system".

To get around MoEF norms, Kerala redefines 'high-rise'

Wednesday 27 February '13

Moreover, the building should have a fire station located within a 10-km radius, the guidelines say.

Man-tiger conflict: NTCA issues new regulations

Tuesday 26 February '13

SOP: Strayed tiger, if not a man-eater, must never be killed

UGC pushes humanities to check radicalisation

Thursday 21 February '13

There is growing concern about how those involved in terrorist activities come with good education.

CBI raid fallout: MoEF puts on hold select mining projects

Wednesday 20 February '13

Projects in Orissa, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh affected after ministry''s officer implicated in arranging clearances

Sikkim gets nod to build skywalk in sanctuary

Wednesday 20 February '13

Jayanthi-led board clears a glass skywalk and a ropeway in Maenam sanctuary

MoEF relaxes rules for brick earth mining

Tuesday 19 February '13

Stringent environmental clearance rules for mining of minor minerals are set to be relaxed for mining projects involving 'brick earth'' and 'ordinary earth''

MoEF relaxes norms for infra projects in Naxal-hit districts

Friday 8 February '13

The Prime Minister''s Office has been actively attempting to resolve the situation.

Forest advisory body allows mining in Jharkhand elephant reserve

Thursday 7 February '13

The FAC is a statutory body that advises the environment ministry on diverting forest land

Green nod for road project that triggered NHAI-MoEF face-off

Wednesday 6 February '13

Days after the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) dragged the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to the apex court alleging delays in granting of forest clearance

Tawang hydel project gets MoEF approval

Wednesday 6 February '13

Within days of China announcing three new hydroelectric projects on the Brahmaputra river and catching India by surprise

MoEF seeks more funds to improve green cover

Monday 4 February '13

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has sought Rs 462 crore in its budgetary allocation for improving the forest cover in India by five million hectares

Innovation universities Bill stuck, University Grants Commission looks at giving funds to existing universities for innovation

Monday 4 February '13

With a Bill to set up 14 world-class innovation universities stuck in Parliament, the University Grants Commission has come up with an alternative plan

Overcoming roadblocks, IIT-Jodhpur ready to sign MoU with France

Sunday 3 February '13

IIT-Jodhpur has already signed its letter of intent, sources said.

Linear projects clear roadblock

Saturday 2 February '13

Tribal Affairs Ministry agrees to a more streamlined process, may finally end logjam

Mining: MoEF to push for one-time green clearance

Wednesday 30 January '13

The Ministry of Environment and Forests is giving final touches to a plan that will insist on full forest clearance for the entire mining lease area

IIMs likely to oppose overarching Council

Tuesday 29 January '13

Even as it is promising degree-granting powers to the Indian Institutes of Management, the government has revived its controversial plan to create a pan IIM Council that will coordinate between all th...

A pan-IIM council created controversy, fuelled fury in premier institutions

Tuesday 29 January '13

Govt is promising more power to Indian Institutes of Management, but is also looking to clip their wings.

PMO wants new rules to speed up linear projects in forest land

Tuesday 22 January '13

In a bid to speed up infrastructure projects, the Prime Minister''s Office is said to have asked the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the Ministry of Environment and Forests

KVs question no-detention till class VIII

Saturday 19 January '13

KVS is of the view, sources told The Indian Express, that with CCE and no-detention policy in place, ensuring minimum learning levels for students is a challenge.

A wake-up call on RTE

Saturday 19 January '13

Pratham's Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) tells us every year that teaching-learning at our primary schools is quite a disappointment.

Right to Education Act may be behind falling school learning: ASER survey

Friday 18 January '13

ASER findings underscore the declining reading levels and learning outcomes across states.

K''taka saffronising school texts: Panel

Thursday 17 January '13

Tells Centre that lessons in books 'treat women, Dalits, adivasis and minorities as inferior beings''

PMO steps in to end NHAI-MoEF face-off over forest clearance

Wednesday 16 January '13

The MoEF claims the delay is more due to incomplete documentation by NHAI

22 Red districts get green nod to divert forest land for infra

Wednesday 16 January '13

Twenty-two Naxal-affected districts will now be able to build critical public infrastructure even in forestland, the Ministry of Environment and Forests has decided