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Friday, August 15, 2025
TopicAzim Premji University

Topic: Azim Premji University

Azim Premji University report details climate crisis impact in India. ‘Hotter Ladakh, floods in Gujarat’

The data on how extreme weather events could affect communities, agriculture, and natural resources in the country is meant to support climate resilience and adaptation efforts.

Unemployment rate highest among graduates under 25 yrs, finds report on ‘State of Working India’

The Report by Azim Premji University finds that upward mobility has increased & caste-based differences have shrunk, as has gender disparity across labour markets.

‘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.

School closure has made a dent in language & math skills among children — study

On average, 92% children have lost at least one specific language ability and 82% have lost at least one specific mathematical ability from the previous year across junior classes.

Parents want schools reopened as online classes not working out — Azim Premji University study

Study by Bengaluru-based Azim Premji University finds that issues of access as well as learning difficulties with online mode is hampering the education of many students.

India’s jobless rate doubled while it’s growth was world-beating since 2011, says study

After remaining at about 2-3% during the decade to 2011, the jobless rate increased to more than 6% in 2018, a report by the Azim Premji University shows.

Intelligence Bureau red-flags pvt universities seeking eminence tag for anti-Modi patrons

IB brands 9 private universities, including Ashoka, Krea, Azim Premji, OP Jindal, as being critical of PM Narendra Modi and his government.

Being highly educated doesn’t guarantee you jobs in India anymore

Study by Azim Premji University finds that graduates currently make up over one-third of India’s unemployed population.

Sit for SAT: India’s private universities open new doors

Criteria so far used by American universities; Ashoka University and Azim Premji University among eight to adopt method so far. 

On Camera

Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.