Education

Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has officially begun the admission process for its Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes for the academic year 2026. Candidates can now submit their applications online through the university’s portal, bhuonline.in, until 16 December.The university will consider three admission routes: Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), University Grants Commission (UGC) / Council of Scientific…

The Department of Education has begun implementing President Donald Trump’s student-loan overhaul, including new lifetime borrowing caps for graduate and professional students. It is a technical change with a wide reach, particularly for those preparing for healthcare careers.Under the proposal, only ten programmes, including medicine and law, qualify as “professional” and therefore fall under a…

Reed Hastings education and career path As Netflix prepares for its blockbuster $83-billion bid to acquire Warner Bros., cofounder Reed Hastings once again finds himself shaping the biggest story in global entertainment. The move, as reported by Fortune, which detailed Netflix’s plan to buy the studio behind Dune, Harry Potter, DC Universe and HBO Max,…

JEE Advanced 2026: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has released the official five-point eligibility framework that candidates must fulfil to appear for the Joint Entrance Examination, Advanced (JEE Advanced) 2026. Along with the criteria, the institute has confirmed that the national-level entrance test for Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) admissions to Indian Institutes of…

The debate over work-life balance in India moved into Parliament on Friday when Lok Sabha Member of Parliament Supriya Sule introduced a private member’s proposal that seeks to give employees the legal right to disconnect from work after official hours. The “Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025” aims to create clear boundaries between professional demands and…

The Trump administration has begun calling back dozens of US Education Department workers who were previously targeted in layoffs, citing the need to reduce a rising backlog of civil rights complaints from students and families. It is a reversal prompted not by a shift in policy but by the weight of cases that have continued…

Newly released emails involving the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and former U.S. Solicitor General Kenneth Starr have unexpectedly placed Yale Law School professor Jed Rubenfeld back in public focus. The messages, disclosed by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, refer to Rubenfeld in two separate 2018 exchanges. According to reporting by the…

Rohtak: Days after Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda and JJP leader and former deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala questioned the NAAC ranking of Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) and sought action against officials, the university on Saturday asserted that its NAAC Grade A+ status remains intact and that its distance and online degrees are fully valid.Addressing…

Harvard plans introduction of limited A+ grades Harvard College is moving to overhaul its evaluation system in a bid to curb grade inflation, a longstanding concern at elite universities. The proposal, outlined in an October report by Dean of Undergraduate Education Amanda Claybaugh, calls for multiple reforms to be introduced simultaneously, signaling a departure from…

AIIMS INI CET counselling 2026 The counselling process for the Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INI CET) January 2026 session has officially commenced, marking a critical step for over 32,000 qualified candidates seeking admission to postgraduate medical programs across premier institutes in India. Candidates can now register online, fill their choices, and prepare…