Atal Knowledge Centres for All Gram Panchayats, ETEducation
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma Jaipur, Sept 2 Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma has directed officials to accelerate rural development works with a focus on roads, employment, education, sports, irrigation and farmer welfare, and announced plans to establish Atal Knowledge Centres in every gram panchayat in a phased manner. Chairing a high-level meeting at his […]
How BODH is training India’s scientists to become better lab leaders
The BODH team (L-R): Veda Krishnan, Chandra Shekhar Sharma, Pooja Devi, and Sriparna Chatterjee. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement India’s laboratories are expanding, research funding is growing, start-ups are emerging, and Indian researchers are increasingly contributing to scientific knowledge. Amid this expansion, who is preparing scientists to become leaders? A researcher may spend years mastering […]
Why do people make odd facial expressions when self-administering eye drops?
The brain doesn’t always activate only those muscles needed for an activity. | Photo Credit: Vanessa Bumbeers/Unsplash — Akarsh A: People often make oddly tense facial expressions when putting eye drops in their own eyes because the activity significantly tasks the nervous system. To place a drop in your eye, you need to control yourself […]
A first step towards a universal vaccine against pneumonia, meningitis
There is a bacterium called Streptococcus pneumoniae. It comes in at least a hundred different forms, or serotypes, and lives in the tissue lining our nose and throat. S. pneumoniae is normally harmless. But when your body’s immune system becomes weaker, for example when you have a viral fever, these bacteria may invade your lungs […]
Bhotekoshi flood ‘serious signal’ of rising climate risks, says Nepal PM Shah urging global action
Nepal PM Balen Shah, in the Parliament Nepal PM Balendra Shah on Wednesday described the catastrophic Bhotekoshi River flood of August 26 as a stark warning of escalating climate risks in the Himalayan region, urging the international community to share responsibility for tackling the growing impact of climate change.Addressing Parliament, Shah said experts had identified […]
Bihar Cabinet Extends Student Credit Card Scheme to 2031, Approves Urban Development Initiatives, ETEducation
The Bihar Cabinet has approved 27 agenda items at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, including the extension of the Bihar Student Credit Card Scheme for another five years and measures related to urban development, heritage conservation and welfare initiatives. Patna, The Bihar Cabinet has approved 27 agenda items at a meeting chaired […]
Goa Government Retracts Controversial Private Universities Amendment Bill Amidst Opposition Concerns, ETEducation
Chief minister Pramod Sawant Porvorim: Facing sharp criticism that it would open the door to unwanted private universities and weaken higher education standards, Goa govt withdrew the Goa Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2026. Opposition members warned that relaxed norms could allow institutions to operate without basic infrastructure, alleging some promoters could end up “distributing certificates” […]
Five Indiana engineering students built a 12-hour wearable that helps visually impaired users detect obstacles beyond a cane or guide dog
Students at the Rose Hulman Institute of Technology collaborated to create their 2026 design projects aimed at solving everyday problems to improve the lives of people around them. Among them was a team of five who built a 12-hour wearable that helps visually impaired users detect obstacles that their cane or guide dog cannot, as […]
Meet Shankh Mitra: The Jadavpur University graduate who became one of the world’s highest-paid CEOs
Who is Shankh Mitra, the Jadavpur University graduate who became one of the world’s highest-paid CEOs? (Photo: LinkedIn) An engineering graduate from Kolkata has found himself among the world’s highest-paid corporate leaders, but his journey to the top did not begin at an IIT or in Silicon Valley.Shankh Mitra, an Indian-origin executive and the CEO […]
Fun, future, and linguistics – The Hindu
Linguistics has a confession to make. It is just like you. It tells you that it is as emotional, messy, dynamic, strategic, and perfectly imperfect as any human being. Whatever you are, linguistics becomes. Why? Because linguistics watches you. It watches you with the same clinical precision of a surgeon. It watches you speak and […]