Examination system in crisis: The urgent need to shift focus from cost to capabilityRecent examination fiascos highlight a critical need to reform India's testing system. Current procurement practices favor low costs over e...
13 Jun, 2026, 01.03 AM IST
'Whoever I side with secures power': Ramdas Athawale claims Modi will win 2029 pollsUnion Minister Ramdas Athawale predicts Prime Minister Narendra Modi will win the 2029 and 2034 elections. He stated that his party's suppo...
11 Jun, 2026, 04.39 PM IST
'Unemployed IITian': Graduate shares placement struggles, seeks advice on job or PhDAn IIT graduate is struggling to find a job in software development, AI, machine learning, and data science. Facing placement setbacks, the...
07 Jun, 2026, 08.13 PM IST
Indian techie working at Google honours mother with Times Square billboard after years of setbacks and successAn Indian Google employee surprised his mother with a Times Square billboard, honoring her sacrifices in raising him from humble beginnings...
07 Jun, 2026, 05.54 PM IST
Failed IIT-JEE, weighed 110 kg, felt like a disappointment. Five years later, he bought his dad a Rs 55 lakh BMW, Ankur Warikoo shares the storyAnkur Warikoo shared Shaurya Shikhar's journey from IIT-JEE rejection and self-doubt to a seven-figure income and a BMW gift for his father...
07 Jun, 2026, 09.28 AM IST
IITs deny JEE Advanced data breach; CBSE files plaint over cyber attacksIITs have denied claims of a data breach on the JoSAA portal for JEE Advanced. They state a minor misconfiguration was immediately fixed wi...
05 Jun, 2026, 11.40 PM IST
JEE Advanced Result 2026 declared: Check direct link for registration, JoSAA Counselling, AAT Schedule dates and moreJEE Advanced Result 2026 out at jeeadv.ac.in: IIT Roorkee announced JEE Advanced 2026 results on May 31st. Qualified students can now regis...
01 Jun, 2026, 07.31 AM IST
CBSE says vulnerabilities in OSM portal OnMark containedThe Central Board of Secondary Education has contained vulnerabilities in its OnMark portal. Cybersecurity experts from government agencies...
31 May, 2026, 02.20 PM IST
Class 12 Board exams: Some discrepancies in CBSE's On Screen Marking, will be rectified, says minister PradhanEducation minister Dharmendra Pradhan acknowledged “some discrepancies” in CBSE’s new On Screen Marking (OSM) system for Class 12 board exa...
28 May, 2026, 11.27 PM IST
IIT Madras ₹10 LPA job offer, UPSC failures to alcohol addiction and more; techie shares friend’s 12-year journey of strugglesAn IIT Madras Chemical Engineering graduate rejected a ₹10 LPA placement to pursue UPSC, facing multiple failures over 12 years. After setb...
28 May, 2026, 03.20 PM IST
Hyderabad techie's IIT Madras friend rejected Rs 10 LPA job for UPSC. He failed it 6 times, battled heartbreak and now earns Rs 2 lakh a monthAn IIT Madras graduate, rejecting a lucrative job for UPSC, faced years of failure, heartbreak, and addiction. After battling through multi...
27 May, 2026, 06.29 PM IST
H-1B chill sets in; Flipkart doubles down on ShopsyUS demand for H-1B visas has slumped to a seven-year low amid steeper costs and Trump-era policy shifts. This and more in today’s ETtech To...
26 May, 2026, 07.18 AM IST
India research funding shock: 76% say industry rarely supports R&D, reveals NITI Aayog-backed EoDR survey reportIndia's research landscape faces significant hurdles, a NITI Aayog survey reveals. Researchers grapple with lengthy proposal approvals, sca...
26 May, 2026, 12.22 AM IST
No IIT or IIM, still got Rs 70 LPA job at age 20: How a college dropout build a high paying career from scratchA 20-year-old college dropout’s Reddit post went viral after he claimed he landed a Rs 70 LPA job without IIT or IIM, saying he built skill...
19 May, 2026, 07.43 PM IST
IAS officer Divya Mittal says schools teach achievement, not happiness, sparks debate on Indian educationDivya Mittal, an IIT Delhi and IIM Bangalore alumna, has sparked a nationwide conversation. She points out that India's top educational ins...
19 May, 2026, 10.19 AM IST
Sridhar Vembu honours IITian who rejected MIT, stayed back in India, topped UPSC, had 32 transfers in 34 years as IAS officer: Who is Raju Narayana Swamy?Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu reminisced about his IIT Madras peer Raju Narayana Swamy, an exceptionally talented civil servant known for h...
25 Apr, 2026, 01.34 PM IST
How this man, who failed to crack IIT & faced Microsoft rejection, landed a job at Google & then a high-paying role at Meta in LondonThe story of Amit Dutta highlights how failure in competitive exams like IIT does not define one’s future. After failing to clear the IIT e...
19 Apr, 2026, 10.17 AM IST