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New Delhi: From 2026, Class-X students will be able to take CBSE board exams twice in an academic session but it will be mandatory for them to appear for the first phase in February, officials said Wednesday. The second phase scheduled in May will be...

New Delhi: It took three decades for the Emergency imposed by then-prime minister Indira Gandhi, a 21-month period marked by censorship and mass arrests of opposition leaders, to make an entry into NCERT political science textbooks. Curiously, it happened under the Congress-led UPA rule in...

Bhubaneswar: The State Higher Education Department, Sunday released the Phase-I second selection merit list for Undergraduate (UG) courses for the 2025–26 academic session, in which a total of 45,502 students have been shortlisted. While the first round saw the selection of 1,75,722 students out of...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Education has set up a nine-member panel to examine issues relating to coaching, the emergence of 'dummy schools', as well as the effectiveness and fairness of entrance examinations, according to officials. The panel, headed by Higher Education Secretary Vineet Joshi,...

New Delhi: The global out-of-school population is now estimated to be 272 million, over 21 million more than the last estimate, according to UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring Team (GEM). The team, in its latest report, has pointed out that by 2025, countries will be off-track...

New Delhi: Rajasthan's Mahesh Kumar has topped the medical entrance exam NEET-UG, while Madhya Pradhesh's Utkarsh Awadhiya has bagged the second rank, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced Saturday. More than 12.36 lakh candidates out of 22.09 lakh test takers qualified the exam. The number...

New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to declare the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2025 for undergraduate medical courses results Saturday. The agency has also released the final answer keys for the NEET UG 2025. Candidates who appeared for the examination...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday approved 17 investment proposals worth Rs 3,878.86 crore which will generate 10,584 new employment opportunities in 11 districts of the state, an official said. The investment proposals were approved at the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) meeting chaired by...

Bhubaneswar: Five people were arrested Wednesday for allegedly submitting fake documents to secure Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) jobs in Odisha's Bolangir district, an official said. The arrest was made by the Crime Branch after a complaint was lodged by Rajendra Kumar Pattnaik, the superintendent of...

Bhubaneswar: The results of the Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) 2025 will reportedly be announced Tuesday between 5pm and 6pm on the official website ojee.nic.in. Notably, OJEE 2025 was held from May 2 to May 12 in multiple shifts. The examination serves as a common...