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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Topic: HRD Ministry

India has 42 universities in Asia rankings but widening gender gap is a matter of concern

IIT-Kanpur has the worst female-male ratio at 14:86, says report; HRD ministry asked IITs to create 550 extra seats exclusively for women.

Night before new law takes effect, HRD ministry rushes to appoint director to IIM-A

Board of governors had recommended the appointment of Prof. Errol D’Souza in October, but the appointment is stuck in a logjam at the Centre ever since.

Punish parents for not sending kids to school: govt panel

 A government panel has recommended the need to re-evaluate the Right to Education to ensure parents face action for not sending their children to school.

Top online course provider edX coming soon to India

Harvard and MIT-founded edX in talks with Modi govt to provide 2,300 courses. These will be hosted on India’s own MOOC platform, SWAYAM.

3,000 tech colleges in limbo after govt changes plan to clean up regulatory mess

HRD ministry wanted to amend the AICTE Act, but is now backing the proposal to appoint a single regulator for all higher education in the country.

35,685 सीटों पर सिफारिश भेज ईरानी और जावड़ेकर ने केंद्रीय विद्यालयों में एडमिशन कोटे की उड़ाई धज्जियां

एचआरडी मंत्री के पास केंद्रीय विद्यालयों में एडमिशन सिफारिश के लिए सालाना 450 सीटें हैं। मंत्रियों द्वारा की गई सिफारिश तय सीमा से 2500 प्रतिशत अधिक है

Exclusive: Smriti Irani, Javadekar tried cornering 35,000 Kendriya Vidyalaya seats in 3 years, 25 times their quota

HRD minister can recommend 450 students per year for admission to KV schools. The two BJP ministers sent 35,685 in the last 3 years.

After sexual assault on 4-year-old, Centre & NGOs to chalk out plan for schools

The Centre is likely to come up with a white paper on the issue next month; HRD ministry is in talks with specialist NGOs to draft a strategy that works.

Row over engineering degrees: Govt to order CBI probe into UGC ‘lapses’

Within a week of the Supreme Court order cancelling engineering degrees secured through correspondence courses, the human resource development (HRD) ministry has decided to get to the crux of the matter.

Centre shoots down IIIT-Dharwad, Infosys partnership proposal

Government cites conflict of interest as IIIT-Dharwad chairperson Sudha Murthy also chairs Infosys CSR arm Infosys Foundation.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.