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......

CBSE cuts chapters on citizenship, DeMo, secularism to reduce syllabus

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has rationalised by up to 30 per cent the syllabus for classes 9 to 12 for the academic year 2020-21 to reduce course load on students amid the......

IISc, IIT-M, IIM-A top HRD ministry ranking

In the university category, IISc stood first, followed by JNU and BHU. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru was adjudged the overall best institution in the country by the Union......

Budget: Rs 400 cr for building world-class institutes

Setting up of National Research Foundation (NRF), adoption of a New Education Policy and allocation of over Rs 400 crore for building world-class institutes are among the budgetary announcements......

Infosys builds up its human resource

Software services firm Infosys Technologies has added 11,683 employees into its payroll for the December quarter taking the total number to over 27,000 so far this financial year. The company had......

Infosys BPO arm in Mexico soon

IT major Infosys Technologiessaid on Thursday it would soon open a 200-seater BPO facility in Mexico, its first in Latin America, and is also looking at other countries to start such units. "As we......

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......

Infosys Q1 net down 2% at Rs 1,488 cr

IT bellwether Infosys Technologies on Tuesday reported 2.42 per cent decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 1,488 crore (Rs 14.88 billion) for the first quarter ended June 30, 2010. Infosys......