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Monsoon Session: MSME, FCRA, tax reforms on govt's house agendaParliament will consider the Foreign Contribution Amendment Bill and Income-tax Amendment Bill. A major MSME reform package will also be in...
Bill to prevent insults to Vande Mataram, amend FCRA Act listed for Parliament's Monsoon sessionSeveral significant bills are slated for introduction during the Lok Sabha Monsoon session. The Vande Mataram national song will receive st...
Higher education bill may not improve autonomy of HEIs, treats courses inconsistently: Think tankA legislative think tank analysis suggests the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025, may not significantly improve higher education ...
Congress terms VBSA 'Very Bad Shiksha Act', asks Naidu to have courage to oppose itIn an assertive stance, the Congress party has condemned the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, calling it a disturbing constitutional ...
Zostel hits Oyo IPO filings; PhonePe’s new CTOZostel asked Sebi to review Oyo’s IPO filings, escalating their dispute over the Zo Rooms acquisition. This and more in today's ETtech Top ...
22.7 lakh students appear for NEET re-test amid AI, CCTV and biometric vigilThe National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the NEET-UG re-examination on Sunday for 22.7 lakh candidates at 5,440 centres in India and 14 ...
Trump shifts higher education fight from campus probes to federal rulebookThe Trump administration is changing its approach to higher education. Instead of targeting individual campuses, new federal rules are bein...
Jefferies initiates coverage on Poonawalla Fincorp with Buy rating. Why are analysts bullish?Jefferies has initiated coverage on Poonawalla Fincorp with a Buy rating and a target price of Rs 490. The brokerage sees strong growth pot...
Ensure medical seat matrix & counselling stay undisturbed, House Panel tells govtSenior officials of the education ministry, led by higher education secretary Vineet Joshi, along with NTA director general Abhishek Singh ...
SC seeks Centre, NCERT's response on plea against CBSE's 3-language rule for Class 9 studentsThe Supreme Court will review a plea challenging the CBSE's new policy for Class 9 students. This policy mandates studying three languages,...
Welcome to Trump’s America, where the visa dream is getting harder to keep alivePresident Trump's second term is tightening legal immigration pathways, including student visas and green card applications. New policies r...
For both the compulsive trader and careful investor: 25 stocks to watch if risk appetite returns; some with upside potential, some notIf the price of crude oil softens, Indian equities may again see a risk-on phase. Tariff concerns are no longer the central issue; the larg...
Who gets what in Vijay’s Tamil Nadu Cabinet as Congress, VCK, IUML join power tableTamil Nadu's political landscape has shifted with Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay forming a 35-member coalition ministry. This new government...
Tax cuts collide with inflation as voters weigh Trump's economy in the midtermsVoters in North Carolina face a tough economic choice. While tax cuts aim to boost incomes, rising prices for rent, food, and fuel are a ma...
Trump wants to make H-1B workers more expensive for US employersA Trump administration proposal would significantly increase H-1B visa minimum salaries, requiring entry-level software engineers in San Fr...
Northeast no longer defined by insurgency, isolation: Arunachal CM Pema KhanduArunachal Pradesh is transforming significantly. Once seen as isolated, the state is now a focus of national development. Chief Minister Pe...
Centre to overhaul higher education accreditation: Binary system to replace grading modelTo mark five years of NEP 2020, the Centre will unveil a new binary accreditation model for higher education—institutions will be classifie...
From new rooms to smart classrooms: JNU's management, engineering await big upgradesJawaharlal Nehru University's engineering and management schools will soon have dedicated academic buildings and hostels for the first time...
Deemed-to-be varsities to face overhaul againApart from government officials and university vice chancellors, this committee is learnt to have brought in former TCS chief executive off...
Budget 2019: Single regulator for higher education soonAttempts to get in a legislation for the same during the last stint of the government had failed owing to lack of political consensus.