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Shukla lifts off with 7 Indian experiments

New Delhi, June 25 -- Echoing the spirit of Rakesh Sharma's 1984 voyage, India's astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who is India's first astronaut to live and work on the ISS, called it "Not just a journey ... Read More


India's space missions deliver on budget, fuelling global interest

New Delhi, June 25 -- As Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla embarks on his mission aboard Axiom Mission 4, attention is turning to the scientific outcomes and the economic model behind I... Read More


FM inaugurates new offices of Exim Bank

New Delhi, June 24 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman virtually inaugurated Exim Bank's new offices in Lucknow, Indore, and Sao Paulo (Brazil) on Tuesday. The centres aim to support establis... Read More


Board results: Bihar, MP, Meghalaya show 'little progress'

New Delhi, June 20 -- While much of India's education system celebrates gains in board exam results and inclusive participation, states like Bihar, Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Meghalaya have shown little ... Read More


MoE: In a first, more ST girls passed Class 12 with science stream than arts in 2024

New Delhi, June 19 -- The Ministry of Education's internal data for 2024 board examinations reveals that for the first time, more girls from the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category have passed in the scienc... Read More


States with highest dropout rates lack open school access

New Delhi, June 19 -- A deep dive into the Ministry of Education's internal Examination Results 2024 presentation reveals a startling mismatch in India's efforts to support students who fail Class 10 ... Read More


PGI-D reveals India's district-level education gaps and gains

New Delhi, June 18 -- In a quiet but significant development, the Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D) 2023-24 has revealed a sharp contrast in the quality of school education across India'... Read More


Government pushes for policy reforms to enhance ease of doing research in India

New Delhi, June 15 -- In a decisive move to revitalise India's research and development ecosystem, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) unveiled a set of wide-ranging policy reforms on Sunda... Read More


From beedi leaves to blackboard: A mother's toil and a son's triumph

Hyderabad, June 15 -- In the narrow lanes of a small town in Telangana where the scent of dried tendu leaves lingers in the air, Adlagatta Gangadhar, now a 59-year-old headmaster and renowned abacus t... Read More


EPFO Eludes Northeast: No EPFO office in Arunachal

New Delhi, June 15 -- Despite being a full-fledged state, Arunachal Pradesh does not have a single regional office of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). Shockingly, several of its dis... Read More