New Delhi, December 2 During the first in-person mode of placement drive after the pandemic, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) recorded an increase in international offers for its students with several of them bagging packages exceeding Rs 1 crore...
New York, November 9 Facebook parent Meta is laying off 11,000 people, about 13% of its workforce, as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter to employees Wednesday. The job...
New Delhi, November 6 The Union health ministry is working to finalise guidelines to do away with the bond policy for doctors based on the National Medical Commission’s recommendations in this regard, official sources said. According to the bond policy,...
IANS New Delhi, October 30 Most of the toppers in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) (Advanced) are taking admission in Computer Science and related engineering courses. The craze of ‘Computer Science engineering’ is so much that many students are not...
New Delhi, October 28 Online Ph.D programmes offered by EdTech companies in collaboration with foreign educational institutions are not recognised, the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) announced on Friday. This the second...
Mumbai, October 10 The country’s largest IT services exporter TCS on Monday said moonlighting is an “ethical issue” and against its core values but has not taken any action against any staff. The company, which employs over 6.16 lakh people,...
Ravi S Singh New Delhi, September 24 The Centre is understood to be concerned about sweeping punitive action taken by major companies against employees for their alleged moonlighting or taking up dual employment. Well-placed sources said the government is presently following...
New Delhi, September 16 As several students, disappointed with the results of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET-UG), took to social media to express “lack of clarity” and “confusion” over their percentile, UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar on Friday...
Chandigarh, September 11 Chinmay Khokar has emerged as the tricity topper by securing all-India rank 42 in the JEE Advanced, results of which were announced on Sunday. Harsh Jakhar from Sector 35 came second, securing AIR 48, while Anirudh...
Bathinda, September 11 Local lad Mrinal Garg has once again topped the state in the IIT-Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced test by securing 19th rank, the result of which was declared by the National Testing Agency today. Mrinal of St...
Vibha Sharma New Delhi, September 11 Ahead of college admissions, University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman M Jagadesh Kumar has warned students against ‘fake’ universities —institutions not established as per UGC Act but offer degrees in contravention of stated provisions—operating in...
New Delhi, September 9 Degrees obtained through distance and online learning from recognised institutions will be treated on a par with those offered through conventional mode, according to the University Grants Commission (UGC). “Degrees at undergraduate and postgraduate level in...
Ravinder Saini Mahendragarh, September 8 Tanishka Yadav of Bachhod village, which is located 10-km away from the Narnaul district headquarters, has brought laurels to the state by securing the top position across the nation in National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG). The...
Indore, August 30 A 25-year-old visually impaired software engineer from Madhya Pradesh has received a job offer from IT giant Microsoft with an salary package of Rs 47 lakh, an official said on Tuesday. Yash Sonakia earned his BTech degree...
Indore, August 30 A 25-year-old visually impaired software engineer from Madhya Pradesh has received a job offer from IT giant Microsoft with an annual package of Rs 47 lakh, an official said on Tuesday. Yash Sonakia earned his BTech degree...
New Delhi, August 22 In a decision that will open up new opportunities and also prove to be a win-win situation for industry experts as well as universities, the higher education institutions may now be able to take on board...
New Delhi, August 22 Several Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG aspirants have claimed that the exam dates mentioned on their admit cards have already passed while the date intimated to them earlier was different. The National Testing Agency (NTA), which...
IANS New Delhi, August 9 For 84 per cent professionals in the country, machine learning (ML) followed by statistics are the two most in-demand skills that recruiters are looking for in data science professionals, a report said on Tuesday. Python...
IANS New Delhi, August 2 The examination dates for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET PG) 2022 have been announced. UGC chairman Professor M. Jagadesh Kumar said the CUET PG 2022 will be conducted from September 1 to 7 and...
New Delhi, July 20 The second session of the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE)-Main has been postponed and will now begin from July 25 instead of July 21, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Wednesday. The NTA did not cite...
New Delhi, July 17 With rupee touching its new all-time low every other day, study abroad aspirants in India fear their American university dream is getting farther as they will have to cough up more money or shift their choice...
Ravneet Singh Patiala, July 15 Punjabi University has failed to feature among 200 top institutions of the country in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings, 2022, much like last year. Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET) has suffered...
Chandigarh, July 13 The state government today launched a centralised admission portal for its colleges that are affiliated to Panjab University, Punjabi University and Guru Nanak Dev University. Launching the portal here at the Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of...
Bathinda, July 11 Bringing laurels, Mrinal Garg, a student of Saint Kabir Convent Senior Secondary School, Bathinda, secured first rank in the JEE (Main) exam after getting perfect score (300/300). The results for the competitive exam were declared on...
New Delhi, July 11 Sarthak Maheshwari of Haryana and Mrinal Garg of Punjab are among the 14 candidates who have scored a perfect 100 in the engineering entrance exam JEE-Main 2022 session for paper 1 (BE/BTech), the results of which...
Chandigarh, July 5 The existing bonus marks for NCC certificate holders in defence recruitment will continue under the Agnipath scheme, National Cadet Corps DG Lieutenant General Gurbirpal Singh said on Tuesday. Lt Gen Singh was on a visit to the...
Deepkamal Kaur Jalandhar, July 4 Farheen, 22, an alumna of Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Nehru Garden, has got placed with Amazon as software development engineer in Gurugram on an annual pay package of Rs 32 lakh. Hailing from Basti...
Mohali, July 4 India aims to increase the number of international students studying in its universities from the current 50,000 to 5 lakh by 2024, said Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Education, during...
New Delhi, June 26 The Indian Air Force (IAF) has received 56,960 applications under the Agnipath recruitment scheme till Sunday, within three days of the registration process getting under way on Friday, a week after violent protests against it rocked...
New Delhi, June 24 The recruitment process in the Indian Air Force under the Agnipath scheme got underway on Friday with the opening of the registration window, a week after violent protests rocked several states. “Registration window to apply for...