Professional training for those not studying after class 10/12

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Known as flyboy to his friends, 26-year-old Flt Lt Manu Akhouri of the Indian Air Force (IAF), killed in a MiG-21 crash Thursday, was a second generation officer in the Indian armed forces. His father is a serving officer in the Indian Army.

September 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Saturday said that education reform is the need of the hour, as the teachers in the country are facing professional disempowerment. "We have a situation today in which teachers are politically empowered and professionally disempowered.

August 20th, 2009 Army aims to improve soldiers' mental fitnessFORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — An Army program developed partly as a response to an increase in soldier suicides will test all active duty, National Guard and Reserve soldiers to determine how they handle stress, assess their resiliency and require follow-up training.

August 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Territorial Army, a reserve force of trained civilians for the Indian Army, proposes to raise an all-women's unit in the insurgency-hit northeast region, an official said Tuesday. Presently, women can only join as doctors and nurses in the Territorial Army, which has a strength of 40,000.

June 19th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Orissa minister Pratap Jena said Friday that not having a school building was "not a problem" and was no reason for students "not to turn up to school to study". "This is not a problem.

June 1st, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday said students from the state studying in Australia are free to contact him if they faced any danger. "The chief minister is worried about the safety of the students from Gujarat studying in Australia after the racial attacks on some students of Indian origin last week.

May 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Amity Global Business School, in collaboration with Max New York Life Insurance, Wednesday announced the launch of a post-graduate diploma in insurance and sales management. The programme offers professional training in specialised subjects such as insurance sales practices and management, insurance products, legal and regulatory aspects of life insurance as well as general and marketing management.

April 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Pop superstar Madonna headed straight to her gym for a workout, just three days after she was hospitalised after falling off a horse. Madonna's trainer Tracy Anderson insists that injuries are minimal and would not disrupt the singer's exercise schedule, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

April 19th, 2009 DHANBAD - A self-help group called 'Srijan' is working to improve the lot of street children in Dhanbad by imparting vocational training and education. A majority of these children work at the Dhanbad railway station.

April 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A blast occurred near a police training academy in Pakistan's Lahore city Friday followed by an exchange of fire, media reported. Gunshots were being heard from a distance of half a kilometre from the police training academy, Geo TV channel quoted an eye-witness as saying.

March 24th, 2009 KOLKATA - Indian art museums are decaying due to lack of professional curators and a training programme to groom more professionals is the need of the hour, an official of the ministry of culture said here Monday. 'Curating is a specialised discipline.

January 24th, 2009 PATNA - Girls studying in madrassas in Bihar will be provided free bicycles by the government, official sources said Sunday. About 4,000 madrassa-going girls, who are students of Fauqania (equivalent to Class 10), would get the cycles to enable them to reach the seminaries on their own, particularly in rural areas.

January 21st, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Trivandrum Tennis Club (TTC) will provide free training to 100 children from poor families, aiming to make them professional players. 'The selected children would be from the below-poverty line (BPL) category.

January 13th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A pilot training institute here has been asked to refund fees and pay compensation to a student who was not given admission in a desired course. The Asia USA India institute was Tuesday directed by the district consumer disputes redressal forum to refund Rs.868,579 taken as fees in 2007 and pay a compensation of Rs.200,000 and litigation cost of Rs.11,000 to the 22-year-old appellant.

January 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Pop diva Madonna's daughter Lourdes is reportedly pursuing a career in acting. The 12-year-old has enrolled at a drama school, which has produced actors like child prodigy Macaulay Culkin, Scarlett Johansson and Sarah Jessica Parker, reports contactmusic.com.