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Friday, August 1, 2025
TopicMinistry of Education

Topic: Ministry of Education

Why Defence Minister Rajnath, not education minister, chaired meet with states on board exams

The meeting took place virtually Sunday, and also featured Union ministers Prakash Javadekar and Smriti Irani, who have both handled the education portfolio in the past.

Education ministry calls crucial meet Sunday to decide on pending Class 12 board exams

A high-level virtual meeting will be convened with all states and union territories to seek suggestions on the conduct of Class 12 exams, a Union minister said.

IITs, NITs, IISc tell Modi govt to extend PhD scholars’ stipend for another year due to Covid

The institutions made the request to Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal during a virtual meeting Thursday. The fellowship money to research scholars is given for a fixed period of 5 yrs.

When will new academic session at colleges & universities begin? No word yet from UGC, govt

AICTE has announced technical colleges will begin classes in September, but while UGC has written two letters to universities in May, neither is about next academic session.

Govt advises centrally-funded institutions to postpone all offline exams scheduled in May

Online examinations have been allowed to continue. Education ministry will review situation in the first week of June 2021.

CBSE cancels Class 10 exams, postpones Class 12 papers, will review situation on 1 June

Education ministry assures students that an advance notice of at least 15 days will be provided before the revised schedule.

How colleges will offer engineering in languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati from 2021

To begin with, AICTE allows 5 engineering disciplines such as mechanical, civil, electrical to be taught in regional languages. Study material for these disciplines being translated.

Minister & secretary disagree but govt extends tenure of V-C accused of sexual harassment

Documents show education minister approved extending tenure of Sanjeev Sharma as V-C of Mahatma Gandhi Central University in Motihari, while education secretary was against it.

How IIT, NIT graduates as faculty in colleges in low-income, NE states script success

Modi govt had in 2018 appointed IIT & NIT graduates as faculty in colleges in low-income, NE and hill states as part of its TEQIP project.

4 months after clampdown, Modi govt lifts restrictions on international webinars

MEA notification was reiterated by Union Ministry of Education to public-funded institutions,. The education ministry will now send the revised notification to the institutions. 

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Indian drugmakers relieved but wary as US exempts pharma sector from new trade tariffs

Industry insiders say any rise in duties on Indian generics will squeeze profits for Indian companies, but will also make the drugs costlier for patients in US.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.