The works of Shakespeare inspired and angered some of history’s most infamous terrorists including the conspirators behind 9/11 and the Gunpowder Plot, new UK research has revealed. New studies by Dr Islam Issa, Reader in Literature and History at Birmingham City University (UK), examined how terrorists throughout the centuries have responded to Shakespeare’s writings, and why the iconic playwright’s work …

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), launched in November 2015 by the Ministry of Education saw release of its 6th edition on September 9.  A total of 6272 applicant HEIs participated in these rankings.  Research institutions have been ranked for the first time in India Rankings 2021.   Key Highlights of India Rankings 2021: Indian Institute of Technology Madras retains …

UNESCO has selected six outstanding literacy programmes from Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Mexico and South Africa as winners of its International Literacy Prizes, awarded on the occasion of International Literacy Day (8 September). The awards will be presented during a virtual International Conference entitled “Literacy for a human-centred recovery: Narrowing the digital divide,” which UNESCO will host on 8 and 9 September. The online event …

Plaksha University, being set up by over 60 entrepreneurs and business leaders from across the world with an investment of over Rs 2000 crore in the next ten years, announced that its 50 acre state-of-the-art campus in IT city, Mohali will open on Oct 4, 2021. The project is funded by a collective philanthropy effort involving industry leaders and entrepreneurs from …

A transnational survey conducted in August 2021 by INTO University Partnerships involving over 1,200 Gen Z students (those born 1995-2012) from 93 countries shows that the catastrophic impact of COVID-19 on lives and economies has failed to dent the hopes and aspirations of Gen Z as they are more optimistic than ever about their future. India leads the way in …

A collaborative initiative of IIT Roorkee, IISc Bangalore, and C-DAC, the Quantum Computer Simulator (QSim) toolkit was launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). It will serve as an important educational / research tool that would attract students/researchers to the field of Quantum Technology and provide a platform to acquire the skills of ‘programming’ and ‘designing’ real …