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NEET registrations on the rise, experts say Covid a factor but more seats the bigger reason

The National Testing Agency, which conducts NEET-UG, says 16.14 lakh students have registered for the exam this year — highest in the last five years.

UP schools to reopen for Classes 6-8 from 23 August, primary classes from 1 September

The state has already allowed physical classes in schools for students of grades 9 to 12 with strict Covid-19 protocol from 16 August.

No shot for kids yet, so states aim to vaccinate teachers, staff to help reopen schools

Punjab has vaccinated nearly 60% of teaching & non-teaching staff with at least one dose; Karnataka says vaccination for teachers & parents will be compulsory before schools reopen.

53% Indian parents willing to send kids back to school, up from 20% in June, survey finds

Percentage of parents who are hesitant to send their children to school declined from 76% in June to 44% in August, according to survey by LocalCircles.

JNUSU asks govt, university to give visa permissions to Afghan students to travel to India

In a letter to Vice-Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar and the education ministry, JNU Students Union highlighted plight of students from Afghanistan and asked them to expedite necessary visa permissions.

15 crore children, youths not part of India’s formal education system: Dharmendra Pradhan

Addressing a session on 'Job creation and entrepreneurship', Pradhan said 20% of India's population or roughly 25 crore people are still below the primary definition of literacy.

Only 8% of minority students attend schools for minority communities, NCPCR report says

NCPCR report, which analyses data from 23,487 minority schools across the country, says a little over 37% of total students in minority schools belong to these communities.

Here’s how you can be eligible for a PhD in India after a 1-year Master’s abroad

A one-year Master's degree from a foreign university is not valid in India & doesn't meet eligibility criteria for PhD but a 'credit mapping' report by AIU seeks to change that.

Only 8 states and UTs have re-opened or want to reopen schools, govt tells Parliament

Among the Union Territories, only Lakshwadeep and Puducherry have re-opened for all classes. The rest have only allowed lessons from Class 9 and above.

‘Accentuate’ vaccination for students & teachers to reopen schools, panel of MPs suggests

Panel notes that confinement of children in the house, being unable to attend school, has altered relationship between parent & children adversely. It has disturbed country's social fabric, resulting in early child marriages.

On Camera

How Modi’s call for self-reliance is different from Nehru’s

In his speech, Modi spoke about energy, critical minerals, electronics, defence and fertilisers. That is a more strategic approach than Nehru’s across-the-board one.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

India provides Nepal with military equipment, medical supplies; PM Oli likely to visit next month

New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?