Pratiksha Kavate, 17, is an 11th-grade student who lives with her parents in Kavatewasti, which is atleast an hour away from her college in Junnar Taluka in Maharashtra’s Pune district. Pratiksha’s classes start at 7 am, she wakes up at 5 am to do household chores and catch the bus at 6 am to … Read more
The US Department of Homeland Security said Harvard University will lose its ability to enrol foreign students if it does not meet demands from the Trump administration to share information on some visa holders, marking the government’s latest escalation against the educational institution. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also announced on Wednesday the … Read more
A herd of spotted deer graze at the Kancha Gachibowli area. | Photo Credit: Raghu Ghanapuram The story so far: The students of the University of Hyderabad at Gachibowli have been protesting ever since the news of the auction of a 400-acre land parcel known as Kancha Gachibowli within campus premises broke. The battle has … Read more
Indian students in the US should comply with American laws, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday following the detention of a postdoctoral fellow at the Georgetown University and self-deportation of another student to Canada. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the two Indians did not reach out to the Indian missions … Read more
Students welcomed with roses at an SSLC exam centre in Mysuru on March 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram The 1st annual examination for SSLC students started in 2,818 examination centres across Karnataka on March 21. On day one, first language — Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, English and Sanskrit — exams will … Read more
There is need to prepare STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and STEAM teachers to better withstand the situation in schools today, Jan DeWaters, Associate Professor, Coulter School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Clarkson University, New York, has said. She was speaking on ‘Addressing the need for STEM teachers in U.S. high-needs schools’ at the … Read more
The Kerala High Court on Friday sought the State government’s view on a petition that sought to quash the order of the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), Kozhikode, directing the superintendent of an observation home to allow the five students who were charged with murdering a student — Shahabaz of Thamarassery — to write the SSLC … Read more
For a long time now, educators have been advocating to bridge the gap between industry and academia. To provide students with hands-on experience of professional set-ups or meet industry leaders, the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) launched a unique initiative called ‘Shadow a leader’ earlier this month in this regard. This idea, conceived by … Read more
Members of the Navnirman Krushak Sangathan (NKS) take out a candlelight march in protest over the death of a Nepali student at the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) campus, in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: PTI A day after more than 500 students from Nepal were forced to leave the campus of Kalinga … Read more
