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TopicScholarship scheme

Topic: Scholarship scheme

SC scholarship scheme achieved just half its target this year; fellowship cap unchanged since 2005

House panel finds persistent underperformance across plethora of scholarship and support schemes designed to aid students from deprived sections of society.

Kejriwal’s SC/ST scholarship scheme is flawed. It lacks intent

Arvind Kejriwal, his senior ministers, and AAP leaders are well aware of the financial realities and the nitty-gritty of studying abroad. No wonder the Dr Ambedkar Samman scholarship is faulty.

For OBC students in UP-Bihar, studying abroad remains a dream—even after getting admission

Bihar and Uttar Pradesh had long-running govts led by OBC leaders. But it's Jharkhand, Kerala, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra that provide scholarships to OBC students going abroad.

Army steps up outreach, plans to sponsor 600 students from J&K, Ladakh to study outside UTs

The students will pursue university education under Northern Command’s scholarship scheme, launched last year. Out of 7,500 who applied this year, more than 6,000 are from Kashmir.

On Camera

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.