In the major overhaul of union cabinet that took place on July 7, Dharmendra Pradhan replaced Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ as the union Education Minister and Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey as union minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE). With him, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Annpurna Devi and Dr Subhas Sarkar were also appointed as the minister of state for Education. Rajeev Chandrasekhar …

CBSE on July 5 finally came up with an assessment solution in the wake of Covid pandemic after it drew a lot of flak for having overlooked an alternative strategy in 2020-21 session. A  notification has now been sent to all concerned with an assumption that this year’s session may also get impacted by pandemic and therefore a plan has …

A National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat), for ensuring that every child in the age group of 3 to 9 years in the country necessarily attains foundational literacy and numeracy by the end of Grade 3, by 2026-27 has been launched in the country. The National Mission under the aegis of the centrally sponsored …

Satyam Mehta (16), a student of class 12th from Amity International School, Noida has been given coveted Diana Award by the charity of the same name (Established in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales) for his positive social change initiatives and humanitarian efforts in empowering rural investment, sustainable management of E-waste, and promoting better menstrual health and hygiene management among females …

Maharashtra-based DY Patil Group has added one more education institution to its portfolio and set up the DY Patil Agriculture and Technical University in Talsande, a small village in the Kolhapur district. The new university was formally inaugurated on July 1 in a virtual event by Sharad Pawar, former union agriculture minister and NCP President, who has also served as …

As president, Mehta will oversee Rotary’s top priority of ending polio worldwide Shekhar Mehta, business leader and philanthropist who is the Chairman and founder Skyline Group, on June 30 assumed the office of Rotary International for a period of one year. Mehta, a member of the Rotary Club of Calcutta-Mahanagar will be the 111th president of the 116-year-old service organization with 1.2 million Rotary members globally. He is also …