Education Matters
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53% teachers say most primary students in Jharkhand forgot to read, write after Covid-19: Survey
An acute shortage of teachers was also noticed in the state, a report prepared by Economist Jean Dreze stated.
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Number of schools in India declined by 20,000 in 2021-’22, shows government data
The Union ministry of education said that the decline was mainly due to the closure of ‘private and other management’ schools.
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Why Assam’s policy of ‘merging’ schools has many critics
Activists and education experts say it could affect the quality of education offered by government schools.
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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Evolution doesn’t need millions of years. Tiger snakes on an island have evolved over just a century
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Ten students suspended in Ajmer university for watching BBC documentary on Gujarat riots
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SC issues notice to poll panel on BJP plea against order on sharing criminal records of candidates
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Odisha Health Minister Naba Das shot at by police official, airlifted to Bhubaneswar hospital
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‘Targeted over caste,’ says Dalit lecturer who was sacked from service for his Navratri post
Mithlesh Kumar Gautam had advised women to read the Constitution and the Hindu Code Bill instead of fasting during Navratri.
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SC asks Centre to set up portal with details of foreign universities for Ukraine-returned students
Ukraine has offered an academic programme under which Indian medical students who fled the European country can finish their studies in foreign universities.
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Ukraine-returned medical students cannot be enlisted in Indian medical universities, Centre tells SC
Their enrolment would hamper the standard the medical education in India, the government said in an affidavit.
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Video
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Watch: Three snow leopard cubs on a mountain road at night flee as car drives behind them
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Watch: Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav sings Hindi film hit with singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya
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Watch: Former Pakistan cricket captain Sarfaraz Ahmed sings for cricketer Shan Masood at his wedding
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‘Space travel will let us live forever’: Video of writer Ray Bradbury’s 1974 interview resurfaces
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‘Let’s make bubble tea’: Interactive Google Doodle marks third anniversary of boba tea emoji launch
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UGC declares 21 universities as fake, says they do not have power to offer degrees
Eight such higher education bodies from Delhi and four from Uttar Pradesh are on the list released by the University Grants Commission.
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HC seeks Gujarat government’s reply on plea against making Bhagavad Gita part of school syllabus
The petitioner, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, has argued that the resolution grants preferential treatment to one religion over another.
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NEET PG: Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking to extend internship deadline
The petitioners said completing their internship, which is mandatory to be eligible for the exam, was delayed as they were performing their Covid-19 duties.
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The Reel
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Why you can’t keep Anurag Kashyap down
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Start the week with a film: ‘Force Majeure’ is a chilly satire about modern marriage
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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CBSE, ISCE exams: Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking online mode for ongoing tests
The court asked students not to ‘mess up’ the educational system with such demands.
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NEET super specialty exam: Centre tells SC it won’t implement revised syllabus this year
Forty-one post-graduate doctors had approached the Supreme Court challenging a last-minute change to the syllabus.
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24 institutions declared fake by UGC, most from Uttar Pradesh, Centre tells Parliament
Uttar Pradesh has eight unauthorised institutes while Delhi has seven.
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The Field
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Novak Djokovic defeats Stefanos Tsitsipas to claim tenth Australian Open crown – ‘King of Melbourne’
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Watch, Australian Open: Novak Djokovic is a bundle of emotions after winning his 22nd Grand Slam
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Tri-series: Match between India and South Africa abandoned due to rain
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U19 Women's T20 World Cup, IND v ENG final live: Two each for Sadhu, Devi as England stumble
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Watch: Neeraj Chopra interacts with Shafali Verma and Co ahead of U19 Women’s T20 World Cup final