No GST on fee for hostels at schools, colleges: Finance Ministry

It clarified that services provided by an educational institute to students, faculty and staff are exempt from GST Mumbai: Remaining true to its claim of keeping education free from GST, the Finance Ministry on Thursday clarified that there will be no GST levied on annual subscription/fees charges for lodging in hostels under educational institutions. Addressing fake reports that claim 18 per cent GST will be levied on annual fee charged by hostels, the ministry said, “There is no change in tax liability relating to education and related...

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Add personal care to your child’s education with these apps

With most of parents crunched with time, it becomes critical to find a suitable support for managing their childs’ education. Even with the advent of technological inclusion in education, parents and teachers realize that human connect is an absolute necessity for a growing child’s guided mental, emotional and psychological development.  With most of parents in today’s world crunched with time and in many finding it difficult to handle the ever changing syllabus, it becomes critical for them to find a suitable and qualified support...

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Internet Saathi: Google empowers women in 100,000 villages

India has taken the lead to become the fastest growing Internet user market in the world. If you talk to a few women deep within the rural village areas of India, and ask them what they wish, you will be probably be surprised by their answers.  “We want to find jobs online,” “I want to see temples,” “I want to be able to buy from my mobile,” “I want my kids to learn English,” “We wish we could talk to our phones in our own native language.” These are a just a bunch of answers that a few women revealed. Previously, these women were...

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Osmania University CET 2014 Results, OUCET 2014 Results

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Infosys become first Indian IT company to generate own power

BANGALORE: In 2006, soaring hotel costs and traffic snarls led Infosys to build Le Terrace, a four-star hotel with 500 rooms for its employees and overseas clients in its campus in Bangalore's Electronics City. Eight years on, the software industry posterchild is about to embark on generating its own power, in the process saving costs, getting clean reliable power for its operations and fulfilling its broader obligations to society. Infosys...

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How Nokia will help its former employees in India

CHENNAI: Nokia India is implementing what it calls a 'Bridge' programme for former employees who lost their jobs, providing vital help during a difficult period and earning goodwill among those who worked at its Chennai plant.  The Finnish mobile phone maker's India manufacturing unit was at one time a marquee investment and a symbol of India's importance for Nokia. But the company quickly fell into troubled times. It has shed thousands...

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SAP brings cloud-based learning to university students

SAP today announced a cloud-based offering designed for students to incorporate the study of SAP solutions into university coursework. The student edition of SAP Learning Hub offers a comprehensive library of electronic content that universities can provide to students for self-study covering close to 150 SAP solutions. It also includes access to e-learning courses, handbooks and other training materials from the SAP Education organization...

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Careers in Journalism

Pen is mightier than the sword. Even today, the younger generation is attracted to journalism. Everyday, there are several events happening across the world - political, cultural, religious, educational, social and natural events, etc. We come to know about these events sitting in our houses. How is that possible? Through mass communication, providing information to a large crowd at the same time. But, for this, someone has to collect the information...

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IIT Bombay launches its first MOOCs

Further to its collaboration with EdX, a massive open online course (MOOC) platform, last year, IIT Bombay (IIT-B) recently launched its first three MOOCs.While sessions for two of the courses – Introduction to Computer Programming (part one) and Thermodynamics – will commence this July, the third course – Introduction to Computer Programming (part two) – will begin in September.Informs Deepak Phatak, professor, Department of Computer Science...

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Unusual career options for commerce graduates

Commerce graduates are increasingly opting for non-traditional careers. Here’s a list of five offbeat career options that are gaining popularity among them With a large number of Indian companies setting up global facilities, employment opportunities for professionals across sectors have increased massively. This has impacted the career choices of young graduates from all streams – arts, science and commerce. While jobs in banking, company...

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