Time to interpret RBI warning differently. 10 NBFC stocks from two very different segments with an upside potential of up to 43%It was probably the third time in the last nine months that, after its monetary policy meeting, the RBI had a word of caution for NBFCs. Ba...
11 Oct, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
A dark web of crime grows in Delhi's shadow: 28,000 cases and countingThe criminals from Nuh have victims in almost every state of India. Recent arrests of a few dozen criminals have led to the discovery of 28...
12 May, 2023, 09.52 PM IST
ASER 2022 report: Learning levels decline after pandemicThe ASER 2022 report, which surveyed 6.99 lakh children aged 3 to 16 across 616 rural districts, however, bears some good news. School-leve...
19 Jan, 2023, 12.20 AM IST
Post-pandemic disaster: Upper primary attendance in Jharkhand schools down to 58%, finds survey"The survey showed that underprivileged and tribal children were left abandoned by the Education Department. The schools were closed for tw...
19 Dec, 2022, 06.00 PM IST
India eased its COVID-19 disaster. Fears of complacency remain.Vaccinations are slowing down. As the temperature dips amid India’s most important festival season, people are crowding markets and hosting...
09 Nov, 2021, 11.55 PM IST
The pandemic pushed classes online. Ingenuity and innovation may have saved the day for students in rural IndiaSheer resourcefulness was on display as educators, edutech companies and social organisations scrambled to ensure millions of students in r...
30 Dec, 2020, 10.25 AM IST
India has 3 times more schools than China, but that’s not translating into better educationIndia has nearly 4 lakh schools, which have less than 50 students each and a maximum of 2 teachers.
30 Mar, 2019, 02.27 PM IST
The neglect of girl child keeps Delhi's backyard, Mewat, most backwardWhy is Mewat in Haryana the worst performing district in India? It is just 80 km from Delhi, but ranks below some of the known backward dis...
28 May, 2018, 10.42 AM IST
India improves student-classroom, pupil-teacher ratios: SurveyIndia has also improved quantitative indicators such as enrolment levels, completion rates and other physical infrastructure.
29 Jan, 2018, 04.26 PM IST
Bihar school education budget higher than national averageAmong the 10 states, Bihar spends 17.7 per cent of its total budget in school education and is only behind Maharashtra which spends 18 per ...
13 Jan, 2017, 07.22 PM IST
Assembly elections: Why it would be an uphill task for Congress & not for BJPFor the Congress, it would be an uphill task to retain either Assam or Kerala, and avoid being left with Karnataka as the lone major state ...
13 Mar, 2016, 08.04 AM IST
Jharkhand government goes online to seek suggestions for budget"We will start making visit to each commissionaries and seek people's suggestion before finalising the state budget," he said here.
30 Nov, 2015, 05.37 PM IST
Narendra Modi’s turf flops on education, healthDropout rates in schools are unacceptably high at 58 per cent compared to the national average of 49 per cent.
11 Mar, 2014, 11.16 AM IST
Political interference, administrative weakness ruined Jharkhand: Jairam RameshThe union minister said during implementation of schemes including MNREGA, he had noticed that ministers of state were interfering continuo...
27 Jan, 2013, 03.07 PM IST
- RTE Act will take 3 more years to show results: Sibal
Many hurdles have to be overcome for effective implementation of the Act as the states don't have the necessary "wherewithal and infrastruc...
28 Jun, 2011, 03.35 PM IST
- Success at a cost: The treats & travails of mid-day meal scheme
In Meghalaya, teachers of state-run schools waste three crucial hours daily in cooking and serving afternoon meals to students.
12 Jun, 2010, 05.04 AM IST
- Budget '06: Full text
Twenty months ago, when I presented the first Budget of the UPA Government, I asked Honourable Members - and the people of this country - t...
28 Feb, 2006, 01.29 PM IST