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PU student dies 2 days after mishap in Sec-15

Chandigarh, Dec. 6 -- A 20-year-old BA third-semester student of Panjab University (PU) succumbed to injuries two days after she met with a road accident near Sector 15. The deceased has been identifi... Read More


PU drops colonial gowns: Now, ethnic dress code permanent for convocation

Chandigarh, Dec. 6 -- Panjab University has issued detailed guidelines for its upcoming convocation, confirming that the ethnic dress code-introduced during the ceremony in March-will now be a permane... Read More


Punjab rolls out career guidance counselling programme

Chandigarh, Dec. 6 -- Punjab has collaborated with the IIT Madras Pravartak to roll out a statewide career guidance programme to create a structure where every teacher becomes a trained career mentor,... Read More


FIR registered against 2 assistant professors

Rohtak, Dec. 6 -- Jind police on Friday registered a first information report (FIR) against two contractual assistant professors (now suspended) of Chaudhary Ranbir Singh University (CRSU) for alleged... Read More


Weak rupee puts foreign study costs under lens

mumbai, Dec. 6 -- The rupee's depreciation against the US dollar to a historic low is forcing students headed abroad for higher education to rethink how they fund their degrees. This comes at a time w... Read More


2,500 schools closed in state as teachers protest

Mumbai, Dec. 6 -- Over 2,500 schools in the state remained closed on Friday as teachers' organisations held protests across Maharashtra. Several unions staged demonstrations in major cities, while the... Read More


Weak rupee puts foreign study costs under lens

mumbai, Dec. 6 -- The rupee's depreciation against the US dollar to a historic low is forcing students headed abroad for higher education to rethink how they fund their degrees. This comes at a time w... Read More


DU needs to 'change culture', end reliance on guest teachers: VC

New Delhi, Dec. 6 -- Delhi University (DU) must "change its culture" regarding guest and ad-hoc teachers, vice-chancellor Yogesh Singh said on Friday during the academic council (AC) meeting, stressin... Read More


Economic policy maven, prolific author-columnist

India, Dec. 6 -- James K Galbraith is the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr Chair in government/business relations at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and holds a professorship in Government at The Un... Read More


Decoding the dynamics of India's relationship with the U.S.

India, Dec. 6 -- One of the world's foremost scholars on India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Michael Kugelman is a columnist for Foreign Policy magazine, where he writes the weekly South Asia Brief. A se... Read More