Hemant Soren distributes portfolios; keeps home, gives finance to Cong

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday distributed portfolios among the new ministers, keeping key departments such as home, personnel and several others to himself, according to a......

IAS officers' daughter jumps off building near Maharashtra secretariat

A 27-year-old woman, daughter of an IAS couple, ended her life by jumping off the 10th floor of a government residential building near the Mantralaya in south Mumbai early Monday morning, the......

Guidelines issued for reopening of higher educational institutions

Higher educational institutions as well as skill training centres can resume their classes from September 21, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday, while asking them to implement staggered......

It's raining job promises in Odisha

Despite declining by three percentage points in 2022-23 (FY23) compared to FY19, Odisha’s unemployment rate remains higher than the average in India. IMAGE: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen......

Bill to reform H-1B, L-1 visa programme introduced in US Senate

A group of influential lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan legislation in the US Senate to comprehensively overhaul the H-1B and L-1 visa programmes and usher in more transparency in the......

Cost of Trump order on H-1B, L1 visas to US? $100 bn

President Donald Trump's executive order restricting entry of skilled foreign workers into the US, mainly on H-1B and L1 visas, has resulted in an estimated loss of $100 billion to companies in the......

What ails higher education in India

Speech by Sudeep Banerjee, Chairman, Board of Governors, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal. He was the chief guest at the 4th Annual Convocation of MANIT, Bhopal. It is a matter......

Govt mulls entity for education loans to poor

To help students pursuing higher education, the government plans o set up a higher education finance corporation. The proposed corporation will provide scholarships and soft loans to students in......