Kerala Education Minister urges Centre to release due funds under Samagra Shiksha, ETEducation
A formal letter has already been sent to the Centre highlighting the delay, he said in a statement here on Tuesday Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty has urged the Centre to immediately release the pending funds due to the state for the Samagra Shiksha Kerala programme under the Right to Education (RTE) Act. […]
SC seeks audit of India’s private and deemed universities |
SC orders audit of India’s private and deemed universities The Supreme Court has unexpectedly widened a student’s grievance into a nationwide scrutiny of how private, non-government and deemed-to-be universities across India are founded, financed and governed. According to a Live Law report, the order directs the Centre, every state and Union Territory, and the University […]
CMAT 2026 application correction window opens today at cmat.nta.nic.in: Submit changes online by this date
CMAT 2026: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is set to open the application correction window for the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2026 today, 26 November 2025. Candidates who need to edit details in their previously submitted CMAT 2026 application forms can do so through the official website at cmat.nta.nic.in. The correction facility will remain […]
WiFi signals can quietly surveil you: study
Previous work had already shown that channel state information (CSI) from WiFi signals can be used to identify people in a room but CSI is harder to obtain and needs specialised hardware and firmware. | Photo Credit: Paul Hanaoka/Unsplash Modern WiFi standards have a feature called beamforming that helps routers push signals more efficiently towards […]
Karnataka AYUSH NEET UG counselling 2025: Stray vacancy round 2 schedule released; check details here
The Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) has released the schedule for the Karnataka AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) Undergraduate 2025 second stray vacancy round. This round has been introduced to fill seats that continue to remain vacant, were cancelled, or were added following the completion of the previous stray vacancy round.According to […]
How can candle wicks hold a flame for so long?
It’s the wax vapour rather than the solid or liquid wax that actually burns. | Photo Credit: Sixteen Miles Out/Unsplash Q: How can candle wicks hold a flame for so long? – Sadhika G. A: A candle wick holds a flame because it isn’t just a string that burns. Its main purpose is to deliver […]
JEE Main 2026: Session 1 registration window closes tomorrow; check direct link to apply and key details here
JEE Main 2026: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will close the registration window for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2026 Session 1 tomorrow, November 27, 2025. Eligible and interested candidates can move to the official website to submit their application for the same the registration process closes sharply at 9:00 PM on 27 November, […]
Publish or perish: making sense of India’s research fraud epidemic
For representative purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Research fraud is a global problem and has become worse due to the growing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The problem is even more acute in India’s higher education sector where both the number of journal publications and retractions are growing rapidly. However, journal retractions do not […]
RRC Northern Railway Apprentice recruitment 2025: Registration begins for 4,116 vacancies at rrcnr.org; direct link to apply here
RRC Northern Railway Apprentice recruitment 2025: The Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC), Northern Railway, has begun the online registration process for one of its largest apprentice intakes for the 2025-26 cycle. Applications are now open for 4,116 Act Apprentice positions across major divisions under Notification No. RRC/NR/05/2025. Eligible candidates with matriculation and ITI qualifications can now […]
Science quiz: 110 years of general relativity
Science quiz: 110 years of general relativity Each exact solution of the mathematical relations of general relativity (Q1) has a name. Name this person, who solved the relations for what space looks like around a spherical and non-rotating black hole, while serving as a soldier in World War I. START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 […]