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SECTOR | 20 Jul 2025

Children exposed to heat wave may lose up to 1.5 years of schooling: Report

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Children exposed early to extreme heat may lose up to 1.5 years of schooling with climate change having a direct impact on education and threatening to undo educational gains of recent decades, according to a new global report. Climate related stressors such as heat, wildfires, storms, floods, droughts, diseases and rising sea levels, affect education outcomes. Most low and middle-income countries are experiencing climate-related school closures every year, increasing chances of learning loss and dropout, it noted. The report compiled by UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring (GEM) team, Monitoring and Evaluating Climate Communication and Education (MECCE) project and University of Saskatchewan in Canada has pointed out over that the past 20 years, schools were closed in at least 75 per cent of the extreme weather events, impacting five million people or more. Exposure to heat has significant detrimental effects on children's educational outcomes. An analysis linking census and climat

Prabhudas Lilladhar released a Sector Update report for Education on 08 Oct, 2025.

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SECTOR | 20 Jul 2025

IIM-Calcutta rape case: Accused student granted bail on 50,000 bond

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Toppannavar, a second-year student, had been arrested by Kolkata Police on the night of July 13 following a complaint filed by a woman alleging that she had been raped on the IIM Calcutta campus

Prabhudas Lilladhar released a Sector Update report for Education on 08 Oct, 2025.

Education

SECTOR | 19 Jul 2025

DU announces first seat allotment result for over 71,000 UG seats

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The Delhi University on Saturday released the first seat allocation list for undergraduate admissions for the academic session 2025-26, kickstarting the final phase of the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS). The list, published at 5 pm, by the university includes allocations for 71,624 seats across 79 undergraduate programmes offered by 69 colleges. The candidates, who have been allotted seats, are required to "accept" the seat by 4:59 pm on July 21. The colleges will verify and approve the applications by July 22 and the last date for payment of admission fees under this round is July 23. The university has announced that the second CSAS allocation list would be released at 5 pm on July 28. The academic session for first-year undergraduate students is scheduled to commence on August 1.

Prabhudas Lilladhar released a Sector Update report for Education on 08 Oct, 2025.

Delhi govt gears up for month-long cleanliness campaign from August 1

Business Standard | 19 Jul 2025 1 more

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SECTOR | 18 Jul 2025

WUG: Nataraj betters his 'Best Indian Time' to enter 200m freestyle semis

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Swimmer Srihari Nataraj bettered his 'Best Indian Time' in the 200m freestyle to advance to the semifinals, the women paddlers overcame Netherlands to secure a round-of-16 berth, while the shuttlers lost to Hong Kong in mixed team event on day two of the World University Games in the Rhine-Ruhr region of Germany on Friday. Two-time Olympian Nataraj, 24, timed 1:48.22 seconds to top his heats and eclipse his previous mark of 1:48.66 set last month at the Singapore National Swimming Championships.The Bengaluru swimmer qualified fifth overall for the semifinals scheduled later on Friday. The women table tennis players lost the opening rubber before overcoming the Netherlands 3-1 in Group 5. Sayali Wani lost the opener to Men Shuohan 11-13, 7-11, 11-3, 3-11 before Taneesha Kotecha beat Emine Ernst 11-6, 8-11, 11-4, 11-3. Pritha Vartikar then overcame Karlijn van Lierop 7-11, 11-2, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6 before Taneesha wrapped it up in style by beating Shuohan 12-10, 13-11, 11-7. On Thursda

Prabhudas Lilladhar released a Sector Update report for Education on 08 Oct, 2025.

Education

SECTOR | 18 Jul 2025

Delhi University's IP, Hindu, SRCC receive bomb threats via email

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This comes days after St. Stephen's College received a bomb threat

Prabhudas Lilladhar released a Sector Update report for Education on 08 Oct, 2025.

Education

SECTOR | 18 Jul 2025

China issues safety warning for its nationals studying in Philippines

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China's Education Ministry issued a safety warning for Chinese students in the Philippines after what it said were a series of criminal incidents targeting them. The brief warning Friday did not identify any specific incidents but told students to increase their safety awareness should they choose to study in the Philippines. The number of Chinese students in the country was not given but enrolments have fallen to just a few hundred in recent years, according to the Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post. Relations between the governments of China and the Philippines are particularly tense due to disputes over maritime claims in the South China Sea, which China claims almost in its entirety. China has used water cannons and other non-lethal shipboard deterrents to drive off Philippine fishing boats. Politically, China has dismissed a UN-backed court decision in The Hague that ruled out most of China's claims in the South China Sea and has expressed resentment over close ties .

Prabhudas Lilladhar released a Sector Update report for Education on 08 Oct, 2025.

Education

SECTOR | 17 Jul 2025

Avendus Wealth-Hurun India Uth Series 2025: Zepto cofounders top the list

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With 8 alumni featured, BITS Pilani leads all undergraduate institutions, followed by IIT Roorkee and IIT Delhi with 6 each

Prabhudas Lilladhar released a Sector Update report for Education on 08 Oct, 2025.

Education

SECTOR | 17 Jul 2025

Sunil Mittal awarded honorary doctorate by UK's University of Bath

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England-based University of Bath has conferred an honorary doctorate on Bharti Enterprises Founder and Chairman, Sunil Bharti Mittal, the company said on Thursday. The University of Bath is ranked among the UK's top-ten universities and placed within the top 10 per cent globally, the statement said. "Founder and Chairman, Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration by the University of Bath, United Kingdom (UK)," the statement said. The honour from the University of Bath marks Mr Mittal's ninth honorary doctorate and his third from a UK institution. He was earlier conferred the Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) by the University of Leeds in 2009 and the Doctor of Civil Law (Honoris Causa) by Newcastle University in 2012. "I'm honoured to receive this recognition from the University of Bath, an institution renowned for its intellectual rigour, spirit of enterprise, and engagement with the world beyond the classroom," Mittal said. "We are v

Prabhudas Lilladhar released a Sector Update report for Education on 08 Oct, 2025.

Education

SECTOR | 17 Jul 2025

University of San Diego pauses plan to set up campus at Gujarat's GIFT city

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San Diego varsity cites regulatory and cost barriers for pausing its GIFT City campus and will now expand in India through hybrid degrees, MoUs and online Master's programmes

Prabhudas Lilladhar released a Sector Update report for Education on 08 Oct, 2025.

University of Southampton opens India's first foreign varsity campus

Business Standard | 17 Jul 2025 2 more

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SECTOR | 16 Jul 2025

Uttarakhand to NCERT: Include Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana in school syllabus

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Uttarakhand Education Minister Dhan Singh Rawat said that until the new syllabus is introduced, students will recite verses from these texts during daily prayer sessions

Prabhudas Lilladhar released a Sector Update report for Education on 08 Oct, 2025.