The debate over work-life balance in India moved into Parliament on Friday when Lok Sabha Member of Parliament Supriya Sule introduced a private member’s proposal that seeks to give employees the legal right to disconnect from work after official hours. The “Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025” aims to create clear boundaries between professional demands and…
JEE Advanced 2026: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has released the official five-point eligibility framework that candidates must fulfil to appear for the Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced (JEE Advanced) 2026. Along with the criteria, the institute has confirmed that the national-level entrance test for Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) admissions to Indian Institutes…
The Trump administration has begun calling back dozens of US Education Department workers who were previously targeted in layoffs, citing the need to reduce a rising backlog of civil rights complaints from students and families. It is a reversal prompted not by a shift in policy but by the weight of cases that have continued…
Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has officially begun the admission process for its Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes for the academic year 2026. Candidates can now submit their applications online through the university’s portal, bhuonline.in, until 16 December.The university will consider three admission routes: Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), University Grants Commission (UGC) / Council of Scientific…
Newly released emails involving the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and former U.S. Solicitor General Kenneth Starr have unexpectedly placed Yale Law School professor Jed Rubenfeld back in public focus. The messages, disclosed by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, refer to Rubenfeld in two separate 2018 exchanges. According to reporting by the…
Rohtak: Days after Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda and JJP leader and former deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala questioned the NAAC ranking of Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) and sought action against officials, the university on Saturday asserted that its NAAC Grade A+ status remains intact and that its distance and online degrees are fully valid.Addressing…
Harvard plans introduction of limited A+ grades Harvard College is moving to overhaul its evaluation system in a bid to curb grade inflation, a longstanding concern at elite universities. The proposal, outlined in an October report by Dean of Undergraduate Education Amanda Claybaugh, calls for multiple reforms to be introduced simultaneously, signaling a departure from…
UPSC CGPDTM recruitment 2025 The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the notification for recruitment to the posts of Examiner of Trade Marks & Geographical Indications (GI) under the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (CGPDTM), DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry. The recruitment also includes two posts of Deputy Director (Examination…
Divakaran receives leadership award at national summit Pune: Prakash Divakaran, Vice-Chancellor of Himalayan University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, was conferred the Certificate of Appreciation for Excellence in Leadership and Academic Contribution at the National Leadership Summit 2025 held recently. The summit was hosted by CP HR Services under the theme “Beyond Skills: Build What AI Can’t,”…
National IP Yatra 2025-26 Pune: AIC-Pinnacle Entrepreneurship Forum, supported by the Ministry of MSME, Government of India, will host the third edition of the National IP Yatra 2025-26 in Pune on December 19 and 20. The two-day national programme, to be held at Hotel Lemon Tree Premier, aims to build grassroots awareness on Intellectual Property…
