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IITs, IIMs to be roped in for speedy assessment of educational institutes: Javadekar

PTI -
HRD minister Prakash Javadekar says quality of education should be key parameter for determining the standard of an institute.

Restless, young India has no connection to IITs & IIMs, but Rahul Gandhi can’t see it

Meghnad S. -
Neither is Rahul Gandhi young nor are his ideas.

IAS officers losing their sheen under Modi govt, & where higher education funds are going

Shreyas Sharma -
A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint in the last 24 hours.

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.

India’s banking revolution fails to reach the poor

Bibhudatta Pradhan -
Pulled into the banking system, villagers have ended up stuck in long queues and struggling with dry ATMs.

Who would have thought being gay is as Indian as the IIT?

Sandip Roy -
20 IITians have petitioned the Supreme Court on behalf of an informal LGBT group. One can just imagine the court saying ‘Et tu IIT? Then fall, 377’.

To make Indian engineers more employable, govt plans to train teachers

Kritika Sharma -
The AICTE has come up with a detailed policy for training teachers in technical institutions like engineering, management and pharmacy colleges.

Panel scraps shortlist for top colleges of India, will assess all 114 applications again

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
Shortlist dropped as changed screening criteria was not being seen as ‘fair’ and prominent institutes were left out.

Former CEC N. Gopalaswami to head committee to choose India’s 20 ‘Institutes of Eminence’

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
Also on board- Harvard’s Prof Tarun Khanna, Houston Univ’s Renu Khator and former IIM Lucknow Director Pritam Singh.

After directors’ protest, IIM boards will now need two-thirds majority to remove them

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
Committee to frame the rules of the new IIM Act decides against granting the directors’ demand to give the govt a say in their removal.
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Giorgio Armani brought a feminine touch to men’s tailoring — and taught them how to suit up

Triya Gulati -
Armani built a multibillion-dollar global brand from something as simple as an unstructured jacket, and broke down the walls between formal and casual.

Army wives fight a silent battle. Don’t abuse them for seeking small joys

Counter-insurgency is Indian military’s reality. Op Sindoor was brief flash in combat spectrum

Economy

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Defence

HAL team to visit US this month for talks on joint production of GE 414 engines

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The engines are meant for Tejas Mk 2 and the first tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).

National Interest

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

Shekhar Gupta -
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.

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