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Byju’s denies coding platform WhiteHat Jr shutting down, says it’s ‘optimising it for growth’

Byju’s acquired WhiteHat Jr for $300 million in 2020. Reports had hinted that edtech giant was considering move to wind up the 'coding-for-kids' platform.

Indian students back in Ukraine master ‘war way of life’, sirens blare but class must go on

Many Indian medical students who fled from war-torn Ukraine later returned to complete their degrees. They are used to air raid sirens, but war anniversary fears grip them too.

Want to use science to standardise testing & scoring in India: CEO of body behind GRE, TOEFL

Educational Testing Service working with Indian govt to set up national assessment regulator PARAKH, which will set up norms for exams. CEO Amit Sevak says they will align to new NEP.

Crushed dreams, threats, marriage ‘for safety’ — what life is like for educated Afghan women

Far from a life filled with hopes of a bright future, Afghan women are getting trapped in domestic drudgery since Taliban enforced diktat quashing their rights to higher education.

‘It’s a waste’— Students who finished China MBBS online struggle with 2-yr internship, no stipend

Medical students who finished foreign degree online due to Covid restrictions claim new rule mandating 2 years of internship rather than 1 in India is hitting their career and finances.

Dalit student’s death at IIT-B ignites caste discrimination row. ‘First-yrs face most harassment’

Darshan Solanki's father says 18-yr-old had confided in relatives about students from ‘lower’ castes being harassed. Student group claims ‘institutional murder’, IIT-B denies charge.

Overworked doctors, stressed students: How delay in NEET schedule every year is exacting a cost

With 1st-year postgraduate students joining workforce late, doctors are putting in extra hours. Meanwhile, undergrads preparing for exam are getting demotivated, say those from fraternity.

UP govt says new medical colleges boosted districts’ health infra. ‘Better staffing, monitoring’

Medical education secretary has compared C-sections, major surgeries, out patient & in patient data from 14 district hospitals in 2019 and last year, when they were upgraded to medical colleges.

Khelo India medal winners from Haryana to get direct admission to Motilal Nehru School of Sports

Players from Haryana bagged 128 medals in the KIYG held in MP. The Motilal Nehru School of Sports in Rai, Sonipat, was founded in July 1973 as a co-educational boarding school.

Dropping semesters to selling tea, Afghan students in India are struggling to survive

With Taliban in power back home, visa rules that prohibit working, and scholarships drying up, Afghan students in a limbo. Indian friends are helping, but they can only do so much.

On Camera

Indira, Manmohan, Modi, all raised income inequality. Until Hindu fears took the driving seat

The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.