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  • Which new, hallowed sector has Bengal corruption clawed? March 26, 2023 11:18 AM IST

    Which new, hallowed sector has Bengal corruption clawed?

    Much of the credit for exposing this corruption of the Mamata Banerjee-led government goes to Abhijit Gangopadhyay, a Calcutta High Court judge who pursued the matter with zeal and courage.

  • Ronnie Screwvala: “The younger generation is impatient. Nobody wants to go to a theatre for three to four hours” March 25, 2023 04:42 PM IST

    Ronnie Screwvala: “The younger generation is impatient. Nobody wants to go to a theatre for three to four hours”

    The film-maker turned entrepreneur on the future of Edtech, his investment philosophy and how cinema has changed

  • IIT-KGP tops in Civil Engg, Agri & Forestry in QS Rankings March 24, 2023 03:28 PM IST

    IIT-KGP tops in Civil Engg, Agri & Forestry in QS Rankings

    The Engineering and Technology discipline at IIT-Kharagpur ranked fourth in the country, and ranked 82nd globally.

  • Moratorium on opening new engineering, technical colleges to be lifted from 2023 academic session: AICTE March 23, 2023 09:05 PM IST

    Moratorium on opening new engineering, technical colleges to be lifted from 2023 academic session: AICTE

    The technical education regulator had imposed a two-year ban from the academic year 2020-21 on opening of new engineering institutes due to a declining number of admissions in the course.

  • Canada Immigration Racket: Fake college offer letters that destroyed PR dreams March 23, 2023 05:10 PM IST

    Canada Immigration Racket: Fake college offer letters that destroyed PR dreams

    A narrative is building up in the West against unchecked immigration. This, in turn, will intensify scrutiny of PR claims even as student migration increases. Indian students must be careful not to fall for dubious agencies promising them college admissions and related services

  • India has 45,000 open jobs in Artificial Intelligence: TeamLease March 21, 2023 07:42 PM IST

    India has 45,000 open jobs in Artificial Intelligence: TeamLease

    The company said while the expected salaries for freshers in data engineering roles in India is up to Rs 14 lakh per annum, ML engineers at the same level earn up to Rs 10 lakh.

  • CBI files fresh FIR over irregularities in teachers' recruitment in Bengal schools March 19, 2023 08:38 PM IST

    CBI files fresh FIR over irregularities in teachers' recruitment in Bengal schools

    The case pertains to alleged irregularities in the process of appointing 16,500 primary teachers initiated by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) on November 23, 2020.

  • CBSE schools offering primary education to implement National Curriculum Framework March 19, 2023 08:42 PM IST

    CBSE schools offering primary education to implement National Curriculum Framework

    The new framework -- the National Curriculum Framework for Foundation Stage (NCFFS) -- has been developed by the NCERT on lines of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 for students aged three to eight years.

  • CFA revised exam cuts study time, stresses practical skills March 18, 2023 11:00 AM IST

    CFA revised exam cuts study time, stresses practical skills

    Starting in 2024, Level I candidates can pick between Python, a programming language, or financial modeling. Level II will offer advanced Python or analyst skills

  • Most children in India do not have access to quality education: AAP leader Atishi March 17, 2023 01:21 PM IST

    Most children in India do not have access to quality education: AAP leader Atishi

    Speaking at the India Today TV conclave here, Atishi said even as leaders talk about a growing Indian economy, there are "worrying points" that global indices throw at us.

  • Taliban in Afghanistan: Banned from school, Afghan girls turn to madrassas March 16, 2023 12:23 PM IST

    Taliban in Afghanistan: Banned from school, Afghan girls turn to madrassas

    In a madrassa in the Afghan capital, rows of teenage girls rock back and forth reciting verses of the Koran under the watchful eye of a religious scholar. The number of Islamic schools has grown across Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, with teenage girls increasingly attending classes after they were banned from secondary schools.

  • Trial turning school kids 'zombie-like' draws outcry in Indonesia March 15, 2023 04:19 PM IST

    Trial turning school kids 'zombie-like' draws outcry in Indonesia

    The pilot project in the capital of Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province has twelfth-graders at 10 high schools starting classes at 5:30 am.

  • GrayQuest announces Series A equity funding round of Rs 56 crore March 09, 2023 08:06 PM IST

    GrayQuest announces Series A equity funding round of Rs 56 crore

    The funding round was led by Pravega Ventures, with the participation of leading family investors such as the Weizmann Group, the Telama Family Office, and Apurva Parekh from the Pidilite Family Office.

  • IIM Udaipur MBA graduates get average 14% jump in CTC, highest Rs 36 lakh: Report March 10, 2023 08:51 PM IST

    IIM Udaipur MBA graduates get average 14% jump in CTC, highest Rs 36 lakh: Report

    According to the institute, the pre-placement offers through summer internships jumped by 30 percent.

  • India, Australia agree on education qualification recognition mechanism March 09, 2023 01:48 PM IST

    India, Australia agree on education qualification recognition mechanism

    Anthony Albanese made the announcement at a program where it was officially announced that Australia's Deakin University would set up an international branch campus at GIFT City in Gujarat's Gandhinagar.

  • Foreign universities in India: What difference can they make? March 09, 2023 08:49 AM IST

    Foreign universities in India: What difference can they make?

    In a way, it is a tacit admission that the existing Indian universities are not world-class and may continue to remain so. Hence, to meet world standards, India is importing foreign universities, without making much effort to raise the standards of the existing Indian universities to the world level

  • Women face multiple challenges and need to be more educated than men about climate change: W20 delegate March 08, 2023 11:29 AM IST

    Women face multiple challenges and need to be more educated than men about climate change: W20 delegate

    Recently, an inception meeting of W20 (G20) was held in Aurangabad city of Maharashtra, which was attended by delegates from various countries.

  • US to fast-track processing of work permits for STEM students March 07, 2023 12:10 PM IST

    US to fast-track processing of work permits for STEM students

    Students with a pending Form 1-765, Application for Employment Authorization, and wish to request a premium processing upgrade can now do so, as per an official release. An online filing of Form 1-907, Request for Premium Processing Service, is now also available to certain F-1 students

  • Education, healthcare shouldn't be used for making profit: Ashok Gehlot on protest against Right to Health Bill March 04, 2023 02:30 PM IST

    Education, healthcare shouldn't be used for making profit: Ashok Gehlot on protest against Right to Health Bill

    The Rajasthan Right to Health Bill seeks to give residents of Rajasthan the right to avail free healthcare services from hospitals, clinics and laboratories. This will include private establishments as well.

  • Akash Ambani lists 5G benefits from healthcare to education and smart cities February 28, 2023 02:48 PM IST

    Akash Ambani lists 5G benefits from healthcare to education and smart cities

    5G ambulances will not just allow remote consultation, but would also be able to transit data and video to hospitals in real time, saving precious time for critical patients.

  • Duolingo launches literacy app for kids 'Duolingo ABC' in India February 28, 2023 11:54 AM IST

    Duolingo launches literacy app for kids 'Duolingo ABC' in India

    The free Duolingo ABC app is available for download to users from the Google Play Store and App Store in India.

  • Australia's Deakin University to be first foreign varsity to set up campus in India: Report February 27, 2023 06:11 PM IST

    Australia's Deakin University to be first foreign varsity to set up campus in India: Report

    Deakin's Indian campus will be located in Gujarat's GIFT City, the report said, adding that an official announcement is likely to be made on March 8.

  • Why the demographic dividend may slip out of our hands February 27, 2023 08:41 AM IST

    Why the demographic dividend may slip out of our hands

    A study has found that only 42 per cent of the children sampled can meet the overall proficiency levels and even fewer, 37 per cent, are able to meet the overall level of proficiency in mathematics

  • Old education system 'rogue' as students had to 'read, write, vomit' says Union MoS for Education Subhas Sarkar February 26, 2023 07:52 AM IST

    Old education system 'rogue' as students had to 'read, write, vomit' says Union MoS for Education Subhas Sarkar

    Sarkar said he does not agree with people who allege that attempts were being made to "saffronise education".

  • Remembering Jamsetji Tata on his 184th birth anniversary March 03, 2023 01:02 PM IST

    Remembering Jamsetji Tata on his 184th birth anniversary

    Born on March 3, 1839, in “one of the tiny bylanes in Dasturwad (in Navsari, Gujarat)”, Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, was at once a visionary and a builder, a rare combination.