Brown University shooting: The hard truth about safety on US campuses
The December 13 shooting at Brown University killed two students and injured nine. Image: AP The December 13 shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, has pushed one of America’s most elite campuses into a grim national statistic. Two students were killed and nine others injured when gunfire erupted inside the Barus and Holley […]
Fearing job crisis, govt mulls cap on computer science engineering seats, ETEducation
Higher education minister MC Sudhakar acknowledged the “bubble” in computer science seats and said the govt would regulate intake in the interest of students’ future. Bengaluru: Alarmed by the unregulated surge in computer science seats across engineering colleges in Karnataka and the likelihood of a job crisis in future, the govt on Tuesday announced that […]
US unemployment hits four-year high as November data signals weakening labour market pressure on Fed
November US jobs report shows rising unemployment and steady private payroll growth for Fed US unemployment rate: The US unemployment rate rose to 4.6 per cent in November, reaching the highest level in more than four years, in a sign of continued weakness in the labour market. The increase came despite the economy adding 64,000 […]
CLAT 2026 counselling registration begins today: Check steps to apply, and complete schedule here
CLAT 2026 counselling: With the CLAT 2026 results declared on December 16, 2025, the Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLUs) has opened the admissions counselling process for five-year integrated Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) law programmes. All eligible candidates who have qualified in CLAT 2026 have been invited to participate in the centralised counselling process […]
US community school funding hit by a new round of cuts under Trump
More than ten ongoing projects aimed at strengthening classroom instruction and school based social services in low income communities are set to stop after the federal government abruptly cancelled tens of millions of dollars in education grants late last week. The decision came just two weeks before the next round of scheduled funding was due. […]
AI can replace teams in US offices, but here’s why Harvard says that would be a mistake
On a quiet spring morning in Boston, sunlight filtered through the tall windows of Baker Library at Harvard Business School. The building, long associated with case studies on management, labour and power, has become an unlikely symbol of a new question confronting the US workforce. On May 27, 2025, researchers inside the Harvard University campus […]
IB SA result 2025 released at mha.gov.in: Direct link to download here
IB SA result 2025: The Intelligence Bureau (IB), operating under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has officially released the result for the Security Assistant (SA)/Executive recruitment 2025. Candidates who appeared for the examination, held from September 29 to 30, 2025, can now check their roll numbers shortlisted for the Tier-II examination on the official […]
Science quiz: Tools of writing
Science quiz: Tools of writing Visual: Name this insect. The natural dye carmine is derived from an acid it secretes to protect itself. START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | Name this insect. The natural dye carmine is derived from an acid it secretes to protect itself. 2 / 6 | This historical ink was […]
KSEAB releases Karnataka SSLC Class 10 time table 2026 for preparatory exams: Check complete schedule here
Karnataka SSLC Class 10 time table 2026: The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) has released the Karnataka Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) Class 10 preparatory examination time table for 2026. As per the official notification, the board will conduct three preparatory examinations to help students assess their readiness for the main SSLC board […]
‘Extremely exciting’: the ice cores that could help save glaciers
Dressed in an orange puffer jacket, Japanese scientist Yoshinori Iizuka stepped into a storage freezer to retrieve an ice core he hopes will help experts protect the world’s disappearing glaciers. The fist-sized sample drilled from a mountaintop is part of an ambitious international effort to understand why glaciers in Tajikistan have resisted the rapid melting […]