Education

Working towards removing NEET: Tamil Nadu CM Stalin after the father-son duo die by suicide; but is getting rid of NEET a good idea? [details]

With the suicide of 19-year-old Chennai student, who failed to clear the NEET twice, the death toll due to failure in medical test in Tamil Nadu increased to 16. The anti-NEET bill is currently pending with the Union government and awaiting President's assent.

Aug 15, 2023

UGC declares 20 universities, including 8 in Delhi, as fake; cautions students to verify institutes [see list]

The University Grant Commission (UGC) on Wednesday declared twenty universities, including eight based in Delhi, as fake.

Aug 3, 2023

Oracle to modernise India's edtech platform 'DIKSHA'

Cloud major Oracle on Wednesday announced that the Ministry of Education has selected "Oracle Cloud Infrastructure" (OCI) to modernise India's national education technology platform "Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing" (DIKSHA).

Aug 2, 2023

NASA To Launch Streaming Platform 'NASA ' Later This Year

Now more stories on new discoveries of space: NASA to launch streaming platform 'NASA+' soon

US space agency NASA on Friday announced that it will launch its on-demand streaming platform "NASA+" later this year.

Jul 28, 2023

Delhi HC allows St. Stephen's College to give 85% weightage to CUET, 15% for interview in admissions of Christian students

The Delhi High Court has allowed St. Stephen's College to implement 85 per cent of admission weightage, based on the Common Undergraduate Entrance Test (CUET) score, and remaining 15 per cent for the interview of Christian minority candidates to undergraduate programmes.

Jul 27, 2023

CUET PG Result 2023 declared for 8.7 lakh students; how to check results online [details]

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the Common University Entrance Test (CUET-PG) 2023 results for students seeking admission in post graduation courses.

Jul 21, 2023

CUET UG: 242 universities get ready for admission of students based on score

There are over 240 universities across the country, including 44 Central universities, which are offering first year admission on the basis of CUET UG score.

Jul 18, 2023

Exam Results: CUET-UG result likely to be declared today

Result of Common University Entrance Test for undergraduate courses (CUET-UG) may be declared on Saturday.

Jul 15, 2023

No Ph.D.s in 1.4-billion nation? Academics question UGC's new rule on allowing Asst Profs without it

In a nation of 1.4 billion, we have a handful of Ph.D.s and now, even that stands diluted further with the new UGC rule, say academics across the country

Jul 7, 2023

Arogya Telangana: Eight new medical colleges sanctioned in Telangana

The Telangana government on Wednesday issued orders for setting up eight new government medical colleges in the state.

Jul 7, 2023

Childhood pleasure reading may boost brain health, mental wellbeing later

Children who begin reading for pleasure early in life tend to perform better at cognitive tests and have better mental health when they enter adolescence, according to a study of more than 10,000 young adolescents.

Jul 3, 2023

Jack Ma appears to discuss 'understanding of mathematics' with students

Billionaire and former Alibaba founder Jack Ma made a rare public appearance in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, discussing the "understanding of mathematics" with finalists of the 2023 Alibaba Global Mathematics Competition.

Jun 19, 2023

JGU introduces 1-year online MBA to build business-ready generation in India [details inside]

With a mission to empower working professionals and make them business-ready, Jindal Global Business School (JGBS), under O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), has introduced a one-year online MBA with Asia's largest integrated learning, skilling, and workforce development and placement company, UpGrad, as its Technology Service Provider (TSP).

Jun 12, 2023