‘Women in Sports: Breaking Barriers,’ a part of their three-month initiative as EU Gender Champions, promoting gender equality and empowerment through sports, was on full display at the GD Goenka Sports Arena on June 14. India’s celebrated sports champions: National Footballer Manisha Kalyan, World Boxing Champion Gaurav Bidhuri, and Asian Medalist Archer Jayalakshmi Sarikonda shared their inspiring journeys, highlighting the …

The shattered confidence in this year’ National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test [(NEET (UG)] for admission to undergraduate medical education program across India due to several issues from alleged paper leak to compensatory grace marks, looks perennial. Though NEET has been marred by allegations of malpractices in the past as well, only this time, the question of ‘grace marks’ became disproportionately larger to …

The National Testing Agency (NTA) responding to controversy over grace marks to 1563 candidates owing to loss of time in NEET-UG 2024 held on May 5, has announced that the scores of 1,563 NEET-UG 2024 candidates had been invalidated. The NTA has informed the Supreme Court hearing various petitions on the issue that a re-examination for these candidates will take …

Uttarakhand Government has signed a MOU with ConsciousLeap and NFD CEE (Nehru Foundation for Development Centre for Environment Education) to bring ConsciousLeap’s wellbeing curriculum, Wellspire™ to students across its government schools. The MoU to this effect was signed between Banshidhar Tiwari, Samagra Shiksha and Sanjay Desai, Founder and Ceo, ConsciousLeap on June 4. The program was first piloted for demonstration …

The results of the first national survey to investigate research integrity in India, a collaboration between National Academy of Sciences, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – National Physical Laboratory and publisher Springer Nature, indicate broad support for mandatory in-person research integrity training across researcher demographics. The survey found that whilst 53% of respondents stated that their institution offered research …

Unlocking the power of visual storytelling, Satya School Gurugram has launched a new initiative #BeyondTheObvious, in collaboration with Vicky Roy, a renowned photographer and a MIT Media Fellow of 2014. Launched as part of the summer break program, this initiative aims to encourage Satyans to think creatively, develop their storytelling abilities through visual narratives, and build diverse perspectives by appreciating …