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New Delhi: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks for some classes will cost less from next year, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced Tuesday. The Council, which currently prints 5 crore textbooks in a year, is working to augment the capacity...

New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will not conduct any recruitment exams starting 2025 and will focus on only higher education entrance exams, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Tuesday. The move is part of examination reforms based on recommendation of a high-level panel...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday announced that 10,000 posts will be filled up in the Home Department and 5,000 Home Guard posts will be created, out of which 2,416 posts will be filled soon. The announcement was made during the launch of...

Bhubaneswar: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Wednesday urged Health and Family Welfare Minister JP Nadda to set up a National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) in Odisha. The Sambalpur MP wrote to Nadda, highlighting that such an initiative would greatly benefit the pharmaceutical...

New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi is at top among universities in India for sustainability, jumping 255 places to reach 171 globally, according to QS Rankings announced Tuesday. A total of 78 Indian universities have featured in the 2025 QS Sustainability Rankings, with...

New Delhi: CUET-UG will be conducted only as a computer-based test (CBT) from 2025 and students will be allowed to appear for any subject irrespective of the subjects studied in Class-XII, according to UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar. In an interaction with PTI, Kumar said an...

New Delhi: Reservation cannot be on the basis of religion, the Supreme Court observed Monday while hearing a batch of pleas challenging the Calcutta High Court verdict that struck down the OBC status of several castes in West Bengal granted since 2010. The pleas, including...

New Delhi: The Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses is set to undergo several changes in the 2025 edition following a review by an expert panel, according to UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar. The University Grants Commission (UGC) had constituted...

New Delhi: Medical colleges in India have doubled from just 387 in 2013-14 to 780 in 2024-25 -- witnessing a 102 per cent growth, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed the Rajya Sabha. During the same period, the seats for MBBS also rose...

New Delhi: Recognised startups in India have created over 16.6 lakh direct jobs across more than 55 varied industries, the Parliament was informed Friday. The highest number of direct jobs were created in the IT sector (2,04,119), followed by healthcare and life sciences (1,47,639), and...