8th Pay Commission for defence employees: Rs 69,000 minimum pay and massive cadre restructuring; what defence employee body wants from 8th CPCThe All India Defence Employees Federation (AIDEF) has submitted a memorandum to the 8th Pay Commission, demanding a Rs 69,000 minimum pay ...
08 May, 2026, 01.59 PM IST
NITI Aayog proposes measures to enhance quality of schools in India; puts larger onus on statesIn its report on ‘School Education System in India: Temporal Analysis and Policy Roadmap for Quality Enhancement’, the Aayog has mooted 13 ...
07 May, 2026, 02.25 PM IST
8th Pay Commission for central government teachers: Rs 50,000 minimum pay for Level 1 employee, up to 3.83 fitment factor; what employee body wants from 8th CPCThe employee body representing central government teachers from Union Territories is seeking significant pay hikes in their salaries in the...
27 Apr, 2026, 11.23 AM IST
'My first layoff in life': Why a young woman felt a bit of relief after getting laid off? - 'Perhaps this is a turning point'A young professional lost her job at a global corporation. The company restructured, moving operations to lower-cost regions. This sudden c...
23 Apr, 2026, 05.51 PM IST
Trump's Iran war widens rift with European nationalists once viewed as MAGA alliesDonald Trump’s push to strengthen ties with Europe’s far right has hit setbacks, as many leaders criticise his handling of the Iran war, st...
09 Apr, 2026, 10.26 AM IST
Congress says higher education Bill violative of federal structure, raises 7 'serious concerns'The Congress party has raised significant objections to the proposed Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill. They claim the bill infringes u...
19 Mar, 2026, 01.30 PM IST
Trump axes Education Department — what it means for your student loans nowEducation Department student loans: The Trump administration is dismantling the US Education Department, shifting billions in K-12 and high...
19 Nov, 2025, 06.08 PM IST
Big blow to Trump as judge blocks explosive move to axe Education Department — mass firings paused, legal battle looms, here’s what’s nextPresident Trump’s plan to dismantle the Department of Education has been blocked by a federal judge, who ruled that the administration cann...
22 May, 2025, 11.09 PM IST
Will Donald Trump's executive order make student loans disappear? The truth behind his Education Department shutdownIn a major move, President Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, transferring educational control to st...
21 Mar, 2025, 07.25 PM IST
Department of Education in the US to be history, Donald Trump expected to sign executive order to shutter the federal agencyThe Department of Education may cease to exist after a point, as President Trump prepares to sign an executive order to shut down this all-...
06 Mar, 2025, 07.54 PM IST
What will happen to student loans if Donald Trump shuts down Department of Education? Will the debt be erased?Trump’s push to abolish the Department of Education remains a political challenge. Here’s what is expected to happen to federal student loa...
16 Feb, 2025, 12.48 AM IST
Deep cuts unlike any in recent times: Will Department of Education be history in the U.S? Vivek Ramaswamy has this to sayVivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk are plotting a bold and historic overhaul of the U.S. federal government. Spearheading a dramatic efficiency ...
18 Nov, 2024, 06.44 PM IST
Punjab govt to recruit 50,000 people till March 31; Cabinet gives nod to restructuring 10 deptsKickstarting the process of recruitment to 50,000 government posts during the current fiscal, the Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday approved rest...
30 Dec, 2020, 08.34 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh cabinet discusses restructuring of departmentsThe Uttar Pradesh government is contemplating reducing the number of departments from around 100 to 57.
02 Jul, 2019, 06.09 PM IST
Restructured education loans not to be treated as NPAs: RBIThe RBI's response was on a clarification sought by the IBA whether the education loans with extended repayment period be treated as restru...
22 Jan, 2017, 02.08 PM IST
Raghuram Rajan rejigs RBI operations, creates 4 clustersA key element of RBI's restructuring has been the separation of supervision and regulatory functions. It also involves the merging of some ...
22 Oct, 2014, 01.08 PM IST
Number of centrally-sponsored schemes needs to be slashedWhy couldn't the number of CSSs have been restricted to those 17 flagships instead of expanding to 66? And why did the new government have ...
08 Aug, 2014, 04.55 AM IST