For decades, the United States has been portrayed as the ultimate destination for ambitious professionals, a land where talent could translate into prosperity. For Indians on H-1B and L-1 visas, however, this promise is increasingly fraught with uncertainty. The H-1B visa, a non-immigrant programme allowing US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations, is…
The American classroom has long been idealized as a space of discovery and growth. Yet, today, many educators describe it as a battlefield, not against poverty wages or understaffed departments, but against a daily tide of escalating student misbehaviour. For a profession already strained by attrition, the weight of this shift is crushing.A recent survey…
The United States has long upheld and cherished the sobriquet “land of opportunity” as a badge of honour. Yet what if the opportunity server first checks the gender of the plate before serving it? Opportunity bends and breaks along lines of privilege, and the latest labour figures reveal a stark truth: Women are once again…
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has declared the results of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET PG) 2025 today, Tuesday, August 19. Candidates who appeared for the examination can now access their results on the official portals — natboard.edu.in and nbe.edu.in.The NEET PG 2025 examination comprised 200 multiple-choice…
In 2025, the Trump administration revoked over 6,000 student visas—a number that has sparked concern not only in immigration policy circles but also across global academic communities. Approximately 4,000 of these were attributed to alleged “criminal activity,” while an additional 200 to 300 were reportedly linked to accusations of “support for terrorism.” But behind the…
IGNOU TEE December date sheet 2025: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has issued the tentative date sheet for the December 2025 Term-End Examinations (TEE) covering both Open and Distance Learning (ODL) and online programmes.According to the notification, the examinations will be held from December 1, 2025, to January 8, 2026, with two sessions…
Photo source: pminternship.mca.gov.in When the Prime Minister’s Internship Scheme (PMIS) was unveiled in the 2024-25 Budget, it was pitched as a watershed moment in India’s effort to bridge the gap between academia and industry. The government’s vision was both ambitious and commendable: to create one crore internships for the youth in the nation’s top 500…
Forget the classroom, these 8 places are where real learning happens (Image: TOI) Although classrooms are a powerful setting for structured learning, they are not the only location where meaningful education takes place. In fact, studies have consistently shown that some of the most valuable lessons about problem-solving, empathy, creativity and critical thinking are learnt…
Stanford University has prompted renewed debate over legacy admissions after announcing it will no longer participate in California’s state-funded student aid programmes. The move allows the university to continue factoring in applicants’ familial ties to alumni and donors when selecting its undergraduate class for autumn 2026, bypassing new state law aimed at limiting the influence…
Forget the alphabet and multiplication tables. In 2025, one of the first lessons American schoolchildren—and their parents—are learning comes with a dollar sign. The 2025 Deloitte Back-to-School Survey reports a rising anxiety: Nearly 48% of US parents and caregivers expect school lunch prices to climb higher than the year before.And they’re not wrong. The average…
