New Delhi: A new purported video of jailed Delhi minister Satyendar Jain having an elaborate meal inside Tihar has emerged, just a day after footage of the minister receiving an oil massage inside his jail cell trigged an uproar. The latest CCTV footage sourced from Tihar jail sources shows Jain getting an elaborate meal in … Read more
Professor TG Sitharam, Director of the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) has been appointed as the new Chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The Ministry of Education has approved the appointment of Professor Sitharam as the new AICTE Chairman for a period of three years. Professor Sitharam will take … Read more
New Delhi: Dr. Pratibha Singh founder of NEOCHANGE, an experiential therapy center organized a distinctive art fashion show, on 5th November 2022 in Panipat. The artwork was an analysis of the mental health situation of various people across the globe. The paintings vividly depicted the emotions and thoughts of the human mind. The event aimed … Read more
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras researchers and Tamil Nadu’s Department of School Education have partnered to improve the digital learning experience of school students by improvising and updating the existing digital learning platform to an assessment-focused learning management system. IIT Madras researchers will use their Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data science expertise to … Read more
The Delhi High Court has said provisions of the Delhi School Education Rules which state a school cannot charge a fine in excess of five paise a day for late payment of fees, does not apply to private unaided schools here. A bench of justices Vibhu Bakhru and Amit Mahajan issued the ruling on a … Read more
Amazon Web Services Inc, an Amazon.com company, on Friday announced in a press release that the University of Delhi is using AWS to enable the adoption of Samarth eGov- the open source, secure, scalable, and robust process automation e-governance platform across India’s universities and higher education institutions (HEIs). According to the release, Samarth eGov suite … Read more
Kazakhstan will ensure the care and safety of Russians fleeing a “hopeless situation,” the president of the Central Asian country said on Tuesday, as Russian men fled the Ukraine military call-up. “Recently we’ve had many people from Russia coming here,” Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was quoted as saying by his press service. “Most of them are forced … Read more
The Supreme Court today slammed the use of the “two-finger test” in cases of rape and sexual assault and asked the centre to ensure the practice is stopped. The practice has no scientific basis to ascertain the sexual history of women, and it instead re-traumatizes them, the Supreme Court said as it ruled that any … Read more
New Delhi: Sonu Sood is known for his philanthropic activities. He is a real saviour to many people who survived during the second phase of the Covid-19 pandemic. And this time, he is providing free coaching to numerous aspirants who can’t afford to enrol themselves with the expensive coaching centres. After the success of the scholarship … Read more
Indian higher educational institutions (HEIs) must follow University Grants Commission’s (UGC) latest regulations for twinning and dual degree programs with foreign universities, the Commission has ruled. Currently, 230 Indian and 1,256 foreign HEIs are eligible to offer twinning, joint degree, and dual degree programs, as per the new regulations. Under the twinning program, Indian HEI … Read more
New Delhi: Following the suggestions listed within the National Education Policy 2020, the University Grants Commission (UGC) is streamlining the method through which colleges receive autonomous standing. UGC chairperson Prof M Jagadesh Kumar stated the Commission has accepted draft laws in this regard which might be made public for stakeholder suggestions by Tuesday. The proposed modifications … Read more
New Delhi: Over 100 universities across all the states and Union Territories have been identified where relevant course modules on logistics can be incorporated into regular curriculums, an official said. The move is aimed at creating sufficient courses and programs on logistics and supply chain management at graduate and post-graduate levels, the official added. At present, … Read more
New Delhi: Education would be one of the sectors benefiting in a big way from the rollout of 5G technology in the country, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Saturday. The launch of 5G telecom services would help in the implementation of ‘digital university’ being envisioned by the Ministry of Education, he said. “Education will … 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
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