Greater Noida: In a promising step for Indian basketball, the NBA inaugurated its first ever academy here on Tuesday. The first batch at the academy includes 21 boys in the age group of 12 to 17 years who were selected following a three-month nationwide basketball talent search. The boys will receive scholarships and training at […]
Mumbai: The National Basketball Association (NBA) on Friday announced the launch of NBA Basketball School, a network of tuition-based development programmes around the world for international male and female players in the 6-18 age group. The first NBA Basketball School was launched here as part of a multi-year agreement with India On Track (IOT), one […]
New Delhi: In a major development, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued warning to universities and colleges across the country against retention of original documents of admitted students and non-refund of fees in case an admission is withdrawn within one month. Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar informed that the higher educational institutions would be […]
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued circular to vice chancellors of all the universities and provided the list of activities which maybe undertaken on September 29 following Government of India’s decision to celebrate it as ‘Surgical Strike Day’. However, sources in the HRD Ministry clarified that the circular is only advisory in nature, and […]
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to appoint an Accreditation Advisory Council (AAC) which will help the commission set up more agencies in order to increase the number of accreditation and assessment agencies (AAAs) for higher education institutes in the country. “To enhance the existing capacity of accreditation for meeting the requirement […]
Mumbai: The National Basketball Association (NBA) on Friday announced that the third NBA Academy Games – a series of exhibition games featuring prospects from the seven NBA Academies and other teams – will take place from Tuesday, July 9 to Sunday, July 14 at the Emory Sports Medicine Complex, the official practice facility of the […]
Orlando (Florida): India is a very important market for National Basketball Association (NBA) as they see great potential for the sport in the country, Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum has said. “India is a very important market for us. We have an academy there. We only have seven academies in the world and one is in […]
Mumbai: Indianapolis and California had just woken up to a Friday morning like just another. But far away here at the NSCI Dome, a vociferous group of over 3,000 kids from the Reliance Foundation watched with rapt attention the historic first-ever NBA game in India between Indiana Pacers and Sacramento Kings, welcoming the sport in […]
Mumbai: Buoyed by the interest levels in the country, NBA is looking at the prospect of launching a league in India, it was announced ahead of the first-ever Games between Indiana Pacers and Sacramento Kings in Mumbai on Friday. “One of the things we’ve been discussing recently — and I know this is something else […]
Beijing: Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, who was killed in a helicopter crash last month, led the eight finalists for the Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 in honour of his outstanding achievements. Bryant won five NBA championships with the Lakers as well as two Olympic gold medals with Team USA. The 18-time […]
New Delhi: The News Broadcasters Association (NBA) has suggested to the Supreme Court that its “code of ethics” should be made part of statutory rules on cable TV by the central government to ensure it becomes binding on member and non-member news channels alike. Taking note of the NBA’s alleged inadequacy in regulating “hurtful” and […]