How Yechury forced then PM Indira Gandhi to quit

Veteran Marxist leader Sitaram Yehury, who got shaped in politics during the Emergency days, was brilliant in academics and a Central Board of Secondary Education topper, but he earned a......

Sitaram Yechury: A face of pragmatic Left politics

The CPI-M leader was fluent in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Bangla, and also Malayalam. He was also well-versed in Hindu mythology, and often used those references in his speeches especially to attack the......

Explained: How National Testing Agency functions

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is at the centre of controversy over alleged irregularities in competitive exams conducted by it. Amid the raging row over the recently conducted NEET-UG and......

Govt directs CBSE to plan twice-a-year board exams from 2025

The ministry of education has asked the Central Board of Secondary Education to work out logistics for conducting board exams twice a year from the 2025-26 academic session, according to......

UpGrad's founder blames Raveendran, investors for current state of Byju's

Byju Raveendran, chief executive officer (CEO) and co-founder of Byju’s, along with its nearly 51 investors, are responsible for the beleaguered edtech firm’s current predicaments, said......

Social Stock Exchange: Tax benefits among industry's top demands

In an effort to attract investors to the Social Stock Exchange (SSE), the bourses have reached out to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and the government with the industry’s......

$1.2-billion loan dispute: Byju's legal battle worries key investor

The legal battle between Byju’s and lenders in the US on the edtech firm’s $1.2-billion term loan B (TLB), along with the company skipping an interest payment of $40 million on the......

How Covid Gave Investors A Booster Dose

COVID-19 forced people to work from home turned into the fuel for new demat accounts, observes Debashis Basu. IMAGE: The entrance to the Bombay Stock Exchange. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters......