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In last 3 decades, Ganga dried up at highest rate in 1,000 yrs. ‘It’s not just climate change’

Through streamflow reconstructions for 1,300 yrs using instrumental data & hydrological modelling, IIT Gandhinagar study shows Ganga 'drying from 1991-2020 is unmatched in past millennium'.

‘Will Indian job market absorb us?’ Mood at IIT Delhi after Trump H-1B visa order

Hours after President Trump ordered a hike in the H-1B visa fee to $100,000, a wave of anxiety swept across the IIT Delhi campus.

QS Rankings: IIT-Madras breaks into top 200, but Indian institutes behind in foreign student intake

6 of India’s 11 Institutions of Eminence (IoEs), both public & private, improved positions this year, while 8 new Indian universities debuted on QS World University Rankings 2026.

IITs, IISc roll out semiconductor courses. Army of engineers needed for India’s chip dream

To meet India’s goal of becoming a semiconductor powerhouse, IITs and IISc are rejigging curricula, launching short courses, and hosting online classes. Focus is on fabrication, not just design.

JEE Advanced 2025 results: IIT cutoffs drop to three-year low

While IIT Kanpur officials declined to comment on reasons behind this year’s drop, teachers & experts attributed decrease to perceived difficulty of JEE Advanced 2025.

IIT-Gandhinagar students slam Right-wing swipes at humanities dept—’attack on integrity of our work’

In several posts going viral on X, accounts have alleged that the department has been trying to promote 'Islamisation' and 'minority practices' on the campus.

56% professor positions at IITs, IIMs, NITs, IISERs lying vacant, says parliamentary panel report

Report on higher education institutions also highlights substantial number of unfilled reserved faculty positions in central universities. 1,521 of 3,652 posts for OBCs remain vacant.

Haryana govt says Centre has approved plans for state’s 1st IIT, MPs lobby for their constituencies

BJP MP Naveen Jindal was the first to raise a demand for an IIT in his parliamentary constituency, Kurukshetra, during Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha last week.

Budget boost for 5 youngest IITs with 6,500 additional seats, more infra; fellowships for all IITs

Budget allocation hiked to support IITs to Rs 11,349 crore, which is 10% higher than the previous year’s budget estimate & 8.4% higher than revised estimate.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.