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......

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......

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......

Lawyers' strike on July 11, 12 against education bill

The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Monday said lawyers across the country would abstain from work on July 11 and 12 in protest against the government's Higher Education and Research (HER) Bill aimed......

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......

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......

Education stocks rally 12% in late morning trade

Shares of companies related to education sector surged as much as 12 per cent on Thursday after Finance Minister P Chidambaram allocated Rs 65,867 crore (Rs 658.67 billion) to the HRD Ministry and......