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Army law institute students allege sexism & ‘arbitrary’ decisions, indefinite protest on

From arbitrary code of conduct and admin high-handedness to quality of faculty, over 300 Army Institute of Law students are protesting a number of issues.

Journalist, teacher or banker? CBSE to help class 11, 12 students shortlist career options

CBSE says the test is voluntary and its purpose is to only assess students’ strengths, not to pass or fail them.

JNU Students’ Union office gets eviction notice — after no official recognition for 2 yrs

Calling the decision undemocratic, JNUSU members have organised a protest demonstration, plan to publicly burn eviction notice.

Indian institutions such as IITs, IISc will soon make it to top 100: QS Rankings India head

In the QS global rankings 2020, three Indian institutes — IIT-Bombay, IIT-Delhi and IISc-Bangalore — found place among the top 200.

No exams for children aged 3-6 years, say Modi govt’s new guidelines for pre-schools

New NCERT guidelines say the assessment for children in pre-school should be based on progress and not on ‘pass’ or ‘fail’.

HRD ministry ropes in IITs & IIMs to help accredit higher education institutes by 2022

The IITs and IIMs will aid existing bodies such as the NBA and NAAC in assessing over 30,000 higher education institutes.

Kendriya Vidyalaya students could soon be wearing Khadi uniforms

The central govt body that manages Kendriya Vidyalayas is planning to change the uniform and Khadi is under consideration to replace the current fabric.

UGC plans new way to evaluate students — through poster-making, quizzes & essays

UGC hopes the new evaluation method will wean college students away from rote learning and help develop critical abilities.

UGC prescribes skill-sets for students, now a psychology graduate must understand marriage

UGC lists learning outcomes for various subjects, wants institutions to formulate syllabus accordingly. Revised syllabus likely to be in place from 2020-21.

China restricts English-MBBS courses to 45 colleges after record Indian student enrollment

China’s education ministry authorised only 45 out of 200 medical colleges to teach foreign students MBBS in English.

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Defence, tech, education—Modi’s visit will boost India-UK ties

Given the immediate challenges on India’s borders, cooperation in the defence sector with partners such as the UK has achieved greater importance.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.