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Another churn in education ministry, higher education secretary replaced 17 days after appointment

Deepti Gaur Mukherjee replaces Naresh Pal Gangwar, who was appointed the secy on 23 July at the peak of the anti-paper leak protests by students at the Capital’s Jantar Mantar.

Why are Jharkhand students protesting JSSC-CGL? The paper leak allegations and court battle explained

From allegations of cheating, paper leak & cancellation of exams, a CID probe and court battles, the JSSC-CGL exam has become the centre of a wider student agitation in Jharkhand.

A fight for autonomy: Why faculty, staff oppose Bill to control 95-yr-old Indian Statistical Institute

Critics say Bill tinkers with basic structure that governs the P.C. Mahalanobis-founded institute by concentrating all powers in proposed Board of Governors to be set up by Centre.

Minority student enrolment in schools has risen in past 5 years, but govt has no religion-wise data

Unified District Information System for Education Plus records Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Parsi and Jain communities as a single aggregate, says Kiren Rijiju.

Why Tamil Nadu’s ruling TVK wants education back from Concurrent to State List amid NEET row

The TVK doesn’t just want education in the State List—to grant states full authority over education policy including medical education—but it also wants the NEET abolished.

Amid talks with CJP, govt rules out Pradhan’s exit as ‘resignation would mean running away’

During two-hour meeting with Union Ministers Nadda and Singh, representatives of CJP told the govt they would not back down from their demand for Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation.

Discussed clause-by-clause, now put on ‘backburner’. House panel defers Viksit Bharat Shiksha Bill meet

TMC MP Sagarika Ghose called move ‘unprecedented’ and submitted a dissent note listing 5 objections with Bill that proposes a sweeping overhaul of higher education governance.

Ray of hope for IIT student seeking transfer on mental health grounds, SC asks Roorkee to save a seat

Bench led by Justice Nagarathna directs AIIMS Delhi to medically assess the student suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder. Assessment is required under transfer policy.

Govt panel seeks NEP-aligned adolescent education on POCSO, consent, child marriage in schools, colleges

The committee, set up in June last year on a Supreme Court order, has recommended introduction of the curriculum from Class 6 onwards through a graded approach.

AIIMS degree without the experience: In Madurai, 1st MBBS batch nears graduation out of temporary campus

As new batch prepares to join, students from earlier batches are still grappling with makeshift arrangements & low clinical exposure, with AIIMS Madurai’s permanent home nowhere near ready.

On Camera

Kite-flying can be made safer for birds. Just banning manja isn’t enough

For a long time, we fought hunting to protect birds. Now, we need to tackle manja through a social behaviour change campaign.

All aboard the ‘Reform Express’: PM Modi’s 2047 ride runs on seven tracks

'Reform from conviction, not compulsion', says PM, linking India’s 2047 ambitions to reforms across manufacturing, technology, defence, infrastructure, green growth and soft power.

Navy officer, who entered burning LPG tanker repeatedly to recover missing crew, awarded Shaurya Chakra

Lieutenant Commander Shivam Kumar was serving onboard INS Trikand when it was directed to assist Cameroon-flagged LPG tanker, while transiting through Houthi attack zone on 18 October, 2025.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman