UP tragedy: Class 10 student, 15-year-old, dies by suicide over her CBSE Maths paper performanceA 15-year-old Class 10 student in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, allegedly died by suicide on Friday evening following severe mental distress over ...
21 Feb, 2026, 01.35 PM IST
'₹80K salary, zero basics': Bihar teacher fails to solve basic math problem. Video goes viralA viral video showed a Bihar government school teacher unable to solve basic math. This incident sparked concerns about public education st...
27 Sep, 2025, 06.48 PM IST
Dad baffled by 10-year-old son’s math homework question. But the kid outsmarts it, winning the internetA U.S. father was baffled by his 10-year-old son's math homework and turned to Reddit for help. The problem’s multiple-choice answers didn’...
03 Jun, 2025, 05.18 PM IST
Founder claims H-1B visa holders can't even solve 5(x)+2=12, sparks online debateLauren Balik, an American founder, faces accusations of dishonesty. She claimed most job applicants struggle with basic algebra. Balik spec...
14 Apr, 2025, 01.35 PM IST
To kill or not to kill? The interview question that can land you a Rs 4 crore per annum job at this investment bank!A field. 100 murderers. One bullet. This thought experiment isn’t just a puzzle—it’s the kind of challenging question IB titan BlackRock us...
02 Jan, 2025, 09.38 PM IST
Exams around the world: From flexible formats in the US & UK to high-stakes, single-window exams in China & South KoreaAmid the NEET controversy, ET explores global post-school entrance exams. The US & UK favor flexible SAT-style tests, while China & South K...
05 Jul, 2024, 02.36 PM IST
Not a setback to BJP, says Karnataka CM after prominent seer's call to stop raking up issue of Uri Gowda, Nanje GowdaA section of people in the old Mysuru belt and some ruling BJP leaders have claimed that erstwhile Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan did not die fig...
21 Mar, 2023, 03.13 PM IST
"Did not eat meat the day I visited temple": Siddaramaiah amid raging controversy"Is eating meat an issue? (What one eats) is a personal food habit. I eat both meat and vegetarian food, it is my habit. Some don't eat mea...
23 Aug, 2022, 05.08 PM IST
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai rules out constituting new textbook review panelChakrateertha has been facing severe backlash from various quarters for his tweets put out in 2016 in which he had allegedly mocked the 'Na...
04 Jun, 2022, 07.00 PM IST
Maths, physics not a must for engineering: AICTEAs of now, Class XII-level maths and physics subjects are compulsory for admissions to undergraduate programmes in engineering and technolo...
12 Mar, 2021, 10.21 AM IST
No switch in instruction medium from English to regional languages with NEP ’20: HRDBoth the National Education Policy (NEP) and Right to Education Act have made it desirable without making it mandatory, as was the case wit...
31 Jul, 2020, 08.58 AM IST
Don’t interfere in rituals if you don’t understand them: SC to Odisha governmentThe court directed the state government to refrain from continuing the demolition drive without consulting spiritual leaders such as the Pu...
04 Oct, 2019, 06.59 AM IST
Tax filing falls 1% in FY19,indicating overall slowdown:ReportCiting official data, a report by brokerage Kotak Securities said Wednesday that only 66.8 million returns were filed in FY19.
01 May, 2019, 10.26 PM IST
A year after, another Bihar topper caught on wrong footGanesh Kumar, who topped Class XII boards in humanities stream, stumbled over queries posed by the media on music, in which he scored 65 ou...
01 Jun, 2017, 07.06 PM IST
Maharashtra's move to de-recognise madrasas faces heat from Muslim leadersMaharashtra’s minority affairs minister Eknath Khadse justified the state government’s decision.
03 Jul, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
- Now, IIT-JEE examines can see answer books
Organizers of the IIT-JEE have announced that candidates appearing in the test this year will be able to see their marked answer books on t...
28 Mar, 2011, 09.24 AM IST
- Sibal apologises to Anand over citizenship controversy
Coinciding with the International Conference on Maths, the University of Hyderabad was planning to honour Anand with an honorary doctorate ...
24 Aug, 2010, 03.41 PM IST