On Dec 11, the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi via video conferencing, launched ‘Viksit Bharat @2047: Voice of Youth’, a platform to the youth of the country to contribute ideas to the vision of making India a developed nation by 2047, the 100th year of independence, during a specially curated nationwide workshop at all Raj Bhawan (seats of Governors of states …
By Autar Nehru On November 7, 2023, the Government of India notified the University Grants Commission (Setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India) Regulations, 2023, which emphatically permit entry of foreign higher education institutions (HEIs) into India to set up own campuses on Indian soil for the first time in 76 years after country’s …
By Rajesh Kachave, Chief Business Officer- Student Lending and Insurance Business, Avanse Financial Services Remember, once you avail the loan, the interest starts from day one, so cultivate financial prudence and set aside some emergency corpus to continue for EMIs in case of contingencies Education loans offer a perfect opportunity for students to embark on their academic journey without depending …
Disordered screen use shares characteristics with behavioural addictions like problem gambling, and some people may even develop symptoms of severe dependency like those associated with addictions to alcohol and illicit substances. In a research first, an analysis of all the available evidence on the cognitive impacts of problematic screen use by researchers at Macquarie University has shown it interferes …
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) NPTEL – GATE portal (gate.nptel.ac.in) – has emerged as an important platform for aspirants aiming to ace this competitive examination. The NPTEL-GATE portal has received over 50,700 registrations. It also provides access to previous years’ questions (PYQs) from 2007-2022, covering more than 16 years of GATE exam topics. The portal has seen a significant increase in student participation in its …
Teachers from many leading schools across the nation joined hands on Children’s Day, uniting against the spread of misinformation on e-cigarettes such as vaping devices and heat-not-burn products with specific focus on protecting Indian school going children. These ‘Teachers Against Vaping’ have written a letter to Union Education & Skills Minister Dharmendra Pradhan demanding institutionalization of communication programmes to raise …
