As Heavy Rains Lash Kerala, Holiday For Educational Institutions In Some Parts Of State

As heavy rains continued to lash Kerala, Monday was declared a holiday for educational institutions in some parts of the state. District Collectors of Pathanamthitta and Kollam declared August 1 as a holiday for educational institutions in certain taluks in their respective districts. In Ernakulam, in view of an Orange alert issued for the district till August […]

JEE Main 2022: Supreme Court Directs NTA To Permit 15 Candidates Appear In Additional Session

The Supreme Court Friday directed National National Testing Agency to permit 15 candidates, who faced technical glitches in the first session of JEE (Mains) 2022, to participate in an additional session scheduled for tomorrow. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and J B Pardiwala asked the NTA to issue admit cards to the candidates.  […]

NMC Frames Scheme To Give Relief To Ukraine, China-Returned Final Year Medical Students

The National Medical Commission has told the Supreme Court that final year medical students who returned to India due to Covid and Russia-Ukraine war and got degrees on a date to be notified will be permitted for the FMG exam. In an affidavit on June 23, the National Medical Commission (NMC) said upon qualifying the […]

Hindu College Alumnus Donates Rs 1 Crore For Scholarship Foundation

An alumnus of Delhi University’s Hindu College has donated Rs 1 crore for a scholarship foundation in the college, with five undergraduate students winning the scholarship in the inaugural year. “Raj Bhargava (IAS retired), former chief secretary, Home Affairs, Government of India and an illustrious alumnus of Hindu College recently returned to the campus with […]

Students who choose to study abroad cost India a whopping $80 billion in lost foreign exchange

Approximately $80 billion in foreign cash is required to send Indian students overseas for their academic education, which is roughly similar to the amount of forex that NRIs send home each year. These astronomical costs are incurred by almost 11 lakh students who travel overseas for higher education. Year after year, this number continues to […]