The Delhi government has announced a new board to control the processes of school education in Delhi. It has been envisioned to be the answer to the students’ dependency on private tuitions in preparing for ...
Gurugram-based Extraclass aims to motivate students by rewarding them on the basis of their efforts and not outcomes. It is a social online learning platform, launched in 2017 by three visionaries- Persainjit Singh, Prakash Gupta, ...
This teacher’s day, Eagle 2.0, a humanoid robot gave a lesson on thermal physics for eighth-graders, at Indus International School, Bangaluru, becoming India’s first-ever robot teacher. Eagle 2.0 works as a teacher assistant and is ...
In an attempt to help national higher educational institutions reach global standards in teaching and learning, the University Grants Commission intends to name 20 universities, 10 public and 10 private, the status of Institute of ...
Slug: Numerous accidents have been reported from all over India prompting several cities to ban such online games. In December 2018, Vellore Institute of Technology banned the online game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds or PUBG on the ...
India Union Budget 2019-20: Highlights Ms Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, announced the maiden budget of the second innings of the Modi government in Parliament on 5 July 2019. The total expenditure ...
Literature Amitav Ghosh honoured with 54th Jnanpith Award: On 14 December 2018, Amitav Ghosh was announced that the winner of the 54th Jnanpith award. He is one of the most prominent contemporary Indian writers. The ...
Environment Deadly ‘volcano tsunami’ hits Indonesia after Krakatoa eruption: During the busy pre-Christmas weekend 2018, a midnight eruption at Anak Krakatau volcano triggered a tsunami which struck Indonesia the following day. The devastating midnight disaster ...
World UN Human Rights Prize 2018 announced: The President of the 73rd Session of United Nations General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, recently announced the winners for the United Nations Prize 2018 in the field ...
Science & Technology Shimmering planet discovered in constellation Cassiopeia: Researchers from the Universities of Zurich and Cambridge have discovered a new planet outside our solar system in the constellation Cassiopeia. This planet, named HD219134 b, ...