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Friday, August 1, 2025
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No exams at IIT-KGP, online test at IIT-Delhi: How IITs will hold exams as Covid cases rise

Most IITs have scheduled exams between April and May for students in 2nd year and above. For 1st-year students, whose classes began late, exams have been scheduled for July.

Why attendance at DU colleges is under 40% even 10 days after classes resumed partially

Beginning 1 February, DU reopened for final-year science students who need to finish their lab work to complete their courses.

On International Day of Education, a reminder of how Covid changed school & university life

Covid-19 pandemic devastated the education sector across the world, including India. Now, teachers, students and administrations are trying their best to make up for the losses.

‘Nothing stopped, except education’ — news of DU colleges reopening brings joy, anxiety too

Delhi University has said it will tentatively reopen colleges for final-year science students for laboratory work in February.

Covid caused 77% parents of disabled children to lose jobs, 90% to depend on govt support

A study by Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy assessed 164 students and their parents, 50 teachers & interviewed support networks including govt officials from four states.

Boon for locked down kids or ‘marketing hype’? Decoding WhiteHat Jr’s legal brawls with critics

Edtech startup WhiteHat Jr.'s advertising practices and curriculum have been questioned by its critics. It has now taken two of its most vocal critics to the court.

LSR students claim principal lying on Aishwarya’s suicide, say many sought help from college

In letter to media, LSR students’ union alleges college administration refused to help students with matters such as hostel facilities, internet connection and attendance despite multiple requests.

Reader View: Virtual classes not feasible in many parts of India, children can lose a year

YourTurn is our weekly feature in which ThePrint's readers share their views or opinions in response to the question of the week.

As online classes drag on, fatigued students ‘losing interest, becoming asocial’, say parents

While some states have reopened schools, others are reluctant as Covid pandemic is yet to recede. Even where schools have reopened, many parents don’t want children to go out just yet.

UPSC, JEE-NEET, robotics — you can study for almost everything online in India now

Edtech in India gets a boost under Covid as old and new platforms claim massive user, revenue spurt. Report claims users doubled to 9 crore from 4.5 crore between 2019 and 2020.

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Big win for Delhi factories as MCD scraps an extra layer of red tape for ease of doing business

Until now, units operating even in recognised industrial areas needed a separate factory licence. The move is expected to especially give a boost to small and medium enterprises.

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.