Bengal lost Rs 10,000cr in Central funds by not adopting NEP: Dharmendra Pradhan, ETEducation

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Pradhan also alleged that the West Bengal government refused to accept additional funds that the Union government had proposed to allocate for Jadavpur University Kolkata, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said that West Bengal lost central funds worth Rs 10,000 crore by not implementing the National Education Policy (NEP) in the state. “Despite […]

Principals in a degree of trouble, ETEducation

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Sources indicate that more than 2,000 candidates across the state have submitted PhD certificates obtained from universities outside Karnataka The decision to place responsibility on college principals to verify the authenticity of PhD degrees submitted by guest lecturer candidates has triggered strong reactions across Karnataka. While the Department of Collegiate Education has already completed two […]

Cows can use tools, and one Austrian cow has now shown it clearly

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In 1960, when she was studying chimpanzees in Tanzania, the primatologist Jane Goodall observed one chimp strip a stick of its leaves and use it to extract termites from a mound. She telegraphed her observation to her supervisor, the paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey.  “Now we must redefine ‘tool,’ redefine ‘man’ or accept chimpanzees as human,” Leakey […]

Bengal para teachers urge Dharmendra Pradhan to raise honorarium, ETEducation

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Ghosh said para teachers currently receive Rs 10,000 per month at the primary level and Rs 13,000 at the upper primary level under a 60:40 funding pattern between the Centre and the state Kolkata, A platform of para teachers in West Bengal has urged Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to enhance their monthly honorarium at […]

What are bio-based chemicals and enzymes? | Explained

For representative purposes. The story so far: Bio-based chemicals are industrial chemicals produced using biological feedstocks like sugarcane, corn, starch, or biomass residues, often through fermentation or enzymatic processes. Examples include organic acids (such as lactic acid), bio-alcohols, solvents, surfactants, and intermediates used in plastics, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. Enzymes are biological catalysts widely used in […]

Debris of rockets with ISRO logo found near uninhabited island in Maldives

A photo posted by @ispaceflight_in showing a a PLF (Payload Fairing) washed up on an uninhabited island near L. Kunahandhoo, Maldives, found on February 12, 2026. Photo credits: X/@ispaceflight_in Debris of a launch vehicle with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) logo and the national emblem have reportedly been found recently in an uninhabited island […]