Puducherry schools holiday on August 21 and 22: Check the list and reason The Education Department in Puducherry has announced a two-day holiday for 69 government and private schools that have been selected as examination centres for the Integrated Graduate Level Examination. The affected schools will remain closed on August 21 and August 22 as…
Former President Pratibha Patil (left) presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Nagarajan Vittal. The IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre, 1960 batch. (Source: PTI/File) “Fortune favours the bold.” Few stories in India’s technology history illustrate this better than the remarkable journey that transformed a country struggling with red tape into one of the world’s largest…
Delhi schools are set to follow a revamped Class 9 academic structure from the 2026-27 session, making vocational education and a third language compulsory. The new framework also offers advanced-level Mathematics and Science assessments, introduces AI and computational thinking modules, and sets fresh promotion criteria, marking a shift towards skill-based, multidisciplinary and competency-focused school education….
IIT Kharagpur will open registrations for JAM 2027 on September 5, with the application window remaining active until October 12. The national-level entrance test is scheduled for February 14, 2027, across seven subjects and two sessions. The institute will release the information brochure on August 22, while results are expected on March 18. The Indian…
Zvezdelina Stankova, professor of mathematics at UC Berkeley. (Photo: UC Berkeley) A mathematics professor at the University of California, Berkeley, has raised fresh concerns about the academic preparedness of students at one of the US’ most selective public universities, saying some calculus students now arrive with gaps that extend well below college-level mathematics.In an opinion…
The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has extended the Round 1 choice-filling deadline for NEET UG 2026 counselling, allowing candidates to submit and lock their preferences until 11:59 pm on August 18. Registered candidates must finalise their preferred medical and dental colleges, arrange choices carefully and complete the locking process within the revised deadline to remain…
Tiya Aggarwal presenting her idea before the jury. Tiya Aggarwal, a student of Canadian high school, has developed a smart irrigation system designed to care for more than 150 plant species. She won the top prize at a provincial entrepreneurship competition.A grade 12 student at Burnaby South Secondary in British Columbia, Tia presented her idea,…
KVS NVS Tier-2 Result 2026 released: Check phase 1 results and final answer key KVS NVS Tier-2 Result 2026: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has started releasing the KVS NVS Tier-2 Result 2026 and the final answer key for candidates who appeared in the recruitment examination for various teaching and non-teaching posts. The…
SGBAU results 2026: Check Summer exam results, admission deadline and Winter examination timeline SGBAU Summer 2026 results: Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University (SGBAU) is releasing Summer 2026 examination results in continuous phases, with course-wise and semester-wise updates being published during August. Recent results include L.L.B. (3 Years) Second Semester backlog, M.B.A. Second Semester, B.E. and…
For billions of years, the universe has hidden its strangest secrets in faint, ancient light. Now, the James Webb Space Telescope may have caught one of them: an object from the universe’s infancy that looks like a giant red star, shines with the power of something vastly more luminous than an ordinary star, and may…