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NIIT University welcomes launch of NEAT portal by MHRD to encourage EdTech
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Jan 12 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Established with a vision to bring about innovation in higher education and learning in emerging areas of the knowledge society, the not-for-profit NIIT University (NU) is excited to be a part of MHRD's pioneering initiative NE
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Violence was never part of JNU culture, says former VC Sudhir Kumar Sopory
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 11 (ANI): Former Vice-Chancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Sudhir Kumar Sopory said that the culture of violence was never there in the University.
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Oman's culture minister takes oath as new monarch
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Muscat [Oman], Jan 11 (ANI): Oman's Culture and Heritage Minister, Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, took oath as country's Sultan on Saturday following the demise of Qaboos bin Said al-Said, the country's government confirmed on Saturday.
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Vice President calls for popularising Sanskrit by simplifying its words
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Nagpur[Mahrashtra], Jan 10 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday called for popularising the usage of Sanskrit by simplifying its words and noted that culture and history associated with a language will disappear if it becomes extinct.
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Punjab okays amendments to tourism and culture policies to make it disable
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Jan 9 (ANI): To make tourism more friendly for persons with disabilities, the Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday approved the necessary amendments to the Punjab State Culture Policy, 2017 and Punjab State Tourism Policy 2018.
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UP govt to construct holy path in Varanasi connecting 108 religious sites
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 9 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh government has decided to construct a holy path in Varanasi connecting around 108 religious sites in the city including the famous Kashi Vishwanath temple.
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Complaint filed against Akshay Kumar accusing him of hurting Marathi cultu
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 9 (ANI): A written complaint has been given by two-person in Worli police station against actor Akshay Kumar, alleging that he has 'defamed Marathi culture' through an ad film of detergent washing powder.
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Study maps 13 key human emotions triggered by music across cultures
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Jan 7 (ANI): Researchers have discovered that across cultures, 13 key emotions such as joy, sadness, anxiety etc are triggered when people listen to specific types of music.
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Maharashtra loan waiver to cost at Rs 45,000 crore to 51,000 crore: SBI
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 6 (ANI): The newly-formed Maharashtra government's announcement to waive off loans up to Rs 2 lakh for farmers with a cut-off date of September 30, 2019 and providing relief to non-defaulting farmers who have a loan above Rs 2 lakh can cost at between Rs 45,
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Music indeed is a universal language, suggests study
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): Music has rightly termed as the universal language, as it gets people grooving to its tunes regardless of their culture or nationality.
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Jaishankar condemns violence at JNU, says 'it's against varsity's culture,
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 5 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday "unequivocally" condemned the violence at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi, saying "it is against the tradition and culture of the varsity".
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Indians abroad start eating beef because of not being taught cultural, tra
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Begusarai (Bihar) [India], Jan 2 (ANI): Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday said that Indian children go abroad and most of them start eating beef because they are not being taught about our 'culture' and 'traditional values'.
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