TOI: PSLV-C21 fires Isro to historic 100 With Minor Flaw, Places Two Sats In Orbit
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C21) has put two foreign satellites in Earth’s orbit. TOI
BBC: Big Ben: Clock Tower renamed Elizabeth Tower for Jubilee
In the honour of Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, London’s Big Ben has been officially renamed as Elizabeth Tower. Watch the video for a glimpse of the tower’s inner side. BBC
Telegraph: Teenager floats £30 camera into space to capture curvature of Earth
Teenager floats camera into space to capture Earth. Telegraph
Yahoo: 9 Brilliant Inventions Made by Mistake
Penicillin, post-its, plastic and much more…Inventions made accidentally! Yahoo
TOI: CBSE honours mentors and teachers for their contribution
15 mentors (school principals) and 32 teachers were honoured by CBSE for their contribution to education and for promoting CCE. TOI
TOI: CBSE to test students for oral proficiency in English
‘Assessment of Speaking and Listening Skills (ASL)’ will be conducted by CBSE, next academic session onwards, to test listening and speaking skills of Class IX & XI students. TOI
Daily Pioneer: Assamese freedom fighters to be in school syllabus
As per CBSE and NCERT, Assamese freedom fighters will soon be a part of the history curriculum in schools. DailyPioneer
Daily Bhaskar: IIT-JEE, AIEEE are passe; JEE to take over from 2013
From the next academic session in 2013, JEE will replace IIT-JEE and AIEEE. DailyBhaskar
Byword: ‘Emergencies in Psychiatry’ presented at ICONS V
Our new Byword book ‘Emergencies in Psychiatry’ was recently presented by Dinesh Bhugra, president, Royal College of Psychiatrists, to Girija Vaidyanathan, State Health Secretary, during the inaugural of ICONS V…
AsianAge: One-book system in state primary education soon
West Bengal Government will be introducing one-book system for state schools, 2013 onwards. AsianAge