China's vast Xinjiang hit with COVID-19 travel restrictionsTrains and busses in and out of the region of 22 million people have been suspended, and passenger numbers on flights have been reduced to ...
06 Oct, 2022, 11.05 AM IST
Beijing to reopen schools, Shanghai declares victory over COVIDBeijing shut its schools in early May and asked students to move to online learning amid a spike in locally transmitted COVID cases. Senior...
25 Jun, 2022, 11.22 AM IST
Shanghai to allow some students to resume class from June 6Students in the final year of middle school also can resume class from June 13, Yang said.
26 May, 2022, 08.29 AM IST
Beijing orders schools closed in tightening of virus rulesOn Thursday, the city's Education Bureau ordered all schools to end classes from Friday and said it hadn't determined when they would resum...
28 Apr, 2022, 08.23 PM IST
EXPLAINER-Shanghai death numbers raise questions over its COVID accountingShanghai had reported no COVID-19 deaths for more than a month after the current outbreak began in early March. But deaths suddenly started...
28 Apr, 2022, 12.44 PM IST
China selects pilot zones, application areas for blockchain projectAlthough China is promoting blockchain technology, it has banned bitcoin, which is based on the technology. Regulators in September cracked...
31 Jan, 2022, 09.21 AM IST
China mandates coronavirus tests for key public workers leaving WuhanPeople in Wuhan work in nursing, education, security and other sectors with high exposure to the public must take a nucleic acid test befor...
18 Apr, 2020, 11.55 AM IST
PhD holders from top foreign varsities eligible for direct recruitment as assistant professor: UGCEarlier, the candidates eligible for the post were required to have minimum 55 per cent marks in the Master's degree in concerned subject f...
28 Nov, 2018, 04.19 PM IST
Manohar Parrikar arrives in Beijing for talks with top PLA officialsParrikar arrived from Shanghai by a special aircraft and will hold talks with top Chinese officials, including Defence Minister Gen Chang W...
12 Jul, 2018, 06.38 PM IST
Committee struggles to find 20 institutes of eminenceA committee, appointed for the purpose, has indicated that the difficulty in finding such institutes is due to a key criterion related to g...
22 May, 2018, 11.04 AM IST
HRD Ministry to unveil a framework to rank higher education institutionsThe government-backed rankings will cover all institutes offering courses on engineering, law, management and humanities.
09 Sep, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Norms get easier: Global varsities allowed to set up campuses in India without partnering with Indian institutesThe degrees awarded would be treated as foreign degrees, subject to equivalence accorded by Association of Indian Universities.
11 Sep, 2013, 11.52 AM IST
- UGC to let only top 500 foreign universities enter India
The new regulations approved by the UGC on Saturday give existing institutions six months to get approval.
03 Jun, 2012, 07.59 AM IST
- India doesn't figure in world top-100 universities
While overall the US dominates all the three rankings, the QS rankings have China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Israel, Taiwan and even T...
17 Sep, 2010, 05.49 AM IST
- India Inc delivers stern message to Chinese industry
India Inc on Thursday delivered a stern message to China, which is: the Chinese industry is putting at risk its own growth prospects in Ind...
19 Aug, 2010, 07.06 PM IST
- Microsoft, China's Hangzhou set 'model city' pact
Microsoft Corp announced a partnership aimed at helping make the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou a model for innovation and protection of ...
15 May, 2009, 10.50 AM IST
- China regulator again warns of risks in capital markets
China warned investors and rule breakers that it will do what it takes to bring its booming capital markets inline with standard practices.
24 Oct, 2007, 09.15 AM IST