Thick layer of smog envelopes Delhi, light rains expected

New Delhi, Delhi was enveloped in a thick layer of smog on Sunday morning with the minimum temperature settling at 18.7 degrees Celsius, four notches above the season’s average. The city received 0.3 mm rain in the past 24 hours which slightly lowered the hazardous level of air pollutants in the air. Relative humidity was […]

Delhi University organising Inter-college debate

Delhi University organising Inter-college debate

The University of Delhi is teaming up with the British High Commission to organise the “Great Debate” — an inter-college debate competition to be held on January 9, 2014. The winners — two students — will get a week’s “study tour” in the UK in mid-February. As per DU’s announcement, the tour will “include visits […]

IIT-Delhi falls back on alumni support

IIT-Delhi falls back on alumni support

Here’s alumni power at its best. In what could spell a new trend in high-end professional education in the country, Indian Institute Technology-Delhi proposes to create a unique endowment pool with support from its alumni to fund world-class faculty development and to finance its research   students for international exposure. The IIT-D director has called […]