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August 5, 2024 2:10 PM

DU admissions: Over 3 lakh candidates in fray for admission to 71,000 UG seats

A total of 3,00,090 candidates have registered so far for the 71,000 available undergraduate seats at Delhi University (DU) for the academic session 2024-25, a senior university official said on Monday. The number of registrants is expected to rise a...

August 2, 2024 9:53 PM

NEET-UG 2024: SC asks NTA to avoid “flip-flops”; no systematic fraud in exam

The Supreme Court has issued a directive to the National Testing Agency (NTA) to avoid any "flip-flops" in the administration of exams, emphasizing that such errors are a luxury students cannot afford. This comes after the apex court ruled on pleas s...

August 1, 2024 3:02 PM

UGC permits universities to hold UG and PG entrance exams if seats remain vacant

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has allowed universities to hold their entrance exams for admission to different undergraduate and postgraduate programs if there are still vacant seats after the regular admission process. The decision has bee...

July 31, 2024 7:53 PM

Over 970 Native American children died at federal boarding schools

At least 973 Native American children died at Indian Boarding Schools from 1819 to 1969, according to a federal report that calls on the U.S. government to apologize for the 150-year-long forced assimilation policy used to separate children from fami...

July 31, 2024 5:10 PM

UPSC cancels candidature of trainee IAS Puja Khedkar, debars her from future exams

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Wednesday cancelled the provisional candidature of Puja Khedkar and permanently debarred her from all future exams and selections. Khedkar was found to have fraudulently availed attempts beyond the permis...

July 31, 2024 10:45 AM

Centre disburses Rs100 crore stipends via DBT under National Apprenticeship Training Scheme

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched the National Apprenticeship and Training Scheme (NATS) 2.0 Portal on Tuesday, disbursing ₹100 crore in stipends to apprentices via Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). The apprentices, training in sectors s...

July 30, 2024 9:02 PM

Govt increases allocations for all social sectors in budget, including agriculture and employment

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed the parliament on Tuesday, responding to discussions on the recent budget. She emphasized significant increases in allocations for various social sector schemes compared to both the previous year and 2013...

July 29, 2024 9:26 PM

Supreme Court dismisses PIL challenging cancellation of UGC-NET exam

The Supreme Court of India on Monday declined to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the government's decision to cancel the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) following allegations of a question pap...

July 29, 2024 12:10 PM

Tech Leaders Forum of India launched at World Education Conference 2024 in Dubai

The Tech Leaders Forum of India (TELFI) was officially launched today at the World Education Conference 2024, hosted by the Federation of Economic Development Association (FEDA) at Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University in Dubai. TELFI, a new initiati...

July 28, 2024 2:50 PM

Delhi Police detains owner, coordinator of IAS coaching centre after basement flooding kills three students

Delhi Police have detained the owner and coordinator of an IAS coaching centre in Old Rajender Nagar following the deaths of three students in a flooded basement, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) M Harshavardhan announced on Sunday. The victi...

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