'Don't play with future of younger generation', Pradhan slams Shivakumar over NEP

IANS | August 22, 2023 9:01 PM

New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday lashed out at the Karnataka government and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar for announcing the scrapping of the National Education Policy (NEP) in the state from the next academic year, underlining that the government should not play with future of the younger generation.

Ashoka University: Ahead of faculty deadline, IB team comes looking for Das

IANS | August 22, 2023 7:44 PM

Sonepat, Aug 22 (IANS) A team from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) knocked on the doors of Ashoka University on Monday and Tuesday, ahead of the August 23 deadline set by the faculty members for the varsity authorities demanding non-interference in their work and to address the issue concerning assistant professor Sabyasachi Das.

Talent acquisition startup HireMee to help Karnataka bridge skill gap

IANS | August 20, 2023 10:37 AM

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Talent acquisition and management startup HireMee, which has partnered several state boards of technical education, universities and colleges in the country to provide AI-proctored assessments, on Sunday said it has now entered Karnataka to help bridge the skill gap.

JU ragging death: Real issue gets blurred as politics takes over

Sumanta Ray Chaudhuri | August 19, 2023 4:18 PM

Kolkata, Aug 19 (IANS): With arguments, counter- arguments and passing the buck continuing over the tragic death of a fresher at Kolkata’s iconic Jadavpur University, allegedly due to psychological ragging on August 10, the real tragedy seems to be taking a backseat with a political slugfest taking centrestage.