Education

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) is set to launch the fourth edition of its unique-in-India educational reality show, ‘Haritha Vidyalayam,’ this December.KITE is the technical arm of the state General Education Department.Haritha Vidyalayam is a pioneering initiative aims to showcase the achievements and best practices of the state’s public education sector on…

Major seat expansion: 950 MBBS and 271 PG seats approved in Uttar Pradesh medical colleges. (AI Image) Uttar Pradesh MBBS seats: The Uttar Pradesh government has approved a major increase in the number of medical education seats for the 2025-26 academic session. A total of 950 new MBBS seats and 271 postgraduate (PG) seats will…

US immigration changes: EAD, H-1B and citizenship rules affect Indian professionals. (Getty Images) The US has introduced three major immigration changes within two months, significantly affecting Indian professionals, students, and Green Card holders. These include the abrupt end of automatic Employment Authorisation Document (EAD) extensions, a steep increase in H-1B visa fees, and a tougher…

Montana lawmakers draft first 2027 bill to limit ‘woke’ teacher conferences Montana Senate President Matt Regier (R-Kalispell) has requested the first draft of legislation to be introduced in the 2027 Legislature, seeking to restrict what he describes as “political agendas” at teacher professional development conferences. He announced the move after recordings from sessions at the…

CAT 2025: Smart strategies to ace the DILR section With the Common Admission Test or CAT 2025 only weeks away, the Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) section remains a major challenge for many aspirants. It requires quick pattern recognition, analytical thinking and smart decision-making under strict time pressure. Unlike quantitative topics where formula recall…

Mizoram launches Tobacco-Free Youth Campaign Aizawl, Mizoram on Friday launched tobacco-free youth campaign 3.0, reaffirming the state government’s commitment to creating a tobacco-free learning environment and protecting the health of young citizens.Health and Family Welfare minister Lalrinpuii opened the campaign at a function held in Aizawl.Speaking on the occasion, Lalrinpuii said the primary objective of…

ICE crackdown leads to rising school absences in Chicago immigrant communities (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Schools in immigrant neighbourhoods of Chicago are seeing a noticeable rise in absences. Students are staying home because they are afraid their parents might be detained while they are in class. Teachers say young people are volunteering to babysit younger siblings…

Why H-1B bans threaten US jobs, research and the future workforce America’s global reputation has long rested on a simple advantage: when the world’s brightest minds had ideas, they came to the United States to build them. That open-door tradition powered the labs, research universities and tech giants that shaped the modern world.Now, that advantage…

Federal judges say Trump cannot fully halt SNAP aid for millions of low-income families Two federal judges on Friday halted the Trump administration’s attempt to suspend food stamp benefits beginning November 1, a move that threatened to leave millions without help during an extended government shutdown. The court decisions offered a temporary safeguard for the…

New Delhi, With just three days left for voting in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) elections, both the Left alliance and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) have ramped up their outreach to sway the student electorate.While Left is invoking JNU’s legacy of “progressive, inclusive, and democratic politics”, ABVP’s plank has been “performance…