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NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday inaugurated a digital skilling initiative for one crore students from Class 7 to graduation, with an emphasis on skilling, reskilling, and upskilling them in emerging technologies through internships, apprenticeships, and jobs. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who launched the initiative, stressed that skilling should be a public movement. “The […]

According to top British government officials, a team of 22 institutions from the United Kingdom will be in India for a five-day tour to hunt for New Education Policy (NEP) aligned cooperation. From June 6 to 10, the biggest delegation of UK higher education executives will meet with important state and central government officials to […]

The revision of school textbooks, which is overseen by the state government’s Textbook Revision Committee, which is chaired by Rohith Chakrathirtha, has politicised education in an unprecedented way. While the opposition accuses the state administration of being ideologically motivated in its modification, the latter defends its stance, claiming it was carried out with a “corrective […]

With 71 of its institutes included in the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2022, India is the third most-represented country, up from 63 last year. The top-ranked Indian institute is the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, which is rated 42nd, down three places from previous year’s 37th position. In addition to IISc, India has […]

HOUSTON, June 1, 2022 — The renowned 2022 Kavli Prize in neuroscience has been given to Dr. Huda Zoghbi, a pioneering neurologist from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital. She is being honoured for two discoveries: the first is the gene that causes spinocerebellar ataxia 1 (SCA1), a degenerative and frequently fatal condition […]