Why are the whites of human eyes white?
Scientists are not sure why the human sclera is white. | Photo Credit: Bacila Vlad/Unsplash A: The tough outer covering of the eyeball is called the sclera. In humans, the sclerae (in both eyes) are white. This allows someone standing a distance away to easily say which way a person is looking. Scientists are not […]
Education Minister N Samsudheen, ETEducation
Keralam cannot unilaterally withdraw from PM SHRI scheme under MoU: State Minister N Samsudheen Thiruvananthapuram: Keralam Education Minister N Samsudheen told the State Assembly that the state cannot unilaterally withdraw from the PM SHRI scheme under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the previous government. He added that a Cabinet subcommittee […]
Quiz on Kalam – The Hindu
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam interacting with students. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Published – October 15, 2026 07:55 am IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Source link
Old doubts linger, yet new Microsoft quantum chip raises the stakes
In February, the Microsoft Quantum research group announced a new kind of computer processor called Majorana 1. According to the tech giant, the processor contained the world’s first topological qubits, built with a new material it called a ‘topoconductor’. Majorana 1 contained eight qubits, with Microsoft Quantum saying it would in future hold a million. […]
Jonathan, the giant tortoise, is 198 years old. Here is his secret
Giant tortoise Jonathan at Plantation House, St. Helena Island. | Photo Credit: StHelena Jonathan is an Aldabra giant tortoise who lives at the residence of the governor of St Helena. He is 194 years old, the oldest living land animal on Earth today: the upper limit of the life expectancy for Aldabra tortoises is 93.68 […]
Delhi Government Provides Rs 1,370 DBT to MCD School Students for Uniforms, ETEducation
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has said Rs 1,370 had been transferred directly into the bank accounts of students in Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) schools New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has said Rs 1,370 had been transferred directly into the bank accounts of students in Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) schools to […]
UP Board Launches Parakh Cell to Revamp Assessment System Under NEP 2020, ETEducation
UP Board’s Parakh cell to reform school assessment standards Prayagraj: UP Board authorities will set up a special cell named Parakh to overhaul its assessment system in line with the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 and bring greater uniformity in evaluation standards with other boards in the country. The cell is expected to influence the assessment […]
Telangana Government Announces ₹24,000 Crore Investment in Integrated Residential Schools, ETEducation
The state plans 162 Telangana Public School campuses in 2026-27 at ₹1,141.15 crore, offering education from pre-primary to Class 12. Hyderabad: Telangana govt plans to invest ₹24,000 crore in Young India Integrated Residential Schools, with each campus accommodating 2,560 students from Classes 5 to 12 and the initiative expected to benefit around 2.7 lakh students […]
Mining project threatens future of rare Jeypore ground gecko
In the crevices of boulders and beneath the rustle of leaf litter in the hills of the Eastern Ghats in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh lives a tiny population of the strikingly-patterned Jeypore ground gecko, which was presumed extinct for 130 years until it was rediscovered in 2010 by an Indian scientist. Just four individuals of […]
Education Minister’s Vision for Quality Learning, ETEducation
Karnataka govt to complete recruitment process for 17,000 teachers by December: Minister Bangarappa Bengaluru, The Karnataka government has announced that the recruitment process for 17,000 teacher posts will be completed by December, State Minister for School Education and Literacy Madhu Bangarappa said. Addressing the media in Bengaluru, the Minister added that the state government had […]