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Centre removes NIOS chief Saroj Sharma amid police probe over staff driver’s suicide

The driver had accused Sharma of harassment, making casteist slurs, and ‘abruptly’ transferring him to Bengaluru. Last week, Gujarat govt cancelled her appointment as V-C of IITE.

Gujarat cancels NIOS chief Saroj Sharma’s appointment as IITE V-C amid probe over driver’s suicide

The notification did not offer any reason for the abrupt cancellation after nearly a month. Before his death, Sharma's staff driver Ram Kumar accused her of caste-based discrimination.

NIOS chief Saroj Sharma, facing probe over driver’s suicide, yet to join as V-C of Gujarat’s IITE

It's been over a month since Sharma was appointed V-C of Gujarat's Indian Institute of Teacher Education. On Wednesday she was questioned over abetment & SC/ST Act charges against her.

NIOS chief Saroj Sharma in dock after driver dies by suicide, blaming her. FIR lodged under SC/ST Act

Days before his death, Ram Kumar wrote to education ministry & National Commission for Scheduled Castes, accusing Sharma of insulting him over his caste, 'illegally' transferring him.

Education Ministry to launch special programme for ‘Agniveers’, with aim to boost job prospects

Ministry says programme will enable ‘Agniveers’ who are '10th Class pass to obtain a 12th Class pass certificate by developing customised courses that are relevant to their area of service'.

Parents of disabled students object to physical exams, NIOS says won’t cancel but offers help

Parents want disabled students to be promoted on the basis of their Tutor Marked Assignments and practical board examination marks.

Don’t force my wheelchair-using son and other disabled students to take NIOS board exam

NIOS' decision to conduct board exams amid rise in Covid cases is the last straw that will injure the final few weeks of school life of students with disabilities.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.