104 people killed as storms and rain batter Uttar Pradesh; relief ops underwayRelentless rain, lightning, and thunderstorms have claimed at least 104 lives across Uttar Pradesh in the past 36-48 hours. Chief Minister ...
14 May, 2026, 02.46 PM IST
Cinco de Mayo 2026: Here are the best restaurant deals, freebies & discounts on Tacos, Margaritas & moreCinco de Mayo 2026 brings exciting food deals across the US. Restaurants are offering free chips, discounted tacos, burrito specials, and d...
05 May, 2026, 08.36 PM IST
AI meets jugaad as Alibaba's Qwen 2.5 pips DeepSeek in model battleChina's frugal AI innovation is yielding cost-effective models like Alibaba's Qwen 2.5, rivaling top-tier models with less compute. Using M...
30 Jan, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Over 65 lakh students failed class 10, 12 exams in 2023; higher failure rate in state boards: MoEOver 65 lakh students nationwide did not pass class 10 and 12 board exams last year, with state boards showing a higher failure rate than t...
21 Aug, 2024, 07.06 PM IST
Interim Budget 2024-25: School education gets record allocation of over Rs 73,000 croreIn the record-high allocation for the Department of School Education and Literacy, the government has allocated over Rs 73,000 crore for sc...
01 Feb, 2024, 07.24 PM IST
Why government should not have interfere in running of the IIMsIndia must learn from Singapore and China. Both have built excellent educational institutions by providing funds on a no-questions-asked ba...
31 Aug, 2023, 11.24 PM IST
IIT Kanpur to declare GATE 2023 results on March 16Candidates can access the answer keys by logging into their accounts. Candidate Responses will be accessible through login, the institute s...
15 Mar, 2023, 11.52 AM IST
Govt asks all states, UTs to make 6 years minimum age for Class 1 admission"The policy thus promotes seamless learning and development of children from pre-school to class 2. This can only be done by ensuring acces...
22 Feb, 2023, 04.49 PM IST
Over 200 students, teachers participating in PM Modi's 'Pariksha pe Charcha' event to witness R-Day paradeAccording to an MoE official, 200 students, including the winners of the Kala Utsav competition, and teachers scheduled to attend the Parik...
27 Jan, 2023, 05.07 PM IST
MoE to launch bachelor degree programme for Agniveers, grant 50% credits for in-service trainingThe Centre on Tuesday unveiled a "transformative" scheme called 'Agnipath' for the recruitment of soldiers in the Army, the Navy and the Ai...
16 Jun, 2022, 11.13 AM IST
NGSL to explore business opportunities in renewable sector in AfricaThe MoE was signed during the visit of a 20-member high-level delegation from LREB, Kenya. During the visit, a tripartite MoE was signed be...
29 Apr, 2022, 05.25 PM IST
MoE appeals to Indian students stranded in Ukraine to follow guidelines issued by MEA, embassyAbout 16,000 Indians, mostly students, are stranded in Ukraine as Russia's invasion of the east European country entered its third day on S...
26 Feb, 2022, 02.05 PM IST
Santishree Pandit appointed JNU VCSantishree Dhulipudi Pandit, who is currently the Vice Chancellor of Savitribai Phule University, has been appointed as the VC of Jawaharla...
07 Feb, 2022, 01.12 PM IST
President approves appointment of vice chancellors to 12 varsitiesCentral university of South Bihar (Gaya), Manipur university, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), North-Eastern Hill University ...
23 Jul, 2021, 03.21 PM IST
15th FC calls for tech education in regional languagesThe report observes that the pandemic has clearly brought to the fore ‘the issue of access and the rural-urban divide in higher education’ ...
03 Feb, 2021, 06.24 AM IST
Common test for admission to central universities from 2021In a move intended to end the tyranny of cut-off marks based on Class XII Board exams for college admissions, the government has set up a s...
26 Dec, 2020, 10.06 AM IST
IIM Calcutta faculty write to ministry over concerns regarding instituteThe student-teacher ratio at IIM Calcutta has worsened significantly over the last two years. IIMC now has 20-30 full-time faculty members ...
06 Dec, 2020, 10.02 AM IST