Govt orders probe into excess salary withdrawals by teachers, officers, ETEducation
The meeting also discussed engaging willing retired officials to teach English, mathematics and other subjects in urban schools. Patna: Education department’s additional chief secretary C K Anil has directed officials of Siwan and East Champaran to probe cases of excess salary withdrawal by teachers, officers and employees and ensure refunds within two to three days, […]
Inspired by his uncle’s struggle with speech, a teenage schoolboy develops a tool to help people join conversations
Inspired by uncle’s speech difficulties, Jack Harker, teenager develops award-winning Parley communication tool. (Photo: samsung.com) A communication challenge faced by a family member became the starting point for an award-winning technology project by a New Zealand schoolboy. Jack Harker, a Year 11 student at ACG Parnell College in Auckland, developed Parley, a communication tool designed […]
Bseb Dummy Admit Card 2027: BSEB dummy admit card 2027 released for Class 10, 12 exams: Check direct link to download hall ticket here
BSEB exam registration 2027 date extended The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has issued dummy admit cards for students appearing in the Class 10 (Matric) and Class 12 (Intermediate) annual examinations in 2027. Students can download their dummy hall tickets from the board’s official website between November 1 and November 7, 2026.The board has advised […]
Beyond Cyclone Arnab: can India tackle the growing cost of natural disasters? | Insight India
Cyclone Arnab hit the coast of Andhra Pradesh this week. In preparation, authorities evacuated people, halted transportation services and alerted disaster response forces. This is just the first cyclone of the northeast monsoon season. As climate change threatens to bring increasingly intense cyclones and other natural disasters, will India’s current disaster management programme be able […]
IIM Bangalore summer placements 2026: All 608 students placed, median stipend at Rs 2 lakh per month
Accenture Strategy makes 123 offers as management consulting dominates IIM Bangalore summer placements BENGALURU: Management consulting emerged as the most preferred domain, accounting for more than 50% of the offers during the summer placement season at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B).In a departure from its usual practice, IIM-B also announced the stipend figures […]
How is Desirée Garcia transforming kindergarten education? Meet the 2027 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year winner
Massachusetts teacher Desirée Garcia wins 2027 Teacher of the Year for promoting bilingual education. (Photo: FB) For some children, starting school also means learning to navigate a language different from the one spoken at home. At German Gerena Community School in Springfield, Massachusetts, kindergarten teacher Desirée Garcia is helping young learners develop academic skills in […]
India’s first fusion power company takes key steps
If all goes to plan, India may see designs for the first privately built tokamak, a nuclear reactor that uses fusion to produce energy, firmed up in 2027. Bengaluru-based startup Pranos Fusion has built PRAGYA, a small doughnut shaped tokamak, to test plasma control and superconducting magnets. This is a gateway to building PRANIK, a […]
RV University students win first prize at national-level HackFest 2026 for carbon footprint tracking project
RV University students win HackFest 2026 with technology to track and reduce carbon footprints BENGALURU: Medha Umesh and Sai Yasasvi Kancharla, second-year B.Tech (Honours) students from RV University, secured first place in the GreenTech & Impact track at HackFest 2026, a 24-hour national-level hackathon held on October 28 and 29 at Sai Vidya Institute of […]
NASA telescope on verge of plunging back to Earth after failed rescue mission
Representational image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto An ageing NASA telescope is barely clinging to space after a failed rescue effort left it tottering lower and lower. The U.S. Space Force predicts the Swift Observatory will come crashing down on or around Friday (October 30, 2026). Most of the 1 ½-ton telescope is expected to […]
One exam, one application fee: KEA plans common recruitment test for FDA, SDA posts across 33 Karnataka departments
Karnataka to introduce single recruitment exam for FDA, SDA and equivalent posts across 33 departments BENGALURU: The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has decided to conduct a common examination for recruitment to various posts, including First Division Assistant (FDA), Second Division Assistant (SDA) and other equivalent positions across departments requiring similar educational qualifications.Until now, this facility […]