Kabul, June 8 (IANS) The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has voiced concern over the detention of women by Taliban authorities in Herat for alleged non-compliance with dress requirements, stressing that the action raises serious human rights concerns.
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday met the Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and discussed implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, an official said.
Patna, June 7 (IANS) The controversy surrounding popular educator and YouTuber Faisal Khan, widely known as Khan Sir, has escalated in Bihar following the registration of an FIR against him, as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that appropriate action will be taken against those who break the law.
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Sunday issued a reminder to Class 12 students seeking verification and re-evaluation of their answer sheets, saying that the application portal will close at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday.
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Veteran Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, conveying concerns raised by parents regarding the mandatory implementation of the three-language policy for CBSE Class 9 students during the ongoing academic session and urging the Centre to reconsider its immediate rollout.
Chennai, June 6 (IANS) Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri attended the degree distribution programme for international students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and encouraged graduates to utilise their knowledge and expertise to address opportunities and challenges facing the Global South in an era of rapid technological change.
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Nineteen-year-old ethical hacker Nisarga Adhikary on Saturday spoke exclusively to IANS and alleged flaws in the CBSE portal, saying that it took him just 20 minutes to identify vulnerabilities.
London, June 5 (IANS) In a tour that has placed an Indian philosopher on the stage of some of Britain's most prestigious intellectual and policy stages, Acharya Prashant has spent the past week carrying a climate message to capacity audiences at the Cambridge Union, in a one-on-one dialogue with a British peer of the realm, in public sessions that have drawn British audiences well beyond the Indian community, and across a sequence of upcoming engagements at Oxford, the London School of Economics, King's College London, and London Climate Action Week.
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The Union Education Ministry on Friday dismissed allegations of data breach in Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) results, deprecating attempts to undermine public trust in the examination conducted by IIT Roorkee for more than 1.79 lakh students.
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) The recent attack on “Khan Sir’s” coaching institute in Patna highlighted the darker side of India’s lucrative coaching industry, where rivalry, commercialisation, and profit motives sometimes tend to overshadow education.
