The condition of Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh, who was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi after stomach pain, is improving, doctors said on Friday."His condition is stable and he is improving," said All India Institute of Medical Sciences Medical Superintendent Dr D K Sharma."He was in an acute phase when admitted. In the beginning, we will try antibiotics to cure the infection," said a doctor.
Singh was admitted to the hospital at 2200 hours on Wednesday and has been diagnosed to be suffering from acute Cholecysitis (stomach ailment) associated with Diabetes and cardio-artery disease, breathing trouble and kidney problem.
While class 12 exams will be conducted across the country, the class 10 exams are only pending in North East Delhi where they were affected due to the law and order situation.
Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh, the man who proposed the 27 per cent OBC quota, wants to implement the reservation from academic year 2008-2009.
It is alleged that Arjun had been demanding a Mercedes car and a flat.
The Bill, to be called the Draft Engineers Bill, will propose setting up a separate statutory authority which will lay down specifications for competency in professional engineering practice.
They burnt an effigy of the Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh and shouted slogans against him.
The decision to seek the amendment was taken after the Union human resources development ministry recently disallowed the business school from going ahead with its overseas expansion plan.
A three-member expert committee has recommended to the Union human resource development ministry, upgrading Banaras Hindu University's Information Technology Institute into a full-fledged Indian Institute of Technology.
Social and educational basis and not economic criteria should be the basis of reservation, which, he said, would improve the social condition of the OBCs.
The sex education syllabus, prepared by UNICEF and other UN entities, has been designed keeping in mind the needs and conditions of Western society that is completely inappropriate in Indian scenario.
The premier Indian Institutes of Management will have to draw on all their management skills to solve the current financial imbroglio they are in. On the one hand, the fee hike by IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Bangalore has caused heartburn not only among students and the Union Human Resource Development Ministry but also among the other IIMs who say they were not consulted despite an existing agreement to do so. IIM-A and IIM-B have said that a fee hike is a prerogative of their own
We asked readers about what they think of the union HRD ministry's proposal to levy an exit tax on IIT and IIM graduates who go to work abroad for lucrative salaries or to pursue higher studies. Here's the readers' response on the subject.
We asked readers about what they think of the union HRD ministry's proposal to levy an exit tax on IIT and IIM graduates who go to work abroad for lucrative salaries or to pursue higher studies. Here's the readers' response on the subject.
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A Central government decision with regard to percentage of reservation of seats is yet to be taken, Singh told the EC.
The union human resource development ministry has sanctioned an Indian Institute of Technology to Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy said in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
Senior leader Arjun Singh said the Congress would continue to support the UP government despite rumours to the contrary.
"People never complain about standing in serpentine queues at hotels, ticket counters or any other place. But, they cannot spare 52 seconds to the tune of the national anthem in respect of their country," he said, while attending an event.
The award was presented to Helmunt Neunzert for his 'pioneering contribution' to industrial and applied mathematics.
"Though, for a student, receiving a master's degree is no less than any prestigious award. But on October 19, (the Convocation Day) I Sameer Gojwari won't accept it," said the student.
We asked readers about what they think of the union HRD ministry's proposal to levy an exit tax on IIT and IIM graduates who go to work abroad for lucrative salaries or to pursue higher studies. Here's the readers' response on the subject.
The Centre plans to open one of three proposed IITs in the 11th Plan period in Bihar.
Andhra Pradesh now stands top in producing engineering graduates, compared with any other state in the country.
The former HRD minister said the Congress is changing the education system of the country under 'unwanted influence of Left ideology'.
A UGC panel has recommended that words such as 'Hindu' and 'Muslim' be dropped from the BHU and the AMU.
The Union Human Resources Development minister had said that the RSS was involved in Mahatma Gandhi's assassination.
The Union human resource development minister allegedly held the RSS responsible for Mahatma Gandhi's assassination.
In an apparent softening of his stand, Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh on Wednesday said the prestigious Indian Institutes of Management
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'The education system had been revamped and modernised by incorporating human values, the duties of the citizens towards the nation, awareness about ecology,' the former HRD minister said.
The comments by the minister came following a controversy over the reduction of syllabus by the CBSE due to the COVID-19 situation, with the Opposition alleging that chapters on India's democracy and plurality are being "dropped" to propagate a particular ideology.
The minister said the quota will be applied to existing number of seats in all centrally aided educational institutes.
New BJP President L K Advani could not attend due to other urgent engagements
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