NCERT granted deemed university status The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), the country’s national resource institution for school education, has been granted the status of an Institution Deemed to be University.The decision was taken after the University Grants Commission (UGC) examined NCERT’s application through an expert committee under the provisions of the…
Mukerjee will now succeed Vineet Joshi, who was last month appointed as secretary, Panchayati Raj (File photo) In a late-night order issued Monday, the Union government appointed Deepti Gaur Mukerjee, a 1993-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, as the new Higher Education Secretary. The order came from the Department of…
NEET PG 2026 city slip to be out today The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) is scheduled to release the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET PG) 2026 city intimation slip today, August 11. Candidates who have completed the registration process will be able to check their allotted examination city on…
AIIMS BSc Hons Nursing 2026 round 1 seat allotment result out The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has released the round 1 seat allotment result for BSc (Hons) Nursing admissions for the 2026-27 academic session. The result is available on the official website, aiimsexams.ac.in.Candidates who took part in the counselling process can check…
IISER IAT seat allotment result 2026: The Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) have released the Round 3 seat allotment result for IISER IAT 2026. Candidates who participated in the counselling process can now check their allotment status through the official admission portal using their login credentials.The Round 3 allotment is an important…
17-year-old Ryka Chopra used AI and game theory to find how countries could work together to save Arctic ice. (Photo: Society for Science) As the Arctic continues to lose ice, scientists are studying not only how quickly the region is changing but also what countries can do to slow the damage. Ryka Chopra, a 17-year-old…
According to the QS World University Rankings (QSWUR) 2027, announced on June 18, IIT Delhi improved by five positions from its 123rd rank in the previous edition. India’s presence in global higher education rankings has expanded sharply over the past decade, with the number of Indian institutions featured in the QS World University Rankings increasing…
Just three days before the math Olympiad, he was hospitalised. What happened next made his family emotional (Photo: tienphong.vn) For most students, falling ill just days before an important examination would mean staying home, resting and putting the competition aside.For sixth-grader Mai Ngoc Duy of Tran My Ninh Secondary School in Thanh Hoa, the situation…
More than 3,500 faculty vacancies have been filled across IITs between September 2022 and May 2026 under a mission-mode recruitment drive. However, the latest Lok Sabha response does not reveal the current faculty-student ratio at individual IITs. With the 1:10 norm still relevant, questions remain over whether recruitment has kept pace with rising enrolment and…
DU NCWEB cut off 2026: The Delhi University Non-Collegiate Women’s Education Board (DU NCWEB) has released the third cutoff list for the 2026 admission cycle, today, August 10, 2026. The list is available on the official NCWEB website, ncweb.du.ac.in. Candidates who meet the prescribed cutoff can now proceed with the admission process.Eligible students must complete…