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 1  Abu Dhabi, Sep 2 (IANS/WAM) More than 6,000 children took part in a month-long workshop on astronomy that was organised in Abu Dhabi to encourage youngsters to learn science. Hero Honda launches new variant of Super Splendor ( 18:45 ) New Delhi, Sept 2 (IANS) The world's largest two-wheeler manufacturer, Hero Honda Motors, Thursday launched a new model of its bestseller bike, Super Splendor, with new features in the deluxe segment and said it is planning to launch new models ahead of the festive season. Indian student visas fall by half in Australia ( 18:34 ) Melbourne, Sep 2 (IANS) The number of Indians granted student visas in Australia during the last financial year has fallen to 29,721, less than half of the number in 2008-09. Australian academic asked foreign students for sex: Probe ( 17:59 ) Sydney, Sep 2 (IANS) A former university tutor in Perth pressured a Chinese girl student and three other foreigners for sex in exchange of higher marks, Australia's corruption watchdog has said. Delhi University goes to poll Friday amidst tight security ( 14:38 ) New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Fifty-one colleges of both the north and south campuses of Delhi University (DU) will go to polls Friday amidst elaborate security arrangements. Vitamin A controversy: Seven Haryana students hospitalised again ( 11:37 ) Sirsa (Haryana), Sep 2 (IANS) The controversy over nearly 100 girls taking ill in a Haryana town after being administered a Vitamin A dose in school raised its head again when seven of them had to be re-admitted to hospital. Paying for her crime by teaching behind bars ( 09:31 ) By Asit Srivastava Naugarh (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 2 (IANS) Call it an act of atonement. A woman who is in jail in Uttar Pradesh for torturing her daughter-in-law has donned the role of a teacher for fellow prisoners and their children. Campaigning for Delhi University polls ends sans fervour ( 20:04 ) New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The regular poll fervour was missing from the campaigning for the Delhi University elections which ended Wednesday as students adhered to the official guidelines and eschewed electioneering in cars, using drums and other musical instruments. Middlesex University plans campus in Noida ( 17:55 ) Shimla, Sep 1 (IANS) The Middlesex University of London, with overseas campuses in Dubai and Mauritius, plans to open a new campus in Delhi's satellite town of Noida, said its vice chancellor here Wednesday. And now Kerala to air educational reality show ( 15:21 ) Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 1 (IANS) The country's first-of-its-kind Educational Reality Show is aimed at unleashing the creativity and innovativeness of school students in Kerala, thanks to the initiative of IT@School ViCTERS. Panjab University resembles fortress ahead of student polls ( 15:05 ) Chandigarh, Sep 1 (IANS) The sprawling 533 acre Panjab University (PU) campus here resembles a fortress with heavy security ahead of the Sep 3 students' council elections that have a history of violence. Apex court directs troops to vacate northeast schools ( 14:17 ) New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the home ministry to have all schools in the northeast that have been occupied by paramilitary forces vacated in two months. Malaysia to have school for pregnant teenagers ( 13:59 ) Kuala Lumpur, Sep 1 (IANS) A school exclusively for pregnant teenagers will be opened this month in Malaysia's Malacca state, an official said. President lauds micro SMEs as engines of growth ( 19:37 ) New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) President Pratibha Devisingh Patil Tuesday asked banks to provide credit to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Rajya Sabha defers educational tribunal bill ( 19:32 ) New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha Tuesday decided to defer the educational tribunal bill to the next session. Pulapre Balakrishnan to be new CDS director ( 17:40 ) Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 31 (IANS) Professor Pulapre Balakrishnan was Tuesday selected as the next director of the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) here. Sensex sheds 205 points, Asia weak ( 12:29 ) Mumbai, Aug 31 (IANS) A benchmark index for Indian equities slid further in noon trade to rule 205 points lower than its previous close, tracking other Asian markets which were in the red. A Vigyan Gram in Tripura to popularise science ( 09:56 ) By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, Aug 31 (IANS) A Vigyan Gram, or a science village, is to come up on the outskirts of Tripura's capital, complete with a museum, library, planetarium, botanical garden, bird sanctuary and other attractions to popularise science among the masses. 1
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