Education

The Department of Education has begun implementing President Donald Trump’s student-loan overhaul, including new lifetime borrowing caps for graduate and professional students. It is a technical change with a wide reach, particularly for those preparing for healthcare careers.Under the proposal, only ten programmes, including medicine and law, qualify as “professional” and therefore fall under a…

Reed Hastings education and career path As Netflix prepares for its blockbuster $83-billion bid to acquire Warner Bros., cofounder Reed Hastings once again finds himself shaping the biggest story in global entertainment. The move, as reported by Fortune, which detailed Netflix’s plan to buy the studio behind Dune, Harry Potter, DC Universe and HBO Max,…

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…

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…

Smart India Hackathon 2025 Addressing a press conference on Thursday, Dr. Vaishali Patil, Principal of I2IT Pune, said that the institute is proud to host one of India’s largest innovation-driven competitions. She was joined by Miss Amrita Katara, managing trustee I2IT, Vice-Principal Prof. Madhuri Reddy, Prof. Ravindra Joshi, SIH coordinators Prof. Prakash Kshirsagar and Prof.Mandar…

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2026, the national-level entrance test for admissions to undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) law programmes at 24 National Law Universities, will be conducted tomorrow, December 7, 2025. The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) has issued a comprehensive set of exam-day instructions that all candidates must follow to ensure…

XAT 2026: The Xavier School of Management (XLRI), Jamshedpur, has extended the online application deadline for the Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2026. As per the official notice, candidates can now submit their online applications until 11 December, midnight. Those who have not yet registered for the examination can complete the process on the official website,…