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School set up by Mahatma Gandhi to be upgraded

PATNA - After years of neglect, the first Buniyadi Vidyalaya (basic school) set up by Mahatma Gandhi in Bihar’s East Champaran district is to be upgraded to a 10-plus-2 school.

600 Abu Dhabi students chosen for ’summer abroad’ programme

Abu Dhabi, May 1 (IANS/WAM) Six hundred Abu Dhabi students of grades 10 and 11 will visit Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the US as part of a “summer abroad” programme.

Aspire for world class legal education system: PM (Second Lead)

NEW DELHI - India must aspire to provide world class legal education through a “dramatic reform” of the present system to improve the economic environment and ensure citizens get speedy and affordable access to justice, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday.

Judges should submit to refresher courses: PM

NEW DELHI - Judges and other legal professionals should submit themselves to periodic refresher courses “without standing on pomp or seniority” to keep abreast of the “paradigm shift” in “the very nature of law”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday.

Legal education system needs dramatic reform: PM

NEW DELHI - India’s legal education system needs “dramatic reform” to improve the economic environment and ensure citizens get speedy and affordable access to justice, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday.

China city urges citizens to ‘trust the government’ following protest over school attack

China city goes on defense after school attack

US degree may become passport to green cards

WASHINGTON - An advanced degree from US universities may well prove to be a passport for a US green card, or permanent residency, if a proposal by top Democratic senators to attract the world’s “best and the brightest” is accepted.