Global campuses in India: Bringing world-class classrooms home, but who really benefits? (AI-generated image) India has flirted with the idea of “bringing Harvard to India” for decades. What is different now is not the slogan — it is the paperwork. As of now, three foreign universities are fully operational on Indian soil: Deakin University and…
Columbia University and Barnard College have joined Harvard University in challenging the Trump administration’s restrictions on international students. On January 20, both institutions signed an amicus brief supporting Harvard’s lawsuit in the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals. The brief highlights the critical contributions of international students, stating that they have “cured diseases, invented transformational technologies,…
The latest and groundbreaking research published in Scientific Reports from October 2021 to July 2024, and finally published in 2025-pointed out the development of uranium contamination in the breast milk of lactating mothers living in Bihar. The investigation by a team of researchers at Patna-based Mahavir Cancer Sansthan & Research Centre and the Hajipur-based National…
The National Council of Educational Research and Training has started online applications for NCERT Recruitment 2026 to fill 117 academic vacancies via direct recruitment. This recruitment process includes teaching and librarian vacancies in various campuses of NCERT and will be strictly done through the official website, ncert.nic.in.According to the official recruitment notification, the online application…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi consumer court has held Ghaziabad based housing society for delaying the possession of the flat for over 15 years and directed them to refund over Rs 79 lakh to two homebuyers along with an compensation of Rs 5 lakh.The complainants became the members of the housing society in 2010 and applied…
Asian markets mostly rose on Tuesday as investors focused on hopes of United States rate cuts and nerves around rising Japanese bond yields eased slightly.In Hong Kong, HSI rose 0.11%, rising 28 points to reach 26,061. Nikkei also rose 56 points to trade at 49,360 at 10:30 AM IST. South Korea’s Kospi added 1.81% to…
NEW DELHI: Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has slapped a Rs 5 lakh penalty on edtech company, PhysicsWallah (PW), over use of “dark patterns” on its website and mobile application. raising concerns about unfair trade practices and consumer rights violations.In its order passed on Monday, the CCPA said that the Noida-based edtech firm used manipulative…
NEW DELHI: The US department of justice’s indictments against Nikhil Gupta do not read like a high-stakes espionage thriller; they, if true, point to an amateur crude plot conceived and sought to be executed with no regard to the basics of intelligence tradecraft. Serving and retired security establishment officials feel, going by the claims of…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with the Jharkhand high court’s order granting bail to former Bihar chief minister Lalu Yadav and other convicts in the fodder scam case.The top court also asked the high court to expedite the hearing of the pending appeals, preferably within six months.A bench pf Justices…
The government has amended rules to streamline approvals for opening coal and lignite mines, a move aimed at cutting procedural delays and speeding up mine operationalisation while retaining regulatory oversight, PTI reported .Under the earlier framework, Rule 9 of the Colliery Control Rules, 2004 required mine owners to obtain prior approval from the Coal Controller’s…