NEET UG 2026 registration ends today: Application correction window next, check what happens after this
NEET UG 2026 registration ends today The registration window for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2026 will close today, March 8, bringing the application process for India’s largest medical entrance exam to an end. Conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), NEET UG is the gateway for admission to undergraduate medical […]
Why India’s ‘leaky pipeline’ in research is unlike the rest of the world
Girls and women represent half the population of the world yet their participation in scientific research is lagging. In many countries, this disparate contribution starts as early as school. In the U.S., for example, girls are less likely to take advanced calculus, physics, mathematics, and biology at high school level. In many other countries, the […]
International Women’S Day 2026: More girls in universities, fewer women in leadership: Why education isn’t translating into opportunity
Why women’s academic success isn’t translating into workplace power If global gender equality were a classroom exam, women would already be among the top scorers. The problem begins after graduation.According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2025 by the World Economic Forum, the gender gap in education is more than 95% closed globally, making it […]
Global warming picking up pace, study says
Students carrying umbrellas stand on the dry riverbed of the Jialing Rivera, a tributary of the Yangtze, in China’s Chongqing Municipality, August 19, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP A new study published in Geophysical Research Letters has confirmed that global warming has entered a phase of significant acceleration. For decades, the earth’s temperature rose at […]
SSC CGL 2025 final vacancies announced: Over 15,000 posts across ministries and departments
SSC CGL 2025 final vacancies announced The Staff Selection Commission has released the final vacancy list for the SSC Combined Graduate Level Examination 2025, announcing 15,130 posts across multiple ministries and government departments. The vacancies were updated as on March 6, 2026, and include a range of Group B and Group C positions in departments […]
Science Snapshots: March 8, 2026
A transmission electron micrograph of Deinococcus radiodurans. | Photo Credit: Public domain Supertough bug may also survive colliding worlds The bacteria Deinococcus radiodurans is famous for being able to survive extreme radiation and dryness. Researchers have found it can also survive the intense pressures of being blasted off of a planet’s surface: 14,000-24,000 earth atmospheres. […]
ICAI CA Foundation January 2026 toppers: Logapriya P P bags AIR 1 with 366 marks, three candidates share AIR 3
ICAI CA Foundation January 2026 Toppers The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has announced the results of the Chartered Accountants (CA) Foundation Examination for the January 2026 session. Along with the results, the institute has also released the merit list of candidates who secured the highest marks in the examination. Logapriya P P […]
Women’s Day Special | ‘The greatest freedom is intellectual independence’
Meet D. Indumathi, a physicist who has spent decades exploring some of the universe’s most elusive particles, neutrinos. Recently retired, she built her career in high-energy physics, asking questions that most of us wouldn’t even know how to frame. Physics is often seen as intimidating — abstract, mathematical, distant. But Indumathi approaches it with clarity […]
ICAI CA Intermediate, Foundation result 2026 released at icai.nic.in: Check direct link to download here
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has declared the results of the Chartered Accountancy Foundation and Intermediate examinations conducted in January 2026 today, on March 8, 2026. Candidates who appeared for the examinations can check and download their scorecards from the official portal, icai.nic.in.The ICAI released the results in online mode. Students are […]
How technology is transforming healthcare
Healthcare is entering a phase where the boundaries between medicine, technology, and data are rapidly dissolving. Digital health, once confined to electronic medical records and teleconsultations, now underpins diagnostics, drug development, population health management, chronic disease care, and patient engagement. This has not only transformed how care is delivered, but also significantly widened the range […]