Meet Kerala’s Pranav S, recipient of Australian National University’s FRT programme

Meet Kerala’s Pranav S, recipient of Australian National University’s FRT programme

“I had a dream to visit a foreign country for higher education, but I did not think that the opportunity would come this early,” said Pranav S, a native of Kerala’s Kollam, and one of the shortlisted students for the Future Research Talent (FRT) programme. The programme is jointly awarded by the Australian National University […]

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US student visas for Indians lowest since Covid in March-May

US student visas for Indians lowest since Covid in March-May

The US student visa season is off to a slow start for Indians, with the number of F-1 visas issued from March to May falling to the lowest level for these months since the pandemic, recording a 27% drop compared to the corresponding period last year, according to the latest available data from the US […]

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Class 3 learning still lower than pre-Covid level: Govt survey

Class 3 learning still lower than pre-Covid level: Govt survey

Learning levels are yet to bounce back to pre-Covid levels in the primary stage, with students in Class 3 still not having caught up with the performance recorded in 2017, the Centre’s latest school education assessment released Monday shows. Class 3 students assessed in language and Mathematics fared better compared to 2021, when learning levels […]

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Chandigarh, Punjab, Delhi toppers in Centre’s PGI school education report; Meghalaya ranks at bottom

Chandigarh, Punjab, Delhi toppers in Centre’s PGI school education report; Meghalaya ranks at bottom

Chandigarh, Punjab, and Delhi were the top three performers in the Ministry of Education’s latest assessment of school education indicators, the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2.0 report for 2023-24, which was released Wednesday. The PGI was introduced in 2017, and the ministry revamped it as PGI 2.0 in 2021. It is an assessment of school […]

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QS rankings: IIT Delhi jumps 27 ranks, tops India list, is 123 globally

QS rankings: IIT Delhi jumps 27 ranks, tops India list, is 123 globally

For the first time in eight years, IIT Delhi emerged as the highest-ranked Indian institution in the QS World University Rankings 2026, trumping IIT Bombay, which had reigned supreme among the country’s institutions in six editions of these rankings over the past decade. Standing at 123 this year, IIT Delhi jumped 27 ranks compared to […]

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JoSAA Counselling 2025 Application: Registration and choice filling ends today

JoSAA Counselling 2025 Application: Registration and choice filling ends today

The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) registration and choice filling window for candidates who passed the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2025 and JEE Advanced 2025 will close today, June 12. Candidates yet to enroll in JoSAA counselling on the official website – josaa.nic.in, must choose the academic programmes they are willing to join and […]

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Protesting faculty get relief & promotion after they apologise, withdraw JNU case

Protesting faculty get relief & promotion after they apologise, withdraw JNU case

SEVEN years after 45 faculty members took Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to court over its disciplinary action against them for joining a one-day strike, at least seven have, in the past seven months, quietly withdrawn from the legal challenge and issued “unconditional” apologies. Even as their cases take their course in Delhi High Court — […]

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ICAI announces CA September 2025 timetable; CA Foundation, Inter, Final exam timings here

ICAI announces CA September 2025 timetable; CA Foundation, Inter, Final exam timings here

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has released the timetable for the upcoming Chartered Accountants (CA) exams in September 2025. The detailed timetable includes the schedule of exams in Final, Intermediate (Inter), and Foundation courses. The group 1 of the CA final exams will be held on September 3, 6 and 8, and […]

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Delhi CM Gupta felicitates CBSE toppers of govt schools, distributes tablets

Delhi CM Gupta felicitates CBSE toppers of govt schools, distributes tablets

Chief Minister Rekha Gupta felicitated the toppers of CBSE Class 10 and 12 examinations at an event held at Rajkiya Pratibha Bal Vikas Vidyalaya here on Friday and reiterated her government’s commitment to make the government schools in Delhi the “first choice” for parents. The chief minister honoured 87 students — 16 from Class 10 […]

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Delhi University approves MA in Hindi journalism, course to begin in 2025-26

Delhi University approves MA in Hindi journalism, course to begin in 2025-26

On the occasion of Hindi Journalism Day, the Delhi University‘s Standing Committee on Academic Matters approved the introduction of a master’s programme in journalism in Hindi medium, which is set to commence in the 2025-26 academic session, according to the panel members. Celebrated annually on May 30, Hindi Journalism Day marks the publication of “Udant […]

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