CBI charged 20 institutes in March 2024 for allegedly diverting funds in the name of scholarships to students from SC/ST categories, but 2 of them were given clean chits.
Kumar Tuhin, director general (ICCR), Ministry of External Affairs, said no student would be forced to leave India against their wishes, adding scholarships issue will be resolved.
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.
Maulana Azad National Fellowship for PhD scholars & pre-matric scholarships scrapped. Finance minister said those chosen before 2022 will get funds, but students claim money wasn't received.
Indeever Madireddy, a senior student from a leading private school in Silicon Valley, successfully sequenced the genome of freshwater angelfish after his pet fish died.
Anshika Patel from Pakri Godam village in Jaunpur made an impression at the prestigious Washington and Lee University without even sitting for the SAT.
Telangana has not implemented Centre’s modified version of Post Matric Scholarship for SC students. Under new scheme, funds are transferred directly to students, not to institutions via states.
Ministry of Social Justice is in the process of establishing a robust IT network for effective implementation of the scheme to ensure that there is no scope for misuse of funds.
The post-Matric scholarship scheme had nearly shut down as the central govt has been providing only 11% of funding since 2017, prompting many states to discontinue it.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed AI integration in several sectors, from agriculture to the manufacture of assistive devices for Divyangjan or people with disabilities.
After lapses exposed by terror attacks at Pahalgam and Delhi's Red Fort, Centre has hiked Intelligence Bureau's expenditure for investments in long-term assets from Rs 257 cr to Rs 2,549 cr.
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