PRASHANT K News Stories by PRASHANT K  [ timeline ] [ roundup ] 343 stories (Show All) 4 months ago Four Indian states still struggling with leprosy New Delhi, April 19 - Even as India has achieved the elimination target for leprosy, four states -- West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh -- are still struggling to tackle the disease that leaves people deformed and has social stigma attached to it.According to the health ministry, India achieved the elimination target by reducing the number of cases to below one for every 10,000 populati ... read more 4 months ago John Wright open to coaching an IPL team New Delhi, April 18 - Former New Zealand cricket captain and India's first overseas coach John Wright says he is not averse to coaching an Indian Premier League - team, though the format is 'too demanding'.'There is a lot of pressure to perform in this form of the game, but I am not averse to taking up the assignment. Given the opportunity I may coach an IPL team,' Wright, known for him calm and ... read more 4 months ago Government's adult education going online via TCS New Delhi, April 11 - India's adult education programme will not just be a chalk and black board scheme as the government has roped in software services and consulting company Tata Consultancy Services - to teach illiterates through the click and portal medium too.'We have already had discussions with TCS on this and they are almost ready with a software that will teach adults - through animation, ... read more 4 months ago India - a study in health contrasts New Delhi, April 7 - From becoming a hub of medical tourism to having a sizable population deprived of basic healthcare, from bulging bellies in urban areas to stunted growth among kids across rural belts -- the country remains a study in health contrasts.India now stands at the cross-roads of improving health indicators and achieving the Millennium Development Goals -. 'We are at a difficult ti ... read more 5 months ago India guarantees compulsory education to its children New Delhi, April 1 - India Thursday gave the right to all its children to have access to elementary education, becoming among a handful of countries in the world that legally guarantees free and compulsory to education to millions of deprived children.Citing his own example, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dedicated the landmark measure to the nation, saying 'I am what I am because of education' and ... read more 5 months ago IGNOU plans ICT education cluster for five countries New Delhi, March 28 - The Indira Gandhi National Open University - is planning to start an Information Communication Technology - cluster in five South Asian countries for capacity building in education sector.The varsity, has already given a presentation outlining the details of the plan to parliamentarians of Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka at the first ever contact group m ... read more 5 months ago Right to Education to start with deficit budget New Delhi, March 24 - The Right to Education - Act, which aims to provide free and compulsory education to all children up to Class 8, may not start with a bang as the scheme is facing several hurdles, including a shortage of around Rs.7,000 crore -, in the first year of implementation.A senior official of the human resource development - ministry told IANS: 'Yes, there are some hiccups. The minis ... read more 5 months ago Azad overrules IMA's objections to rural MBBS course New Delhi, March 18 - The Indian Medical Association - has three problems with the government's plan to create a special cadre of rural doctors through a truncated MBBS course, but the health ministry has refused to yield to its pressure and will push ahead on the subject as planned.According to a top health ministry official, a seven-member delegation of the IMA met Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Az ... read more 5 months ago Largesse a' la Arjun Singh - giving away 4,710 central school seats New Delhi, March 16 - In a move that could see discretionary quotas being scrapped, former human resource development - minister Arjun Singh used his clout to give away 4,710 central school seats during 2006-09, much above the limit of 3,600 for three years.According to statistics available with the ministry, Arjun Singh gave admission in central schools to 1,387 students in 2006-07, to 1,501 the ... read more 5 months ago Indian institute's unique cancer therapy goes to Malaysia New Delhi, March 9 - After successfully treating hundreds of cancer patients in India, a Noida-based institute has now accepted an offer from Malaysia to provide targeted 'dendritic cell' therapy to patients there.The Institute of Cellular Therapies - has devised a new treatment that uses cell-based cancer immuno-therapy - treatment using the patient's own mononuclear cells transformed into cance ... read more  See all 343 stories on PRASHANT K as a complete nerve timeline Related News Collections Prashant Prashant Bhardwaj Prashant Bhushan Prashant Chadha Prashant Dubey Prashant Pastore Prashant Raj Prem Prashant Subscribe Read latest breaking news on PRASHANT K in your favourite RSS reader!   COPYRIGHTS INFORMATION All rights reserved for the news content. 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