Researcher killed by neighbour during fight over parking in Mohali

A Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) researcher died after he was pushed to the ground following heated exchanges with his neighbour over a parking dispute in Mohali, police......

NCERT drops Darwin from class 10 textbook, 1800 scientists protest move

More than 1,800 scientists, science teachers and educators have written an open letter raising concerns about the chapter on ‘Theory of Biological Evolution’ being dropped from the......

What India needs to do to avert China-like Covid surge

Several countries are administering a third and even fourth Covid booster shot but India, where many fully vaccinated individuals have not taken even one, is not there yet, say experts while......

Maha records 3900 new Covid cases; 'alarming', says Tope

Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded a spurt in new COVID-19 cases at 3,900, including 85 of Omicron, with the daily count rising by 1,728 from a day before, the state health department said even as......

Budget 2019: How Sitharaman plans to change the face of Indian education

Sitharaman said the government will bring in a new national education policy to transform India's higher education system into one of the best in the world. Setting up of National Research......

Sensex ends 84 points higher; HUL, L&T up 2%

  Markets recouped intra-day losses to end higher, amid firm global cues, led by select index heavyweights and capital goods shares. The S&P BSE Sensex gained 84 points to close at 25,773 and......

Our premier institutes lack best faculty: PM

As the country embarked upon setting up new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and central universities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday......

Pay panel report for IIT, IIM faculty soon

Fat pay packages may be in the offing for faculty oftechnical educational institutions like the Indian Institute of Technologyand Indian Institute of Management as the Pay Review committee set up......