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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicEdtech sector

Topic: edtech sector

Drishti IAS to continue independently ’for now’, after considering Physics Wallah deal, funding via IPO

The IAS coaching institute, founded by Vikas Divyakirti, admits to exploring various funding options last year, including talks with investors like online-first player Physics Wallah.

Haryana Bill puts edtech sector at risk of micro-management. Specify ‘online coaching centres’

If individual states in India wish to play a part in supervising edtech, they should coordinate efforts with the central government.

Byju’s ‘regularly disregarded advice’ of our former director, says investor Prosus

Byju's, once India's most valuable startup, has seen its auditor Deloitte and multiple investor board members resign in recent weeks.

How Physics Wallah went from humble beginnings to ‘India’s 101st unicorn’, now offering UPSC prep too

PW joined hands with OnlyIAS to offer offline tutoring for UPSC exams last year. 2nd centre to be opened in Delhi, more planned in Pune, Prayagraj, Indore, and Patna. 

Edtech start-ups funding down 50% in Q2 2022 from Q1, report says. Insiders blame ‘bad phase’

Funding in the Indian start-up ecosystem also tanked by 40 per cent from USD 11.3 billion in the first quarter to settle at USD 6.8 billion in the second quarter.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.