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SECTOR | 19 Sep 2025, 12:37PM

IITs gear up for 2026 placements as recruiter participation sees sharp rise

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Early signs show a strong 2026 placement season at IITs, with top recruiters from high-frequency trading, tech, startups, and PSUs increasing participation and offers across sectors

Education

SECTOR | 18 Sep 2025, 10:36PM

Wildfire Smoke Set To Cause Mounting Deaths And Economic Losses

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Scientists at China's Tsinghua University found that early deaths linked to particulate matter in wildfire smoke could rise to six times 2010-2014 levels by next century.

AI-based monsoon forecasts help 38 million Indian farmers make planting decisions

Business Line | 18 Sep 2025, 06:14PM

Education

SECTOR | 18 Sep 2025, 06:59PM

IndiaAI Mission: Govt selects 8 players including Tech Mahindra, Fractal Analytics, BharatGen, Avataar AI for building LLMs

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IIT Bombay's proposed LLM to getfinancial assistance of 988.6 crore under IndiaAI Mission, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

Education

SECTOR | 18 Sep 2025, 02:24PM

Experts resurrect Census Bureau advisory committee axed by Trump admin

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A US Census Bureau advisory committee made up of scientific experts that was axed by the Trump administration earlier this year is resurrecting itself and meeting Thursday with no official blessing or formal ties to the statistical agency. The reconstitution of the Census Scientific Advisory Committee, rechristened with an Independent in front of its name, is a defiant gesture by the research community against the Trump administration's elimination last winter of three advisory committees made up of outside experts from private industry and academia. Unlike in past meetings, no Census Bureau staffers will be involved directly or indirectly during Thursday's conference. Will our scientific advice still find an ear at the Census Bureau? I do not know, said University of North Carolina sociologist Barbara Entwisle, who chairs the committee. However, it is a certainty that our recommendations will have no effect at all if we do not provide them. The decision to get the committee member

Education

SECTOR | 17 Sep 2025, 09:04PM

Former Hurriyat Conference chief Abdul Gani Bhat dies at 90 in Sopore

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Former Hurriyat Conference chairman Abdul Gani Bhat died at his Sopore residence in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday at the age of 90, his family said. Bhat, who was largely confined to his residence at Sopore in Baramulla district due to ill health over the past few years, breathed his last this evening, Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said. "I just received a call from Bhat Sahib's son confirming the sad news about the demise of the veteran leader," the Mirwaiz told PTI. Born in 1935, Bhat graduated from Sri Pratap College in Srinagar in Persian studies. He went on to obtain post graduate degrees in Persian and a Law degree from Aligarh Muslim University. Bhat is likely to be buried in his ancestral graveyard in Sopore, sources close to the family said.

Education

SECTOR | 17 Sep 2025

SunLifeGlobal Solutions inks research partnership with IIT Madras

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Research supports early detection of Type 2 Diabetes

Education

SECTOR | 17 Sep 2025

University of California students, professors, staff sue Trump admin

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The Trump administration is using civil rights laws to wage a campaign against the University of California in an attempt to curtail academic freedom and undermine free speech, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by faculty, staff, student organisations and every labour union representing UC workers. The lawsuit comes weeks after the Trump administration fined the University of California, Los Angeles $1.2 billion and froze research funding after accusing the school of allowing antisemitism on campus and other civil rights violations. It was the first public university to be targeted with a widespread funding freeze. The administration has frozen or paused federal funding over similar allegations against elite private colleges, including Harvard, Brown and Columbia. According to the lawsuit, the Trump administration has made several demands in its proposed settlement offer to UCLA, including giving government access to faculty, student, and staff data, releasing admissions and hirin

Suspect in Kirk killing charged with murder after DNA found on gun trigger

Business Standard | 17 Sep 2025 1 more

Education

SECTOR | 16 Sep 2025

Indus Towers, IIT M announce partnership to drive research in GFRP structures

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GFRP is a materialincreasingly used in various industry infrastructure due to its superior strength-to-weight ratio, corrosion resistance and low maintenance requirements

Education

SECTOR | 16 Sep 2025

Maha govt to launch skills courses for gems and jewellery sector: Fadnavis

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said the state government will launch certificate courses at the Skills University to train skilled manpower in the gems and jewellery sector. Speaking at the inauguration of a gems and jewellery exhibition at the Jio World Convention Centre here, Fadnavis said the gems and jewellery sector has the potential to make India a global leader. He said that the initiative to provide certificate courses at the Maharashtra State Skills University (MSSU) will create manpower and ensure consistent growth of the industry. The chief minister also said that a state-of-the-art Gems and Jewellery Park is being developed at Mahape in Navi Mumbai. "The park will provide facilities to professionals and exporters, enabling a boost in exports. The government is committed to making this sector more employment-oriented in collaboration with the Gems and Jewellery Association," he noted. He said Indian jewellery has a long history and is exported t

IIT Hyderabad develops 6G prototypes, targets readiness for 2030 rollout

Business Standard | 16 Sep 2025

Education

SECTOR | 15 Sep 2025

L&T arm, C-DAC, IIT Gandhinagar join hands to develop indigenous secure chip for e-passports

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The alliance will bring together industry expertise, academic excellence, and government-led R&D to build a fully indigenous ecosystem to secure IC design and development

Chip For e-Passport: IIT Gandhinagar, L&T Arm, C-DAC To Develop Indigenous Secure Chip

NDTV Profit | 15 Sep 2025