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Guiding PhDs, having work published may no longer be mandatory for heads of technical colleges

Expert panel formed by AICTE also recommends widening selection criteria to include founders/co-founders of start-ups recognised by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

Relief for Indian students facing deportation: Canada to issue temporary permits, probe ‘visa fraud’

New Delhi: International students who went to Canada to pursue education, and were not involved in visa fraud, will not be deported from the...

More academics write to NCERT to drop their names from ‘rationalised’ book — text ‘opposite of intended’

Responding to letter by Textbook Development Committee members, NCERT says function & term of committees have ended, adding names of academics just an acknowledgement of their contribution.

‘India has problems other than ChatGPT, we need trained manpower in engineering’: IIT Madras director

V Kamakoti says IIT-M has identified areas in which new-age courses will aid India's development. He also speaks about recent spate of suicides in IITs & how they're helping students cope.

Scripture lessons, but eye on job market too: What DU’s new Hindu Studies course will be all about

DU is all set to begin offering postgraduate and PhD programmes in Hindu Studies from this year. BHU is the only other central university offering similar courses.

‘Can’t hide behind our names’: Yogendra Yadav, Suhas Palshikar hit back at NCERT amid textbook row

Yadav and Palshikar have reiterated their demand for removal of their names from NCERT textbooks after the council asserted its right to make changes based on copyright ownership.

Yogendra Yadav, Suhas Palshikar want their names taken off NCERT books. ‘Mutilated beyond recognition’

Yadav & Palshikar were NCERT's chief advisors for political science books. Calling latest changes to content 'blatantly partisan', the duo said they weren't even informed about them.

‘Not on toppers’ radar’ to top of NIRF charts: How DU’s Atma Ram waltzed past likes of LSR & Stephen’s

In 2018, Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College was ranked No.14 on NIRF’s rankings for best colleges. In 2023, the college ranked No. 6, ahead of some of DU’s most celebrated colleges. 

Chennai dental college ‘used self-citations to ace rankings’, finds investigation by journal ‘Science’

The academic journal & a retraction watchdog conducted investigation into high citations in research papers of Saveetha Dental College, which has termed the allegations as 'propaganda'.

NMC approves 50 new medical colleges in 15 states with over 8,000 MBBS seats

Telangana will have the greatest number of new institutions at 13, followed by Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh with five each, according to health ministry officials.

On Camera

Faiz Hameed conviction is a message from Munir. He won’t tolerate sympathy for Imran Khan

The political trajectory is clear. Asim Munir is now prepared to convict and sentence Imran Khan for instigating a rebellion against the army chief, with no possibility of mercy.

Goa, Kerala lose sheen as more foreign tourists pick Maharashtra & Bengal, shows RBI data

RBI data shows 26 states and Union Territories couldn’t regain pre-pandemic foreign tourist footfalls in 2024, but domestic tourism surged 27 percent compared to 2019.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.