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IAS officer booked for ‘sexual harassment’ in Jharkhand on IIT student’s complaint

According to Khunti SP Aman Kumar, Syed Riyaz Ahmed was taken into custody soon after the FIR was registered on 4 July. He is currently posted as sub-divisional officer in Khunti.

Best coaching institutes in India for IIT-JEE exam preparations

Here is a list of the best IIT institutes in India that one can consider.

IITs to offer medicine courses? Draft UGC rules call for phasing out domain-specific institutes

University Grants Commission draft guidelines released Saturday seek to potentially transform the higher education system as seen today.

The Economist is wrong. Brahmins become CEOs in US not because of quotas in India

Indians CEOs, who are mostly Brahmins, might be 'minorities' in the US but they are the beneficiaries of the new American ‘caste system’.

‘Choose challenge over convenience,’ PM Modi urges IIT graduates to begin work on new India

Speaking at the 54th convocation ceremony of IIT Kanpur, Modi told the fresh graduates to take over the reins of the country and give it direction for the next 25 years.

IIT Kharagpur receives over 1,600 placement offers, highest salary Rs 2.4 crore

Twenty-two other students got offers in the CTC range of Rs 0.9-2.4 cr. Over 245 companies including Google, Microsoft, Uber participated in the first phase of the placement session.

Parag Agrawal of Twitter signals Brahmin clout at IIT ending. Kota is now Baniya phenomenon

Baniyas, with their financial might, have breached the sanctum sanctorum of IITs. Money is playing a bigger role than birth in a certain caste. Change is welcome.

Govt starts search for 6 newest IITs’ directors early, after delays in recent appointments

Ministry of Education released an advertisement Monday inviting applicants for the IITs in Dharwad, Goa, Palakkad, Jammu, Bhilai and Tirupati.

Kicked out of IIT Guwahati, PhD scholar says it’s over corruption claims, varsity calls it lies

Vikrant Singh was served a termination letter on 25 June after more than a year of acrimony with IIT Guwahati, which described him as repeat discipline violator.

PM Narendra Modi pitches for flexible education models during interaction with IIT directors

PM Modi also noted that technological and R&D institutions will play a major role in the upcoming decade, which he called 'India's Techade'.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?