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Thursday, September 11, 2025
TopicHRD Ministry

Topic: HRD Ministry

4 years on, India’s still waiting for new education policy — Modi govt’s big 2014 promise

Kritika Sharma -
Committee formulating the new education policy has already seen 4 extensions, and now there are fears it may not be launched in this govt’s tenure.

Ivy League curriculum to foreign faculty, Jio University’s competitors also had it all

Kritika Sharma -
The files show contenders had equally detailed academic plans with focus on learning pedagogy, faculty and curriculum.

Govt wants future school teachers equipped to deal with issues like Blue Whale Challenge 

Kritika Sharma -
HRD ministry is making B.Ed curriculum a four-year programme and revising syllabus to help teachers acquire new skills.

Modi govt plans to take Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s life to schoolkids across India

Kritika Sharma -
HRD Ministry sources say government wants chapters on Vajpayee's role in the Pokhran nuclear test, the Kargil war, and as a Jan Sangh leader.

IITs reject proposal to scrap JEE Advanced, B.Tech courses will continue in all institutes

Kritika Sharma -
IIT council rules that doing away with JEE Advanced, as proposed by HRD ministry, will make exam lose credibility.  

India has 10 lakh teaching vacancies. India has 4 lakh excess teachers. Go figure

Kritika Sharma -
The figures have confounded the government itself, and number-crunching is on to identify why there’s such a mismatch.

Over 9 lakh teaching posts in elementary schools lying vacant, HRD minister tells Lok Sabha

Alind Chauhan -
Jharkhand, J&K the worst affected. Despite large number of vacancies, CBSE did not conduct eligibility test last year.

IITs, IIMs, NITs have just 3% of total students but get 50% of government funds

Kritika Sharma -
The remaining 97% of students attend 865 educational institutes in the country and get less than half the government funds.

Nearly 57% of India’s teaching faculty belong to general category, STs least represented

Kritika Sharma -
Annual HRD report shows that OBCs outdo their quota; Muslims and other minorities better represented than STs.

Institution of Eminence tag not given to Jio Institution: Prakash Javadekar

PTI -
HRD minister said the panel had only recommended for a letter of intent, subject to certain conditions.
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What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

Manasi Phadke -
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Defence

‘Foreign policy rests on hard power’—from 1965 Indo-Pak war to Op Sindoor, key takeaways for India

Javaria Rana -
A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.

National Interest

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

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In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?

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