Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off the Chennai-Mysuru Vande Bharat Express at Kranthiveera Sangolli Rayanna (KSR) Railway Station in Bengaluru. This is the fifth Vande Bharat Express in the country and the first such train in south India. “It will enhance connectivity between the industrial hub of Chennai and the Tech and … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the validity of the Employees Pension (Amendment) Scheme of 2014 but quashed the threshold limit of Rs 15,000 monthly salary for joining the pension fund. The 2014 amendment had capped the maximum pensionable salary (basic pay plus dearness allowance) at Rs 15,000 per month. Prior to the amendment, … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court passed its verdict on the validity of the central law for 10% reservation benefits to economically weaker sections (EWS), on Monday. The matter was heard by a 5-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi, and JB. The Supreme Court is pronouncing … Read more
New Delhi: Jailed conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar has written another letter to Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena requesting a CBI probe against Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and repeating the allegations that have been roundly denied by the party. The “pressure is getting too much and any undue event may take place before the truth … Read more
New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) increased its position in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 and was the only Indian university in the top 300 list, even though several IITs boycotted it for the third year in a row, raising concerns about its parameters and transparency, news agency PTI reported. In … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday released textbooks in Hindi of three subjects for MBBS students as part of an ambitious project of the Madhya Pradesh government to impart medical education in the Hindi language. Terming it an important day in history, Shah said Madhya Pradesh has become the first state in the country … Read more
Gujarat: Nine members of the board of trustees of the Gujarat Vidyapith on Monday said they have resigned in protest against the appointment of state Governor Acharya Devvrat as the new chancellor of the deemed university set up by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920 and claimed “undue haste” and “political pressure” in the selection. However, the apex … Read more
A team of professors from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) has developed a breath-based cancer detector (BLO Detector), which works on the principles of colorimetry. The team includes Prof. Indranil Lahiri, Prof. Partha Roy, Prof. Debrupa Lahiri, and researchers in their groups, the institute said in a statement. The institute has also … Read more
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has warned that it does not recognise online PhD programs provided by EdTech companies in collaboration with international educational institutions. The UGC also stated that in order to award PhD degrees to students, all higher education institutions must adhere to UGC regulations and its amendments. The UGC notice in a newspaper … Read more
Mumbai: Bollywood actors Siddharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani have reportedly been dating each other for quite some time now and rumours of their marriage have taken the internet by storm. Although neither of them has confessed about their relationship openly, but they have been frequently papped together at numerous places in Mumbai. During an interview with India … Read more
Washington: Economic sanctions, the primary means the United States has used for years to try to exert pressure on North Korea, have abjectly failed to halt its nuclear and missile programs or to bring the reclusive northeast Asian state back to the negotiating table. Instead, North Korea’s ballistic missile program has become stronger and it has … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today acquitted three convicts who were awarded the death penalty by a Delhi court after being held guilty of raping and killing a 19-year-old woman in Delhi’s Chhawala area in 2012. The victim’s mutilated body was found in a field, with multiple injuries due to assault with objects ranging from car … Read more
New Delhi: “We have not just lost the battle but also the will to live,” said the mother of Chhawla gangrape victim as she broke down following the Supreme Court’s decision on Monday to acquit all the three accused. The victim’s father said the apex court has “let them down” and they have lost faith in … Read more
Three Global academic non-profits — Educational Testing Services (ETS), American Institutes for Research (AIR), and the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) —have expressed curiosity in serving to arrange India’s first nationwide school-level examination and evaluation regulator, based on sources. While ETS is internationally recognized for conducting TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) … Read more
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has introduced the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) for the foundational period of children aged three to eight, the first time it has been developed for this level. The NCF will enroll children aged three in formal schooling, as outlined in the National Education Policy-2020 (NEP). The first of four NCFs … Read more