Jaipur | A day before the JEE Main exam, a girl aspirant committed suicide at her home in Rajasthan’s Kota on Monday. A suicide note was found in her room, in which Niharika, 18, wrote: “Mom and Dad, sorry, I am a loser, I could not do JEE, so I am committing suicide. This is […]
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SCERT postpones training of residential teachers in Bihar
Patna | After strong protests, the Bihar State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) on Tuesday postponed the training of residential teachers in the state. The teachers had expressed concerns over the dates of the training programme, which was scheduled between October 16 to 21, citing observance of fast during the nine-day festival, which […]
Another NEET aspirant dies by suicide in Rajasthan’s Kota
Jaipur | A 16-year-old girl, preparing for the NEET exam, hanged herself in Rajasthan’s Kota, taking the number of suicides by students to 24 this year. According to ASI Amar Kumar of Vigyan Nagar police station, Richa Sinha, originally from Ranchi, Jharkhand, was preparing for NEET from a coaching centre while staying in a hostel […]
India’s moon rover did a ‘Michael Jackson Act’ on the moon – It moon walked
Chennai | India’s moon rover did a ‘Michael Jackson act’ on the lunar surface after walking down on the ramp! Well it moon walked after slowly rolling down on the moon lander’s ramp, said the Indian space agency. Moon walk is a dance move that became very popular after Michael Jackson did that during the […]
Board exams twice a year, Class 11 & 12 students to study 2 languages: Govt
New Delhi | Board examinations will be conducted twice a year with students having the option to retain the best score, and Class 11 and 12 students will need to study two languages, of which one must be Indian, Ministry of Education said on Wednesday. As per new curriculum framework announced by the Ministry of […]
All private schools in UP to remain closed on Tuesday
Lucknow | The Unaided Private Schools Association has announced closure of all private schools in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday in wake of the incident at the Children Girls School in Azamgarh, in which a girl student died after falling from the third floor of the school in suspicious circumstances. The association has taken this decision […]
IIT Delhi campus to come up in Abu Dhabi; MoU signed in PM Modi’s presence
New Delhi | An MoU has been signed on Saturday for the opening of an IIT-Delhi campus in Abu Dhabi in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to the MoU, Masters-level programmes are expected to commence on the campus from January 2024 while Bachelors-level courses will start from September 2024. Academic programmes, inputs […]
UP Board students will study biography of Savarkar
Lucknow | The students of Classes 9 to 12 in UP Board will study the biography of Veer Savarkar. Apart from Savarkar, the chapters on the life of 50 other great men have been included in the syllabus. They include Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Mahavir Jain, Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, Arvind Ghosh, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Sarojini […]
IIT(ISM) Dhanbad professor drowns to death in swimming pool
Dhanbad | A professor at IIT-ISM, Dhanbad, drowned to death while taking a bath in the swimming pool on Tuesday. Dr. Yashwant Gujala, Assistant Professor, IIT-ISM, Dhanbad, went to take a bath with his friends in the campus swimming pool in the morning, when the incident took place. He was taken to the health centre of […]
NIRF Ranking 2023: IIT Madras top educational institution, Miranda House best college
New Delhi | IIT Madras has once again become the number one educational institution of the country, and Delhi University’s Miranda House is the number one among all the colleges. On Monday, the Union Education Ministry announced NIRF India Rankings 2023 for colleges and other higher educational institutions. Delhi University’s Hindu College is second in the […]