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.
Students say monthly sum of Rs 10,000 has not been disbursed since August. In letter to AICTE, a group has demanded 'full disbursal of maintenance charges for previous and upcoming semester'.
Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
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