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New Delhi: A QR code printed on the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 mathematics question paper led to the music video of "Never Gonna Give You Up" by British singer Rick Astley. It became a classic internet prank known as "rickrolling", even...

New Delhi: NCERT issued a public apology Tuesday for including a chapter on judicial corruption in a recent book that had earned the Supreme Court's ire, and said the entire textbook has been withdrawn. The social science textbook for Class VIII stated that corruption, a...

New Delhi: Rapid changes are happening in the work sphere today with automation of routine tasks, and there is a need to focus on skills such as judgement, creativity and ethical reasoning, former UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar said Saturday. Kumar made the comments during...

New Delhi: Anuj Agnihotri has topped the Civil Services Examination 2025, results of which were declared by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Friday. Rajeshwari Suve M and Akansh Dhull bagged the second and third ranks respectively. A total of 958 candidates have qualified the...

London: The UK Wednesday imposed a study visa ban on four countries accused of using the route as a backdoor entry to seek permanent refuge in the country, as part of a wider clampdown on the soaring rates of asylum applications. The so-called emergency brake...

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Tuesday postponed the class 10 and 12 board exams scheduled for March 5 in the Middle East region amid the Iran-Israel conflict, officials said. Due to the current situation in parts of the Middle East- Bahrain,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has issued a standard operating procedure (SoP) for heat wave management in all colleges and universities across the state as the IMD has predicted a harsh summer ahead. The directive has been issued to ensure preparedness and take precautionary measures to mitigate...

Bhubaneswar: The results of the annual High School Certificate (HSC) examinations conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, are likely to be declared by the first or second week of May, BSE President Srikanta Tarai said Monday. Notably, the examinations concluded smoothly March...

New Delhi: NCERT Friday issued an advisory asking anyone with copies of the banned Class-VIII textbook that had a chapter on "judicial corruption" be returned to the council headquarters. In a strongly worded advisory, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) also called...

New Delhi: A class VIII NCERT textbook, which carried a chapter about 'judicial corruption', is at the centre of controversy with the Supreme Court imposing a "complete blanket ban" on the book, saying it contains "offensive" contents. Here is an explainer on how the NCERT...