Journalists interested in crisis reporting can apply for a US$7,500 travel grant. Applicants should live outside the U.S. The Persephone Miel Fellowship will fund a reporting project that focuses on a global crisis under-reported in the mainstream American media. The […]
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New non-IAS cadre formed for rural posting in Naxal-hit districts: India
Bureaucrats in Naxal-affected districts, struggling to regain the confidence of the people through development interventions, will now have about 180 non-IAS officers — to be recruited as a separate cadre — to assist them in their work. This would happen […]
Continue reading »Gandhi Fellowship Programme for Final Year Students
Gandhi Fellowship An intensive 2-year programme that helps talented young people develop the leadership skills to cause disproportionate positive change in society. The Fellowship challenges these young people to support primary school headmasters to turn around their failing schools, thus […]
Continue reading »Mandhana Industries, Landmark Group ink deal to sell Being Human apparel: India
New Delhi: Mumbai-based textile firm Mandhana Industries, which has the exclusive license for Salman Khan’s ‘Being Human’ apparel range worldwide, has signed up with Dubai-based Landmark Group to sell the clothing line in Middle East from April this year. Mandhana Industries that […]
Continue reading »PM’S Scholarship Program gets Delayed Start: India
Srinagar, Jan 23: 25000 Students Studying Outside JK To Benefit After months of delay, authorities have started implementation of a recommendation by Dr C Rangarajan panel for providing financial support to students from Jammu and Kashmir pursuing higher studies outside […]
Continue reading »India raises educational aid to Lanka
22 January 2012 Colombo : India has promised Sri Lanka an increase in educational assistance amounting to LKRs2.5 billion in grant to deserving students. Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna who was in Lanka on a four-day visit announced that this […]
Continue reading »Jobs take the e out of education: India
Educational institutions started the trend of giving mere bachelor’s and master’s degrees a twist by introducing modules that gave students an edge over ordinary freshers. An era of equal emphasis on academics and job training had thus begun. With competitiveness […]
Continue reading »2012 Oxford Scholarships for International Undergraduate Students
A number of Reach Oxford scholarships (formerly Oxford Student Scholarships) are offered to international students from low income countries or developing countries who, for political or financial reasons, or because suitable educational facilities do not exist, cannot study for a […]
Continue reading »Sri Lanka to recruit 15,000 unemployed graduates for public sector jobs
Jan 19, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government says that the steps have been taken to call for applications for 15,000 positions in public sector. Applications will be called from the unemployed graduates in February, says the Minister of Telecommunications and […]
Continue reading »NA passes National Commission for Women Bill: Pakistan
Islamabad: Jan 19 (APP): The National Assembly (NA) on Thursday unanimously passed the National Commission for Women Bill, 2011 with certain amendments in its several clauses.The bill was tabled by Advisor to the Prime Minister Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, while the […]
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