Kuwait takes part in global celebrations on January 4th marking the World Braille Day, namely for commemorating birthday of Louis Braille, inventor of the Braille language which helps blind people to read and write. Braille was born in France in 1809. At the age of three, he accidentally became blind. However, he had a great yearning to be able toRead more

PML-Q Secretary General and Chairman Senate Defence Committee, Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, has said that the calendar of Pakistan’s founding year 1947 and 2014 have not only similarities in the sequence of days but also in the sense that 1947 was the year of withdrawal of the British Empire from the region and hopefully 2014 will be proven as theRead more

The Louis Carter Education Foundation has released the cheques for the first batch of 43 beneficiaries its scholarship scheme. Also the Emeka Okwuosa Foundation has given out its 2013 scholarship to 300 students and about 3000 bags of rice and other cooking condiments to a wide range of beneficiaries including the police, churches, widows and other organizations in and aroundRead more

Undersecretary for Resources and Services, Shaikh Hisham bin Abdul Aziz Al Khalifa stressed that the educational pay scale at Ministry of Education has offered the opportunity for promotion for teachers and other educational functions.This process is carried out in accordance to a balanced vision that gathers between the right of professional promotion and the need for apprenticeship and improving theRead more

Egyptian police Wednesday fired tear gas at student supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi as they protested near the defense ministry against the new military-installed authorities, state media reported. The protests by students from Cairo University came as a Muslim Brotherhood-led Islamist alliance backing Morsi called for nationwide strike action. The Brotherhood, to which Morsi belongs, was designated a "terrorist"Read more

The Centre on Saturday said it will soon announce a special fund to the tune of $3 billion for uplift of the Muslim people by providing infrastructure, mainly for education. “We need infrastructure. Indian Muslims need education and for that we need infrastructure. Currently we lack in infrastructure,” Union minister for minority affairs K Rahman Khan said here. “We areRead more

Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist, Dr Vijay D Patil was recently honoured at the Bond University in Australia. Dr Patil, one of Bond’s first international students, received the prestigious Robert Stable Alumni Medal. Bond Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Tim Brailsford said, “Dr Vijay is one of India’s most influential and successful entrepreneurs, and has driven major advancements and innovation in India’sRead more

Calm prevailed Tuesday during exams in different schools in the Nile Delta governorate of Gharbiya. Special security measures were adopted during the hours of exams, said Assistant Minister of Education in Gharbiya Fatma Kheder. The schools have taken actions in coordination with the security directorate to maintain security during the exams.Read more

A Xin found out he was infected with HIV during a free HIV test for gay men three years ago, when he was a university postgraduate. "Many male homosexuals have assumed they are far removed from the disease, knowing nothing at all about their own infections," said A Xin in the south China city of Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province.Read more

The largest number of Emirati students from INSEAD have graduated from the third GEMBA intake programme in Abu Dhabi. With three full campuses in Singapore, France and Abu Dhabi, INSEAD is one of the largest Executive Education providers in the world. The graduation ceremony, held in Singapore, was attended by various local dignitaries. including Ambassador Mohammed Ahmed Al Qubaisi, theRead more