Sector Education - Latest news, views and updates

Education

Sector

Watch

Education

SECTOR | 07 May 2025

Cabinet clears 72,000 cr push to expand IIT infrastructure, upgrade ITIs nationwide

Business Line

Together, these moves aim to bridge the gap between academia, industry, and employability, while fulfilling the education and skilling aspirations of India's youth.

Cabinet approves Rs 11,829-cr expansion of five IITs, 6,576 new seats added

Business Standard | 07 May 2025 2 more

Education

SECTOR | 07 May 2025

Columbia University lays off 180 after Trump pulls $400 mn for antisemitism

Business Standard

Columbia University said Tuesday that it will be laying off nearly 180 staffers in response to President Donald Trump's decision to cancel $400 million in funding over the Manhattan college's handling of student protests against the war in Gaza. Those receiving non-renewal or termination notices Tuesday represent about 20% of the employees funded in some manner by the terminated federal grants, the university said in a statement Tuesday. We have had to make deliberate, considered decisions about the allocation of our financial resources, the university said. Those decisions also impact our greatest resource, our people. We understand this news will be hard. University spokesperson Jessica Murphy declined to say whether more layoffs were expected, but said Columbia is taking a range of steps to create financial flexibility, including maintaining current salary levels and offering voluntary retirement incentives. Research will also be scaled back, with some departments winding down .

Education

SECTOR | 07 May 2025

Cuet-UG postponed, now to begin on May 13, city intimation on May 7: NTA

Business Standard

The Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG has been postponed and will now begin from May 13, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Tuesday night. The exam was originally slated to begin on May 8. In a late-night announcement, NTA said the exam will now be conducted from May 13 and city intimation slips will be issued by May 7. While the exam was scheduled to begin on Thursday, the agency had not announced the subject-wise date sheet. According to sources, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has just concluded the mammoth task of conducting the medical entrance exam NEET-UG, which was under scanner last year and its integrity questioned. The CUET-UG, which is a gateway to undergraduate admissions in the country, has seen a record 13.5 lakh applications this year. In a pattern shift from last year, the exam will be conducted only in the Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode. In the first edition of the exam in 2022, CUET-UG was plagued by technical glitches. Also, as a result

Shingles vaccine may reduce heart disease risk by 23%, says report

Business Standard | 06 May 2025 3 more

Education

SECTOR | 04 May 2025

Consider inflation while providing aid to farmers, says VP Dhankhar

Business Standard

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday advocated Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in fertiliser subsidies for farmers based on the US pattern and demanded that inflation be factored in while providing financial assistance to agriculturists, like the salaries of legislators and MPs. Addressing faculty members and students of the Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Agriculture University in Gwalior, the vice president said, "The Prime Minister has factored in inflation while revising the salaries of legislators and MPs, so why not when supporting farmers? Assistance provided to farmers must also account for inflation". Emphasising the need for Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in fertiliser subsidies, Dhankhar said, "In the United States, all aid provided to farmers is given directly, not through intermediaries. Just like we have the PM-KISAN scheme in India, the Indian government also spends heavily on fertiliser subsidies. "It is now a matter for both reflection and research. If the same money i

Visa crackdown leads international students in US to rethink summer travel

Business Standard | 04 May 2025

Education

SECTOR | 04 May 2025

Happy to take responsibility for INC's past mistakes: Rahul to Sikh student

Business Standard

At Brown University, Rahul Gandhi said he was not in politics during the 1984 riots but is willing to take responsibility for Congress's historical wrongs, including towards Sikhs

Education

SECTOR | 03 May 2025

High US tariffs on China can boost India's manufacturing, says CEA

Business Standard

Global disruptions have created opportunities for emerging nations like India, and US tariffs on China could drive manufacturing shift to India due to lower duties, Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran said on Saturday. While there are worries about the first, second, and third round effects of the tariffs in terms of external demand to start with and the overall uncertainty and therefore implications for capital formation etc, there are some favourable outcomes also, he said at an event organised by Ashoka University here. One of the positive impacts of the uncertain global environment is a reduction in crude oil prices which are now available around USD 60 per barrel. It is a windfall from India as it lowers input cost and also provides fiscal space, he said. "China plus one, which was a different dimension earlier, now acquires a much higher sense of urgency for many other companies located inside China. So in some sense, you can call it a second wind (in favour of .

Education

SECTOR | 03 May 2025

Silicon photonics products indigenously developed at CoE-CPPICS IIT Madras launched

Business Line

CoE-CPPICS develops a fibre array attachment tool and a high-speed silicon photonics quantum random number generator

Education

SECTOR | 03 May 2025

216 deaths reported as US sees deadliest flu season for children in 15 yrs

Business Standard

More US children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday. The 216 pediatric deaths reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eclipse the 207 reported last year. It's the most since the 2009-2010 H1N1 global flu pandemic. It's a startlingly high number, given that the flu season is still going on. The final pediatric death tally for the 2023-2024 flu season wasn't counted until autumn. This number that we have now is almost certainly an undercount, and one that when the season is declared over, and they compile all the data it's almost certain to go up, said Dr. Sean O'Leary, of the American Academy of Pediatrics. There are likely several contributors to this season's severity, but a big one is that fewer children are getting flu shots, added O'Leary, a University of Colorado pediatric infectious diseases specialist. The flu vaccination rate for US children has plummeted f

Deeply saddened: New Delhi on death of Nepalese student at Odisha's KIIT

Business Standard | 02 May 2025 1 more

Education

SECTOR | 02 May 2025

Liverpool shook the earth during Premier League winning goal vs Tottenham

Business Standard

Researchers from the University of Liverpool found that the roar of the crowd during the historic title-clinching match generated real seismic activity

Donald Trump Says Harvard University Will Lose Its Tax-Exempt Status

NDTV Profit | 02 May 2025

Education

SECTOR | 02 May 2025

IIT-Kanpur Tasked With Developing AI To Clean Yamuna, Ease Congestion

NDTV Profit

New Delhi, May 2 (PTI) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said he has tasked IIT-Kanpur with building AI technology for cleaning Yamuna, easing congestion, and targeting other urban challenges.