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......

NTA postpones June edition of joint CSIR-UGC-NET exam

Amid a raging row over irregularities in exams, the National Testing Agency on Friday announced the postponement of the June edition of the Joint Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and......

India should spend $1 bn annually to train school teachers: Narayana Murthy

Software icon NR Narayana Murthy on Wednesday called for spending $1 billion a year to train school teachers by 10,000 retired highly accomplished teachers from the developed world and from India......

ISI terror module: All 3 arrested accused have BTech degrees

The three people, who were part of an ISI-sponsored module "disguised" as an ISIS module and arrested on Monday, have completed their graduation in engineering and one of them was currently......

Govt has ambitious plans for the GIFT City

The government on Tuesday said it will allow setting up of world-class foreign universities in Gandhinagar's GIFT City, free from domestic regulations, to facilitate availability of skilled......

6 professors awarded Infosys Prize 2019 for science and research

The annual award includes a pure gold medal, a citation and a prize purse worth $ 100,000 or its equivalent in the Indian rupees. IMAGE: Addressing an event organised to announce the winners of......

Meet India's best known teacher

'Kids like something when it is interesting, focused, and offers scope for self-exploration.''We teach them how to learn, not force them,' Byju Raveendran tells Bibhu Ranjan Mishra.Illustration:......

The Towering Talent called Girish Karnad

In a career spanning over five decades, Girish Karnad lived several lives... not only on the stage, but also as a scholar, theatre personality, actor and director. Photograph: Kind courtesy Film......

Hamilton to launch programme to make F1 more diverse

'The time for platitudes and token gestures is over' IMAGE: The Briton, 35, said in a column in the Sunday Times newspaper that he had been working with the Royal Academy of Engineering to create......