Medicine Nobel 2025 awarded to trio for immuno-regulatory T cells discovery
Mary E. Brunkow (US), Fred Ramsdell (US) and Shimon Sakaguchi (Japan) win Nobel medicine prize. | Photo Credit: Courtesy: https://www.nobelprize.org/ The Nobel Prize for 2025 in Physiology or Medicine goes to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced in Stockholm […]
Govt proceeds with forming panels to select VCs, ETEducation
The interviews to prepare the appointment panel for VCs of Technical and Digital universities will be held at Muscat Hotel in Thiruvananthapuram for four days from Oct 8 T’puram: The state govt is proceeding with the process of forming the panel for vice- chancellors of Technical and Digital universities, despite the governor filing a review […]
How Frontier Technologies Are Solving India’s Biggest Challenges — Healthcare, Water, Farming & Education
A tidal wave of new-age, cutting-edge innovations across India is exemplifying that no development challenge is too big to solve. Frontier technologies — emerging, innovative interventions with the potential to create transformative socio-economic changes — are proving just that: whether it’s by providing health access to the remotest corners of India, saving billions of litres […]
Maharashtra Board SSC, HSC date sheet 2026 expected to release soon: Check where and how to download exam schedule, once released
Maharashtra Board SSC, HSC date sheet 2026: The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) is expected to release the examination date sheet for the Secondary School Certificate (SSC/Class 10) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC/Class 12) examinations 2026 soon. Once released, students will be able to check and download the schedule from […]
Catholic Congress slams Kerala Edu Minister over differently-abled appointments in aided schools, ETEducation
It is alleged that the government, which came to power with the support of ordinary people, is now taking steps that infringe on the rights of a section of teachers Thiruvananthapuram, The Catholic Congress on Saturday criticised Kerala Education Minister V Sivankutty over his handling of appointments for differently-abled candidates to teaching and non-teaching posts […]
Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025: Registration closes today for nationwide student hackathon, direct link to apply here
On September 23, 2025, Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan launched the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025, a nationwide initiative to promote innovation, creativity, and problem-solving among school students. The event, organised by the Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education, in collaboration with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, and All India Council […]
ICSE, ISC exam date sheet 2026: Class 10, 12 timetable expected soon; check what past year trends suggest
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) is expected to release the date sheet for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) and Indian School Certificate (ISC) examinations 2026 shortly. Students of class 10 and class 12 will soon be able to check the subject-wise timetable, which will mention the date and time […]
Philippines pioneers coral larvae cryobank to protect threatened reefs
Known as the “Amazon of the seas”, the Coral Triangle is a 5.7 million sq. km expanse across the tropical waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste — and the richest marine ecosystem on the earth. The Triangle is home to more than three-quarters of the world’s coral species, […]
Heat-related deaths in Spain up 88% from last year: Health ministry
MADRID: The number of heat-related deaths in Spain between May 16 and September 30 hit 3,832, an 87.6-percent increase from the same period in 2024, the health ministry said Thursday.Nearly two-thirds of the deaths involved people over the age of 85, and almost 96 percent were over 65, it said in a statement.The figures were […]
How is India responding to crowding disasters? | Explained
The story so far: On September 27, a political rally by actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) founder Vijay in Tamil Nadu’s Karur district ended in a fatal crowd crush in which 41 people were killed. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin appointed a one-person commission headed by retired judge Aruna Jagadeesan to examine the tragedy’s causes. […]