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Thursday, July 24, 2025
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Why 1,500 IIT, NIT graduates helping govt improve education in India now face job loss

The 1,500 graduates were recruited as faculty in 18 states and one UT in 2018 as part of a World Bank-funded central government scheme.

Graded autonomy to Board of Governors — IIT council forms 4 groups for NEP-related issues

According to Education Ministry, the groups will work on areas including grooming distinguished academics for directorship of IITs, and reform & restructuring of the academic senate.

Hate speech, now ‘fear speech’ — study finds new way Indians on WhatsApp ‘target minorities’

Study by IIT-Kharagpur and MIT Institute of Data, Systems and Society, US, assessed over 5,000 public, political WhatsApp groups, found emojis are a common feature in such posts.

Union ministries ‘not in favour’ of proposal to exempt IIT faculty from caste-based quotas

Suggestion was made by panel comprising IIT directors and others, set up by govt in 2020 to recommend ways to make implementation of reservation at IITs more effective.

JEE-Advanced test for IIT admissions to be held on 3 July

The relaxation in admission requirement of 75 per cent marks in class 12 will be offered this year too, said Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal.

IITs should be exempt from caste-based reservations in faculty hirings, panel tells govt

A panel of IIT directors and govt officials says the institutions should be exempted from such reservations because they are 'institutes of national importance'.

Govt fully committed to principle of reform, perform and transform, says PM Modi

Speaking at the IIT 2020 Global Summit via video conference, PM Modi said that the collective force of the pan-IIT movement can aid India's dream of becoming Aatmanirbhar Bharat.

What slowdown? IIT placement drive kicks off with more job offers, fatter salaries over 2019

Placement season 2020 began at IITs Tuesday. Many branches have reported positive early trends despite Covid and slow economy, with firms like Google & Microsoft arriving with job offers.

Students come out in support of Agra teen who lost IIT-Bombay seat by clicking ‘wrong link’

A petition has been filed on change.org by a first year engineering student Sarthak Jain demanding justice for Siddhanth Batra.

Discussion on revised syllabus for JEE Advanced on agenda as IITs meet this week

The revision is being undertaken to factor in the changes introduced in Class 12 syllabus for mathematics, chemistry and physics by CBSE in 2019.

On Camera

Defence, tech, education—Modi’s visit will boost India-UK ties

Given the immediate challenges on India’s borders, cooperation in the defence sector with partners such as the UK has achieved greater importance.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.