EDUCATION

35 children’s books in Parag Honour List for 2021

5:00 pm February 13, 2021

New Delhi: Thirty-five books for children and young adults across fiction, non-fiction and poetry genres by authors like Vinod Kumar Shukl, Jerry Pinto, Nandini Nayar and Nandita Da Cunha in English and Hindi feature in the Parag Honour List 2021. Currently in its second edition, this annual list by the Parag Initiative of Tata Trusts features best of children’s books published in the past one year. The list was launched Saturday […]

JNU reopening: Entry to 4th semester M.Phil, M.Tech, final semester MBA students allowed

3:08 pm February 1, 2021

New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University on Monday allowed fourth semester M.Phil and M.Tech students from its science school and special centre, as well as final semester MBA students, both day-scholars and hostel residents, to return to campus in its seventh phase of reopening. A notification by the university said those students who require access […]

UPSC declares results of civil services main exam

SC questions Centre on not giving another chance to civil services aspirants making last attempt during COVID-19

9:58 pm January 28, 2021

New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday questioned the Centre for filing an affidavit without specifying at whose level the decision was taken for not granting one more opportunity to UPSC civil services aspirants who could not appear in their last attempt in 2020 exam due to COVID-19 pandemic. A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar expressed displeasure […]

New books to tell classic children’s stories

4:49 pm January 20, 2021

New Delhi: From Rudyard Kipling to O Henry and from RK Narayan to Enid Blyton, publishing house Hachette India is out with two grand volumes filled with some of the greatest stories ever written for younger and older children. The books, “100 Greatest Stories for Young Children” and “50 Greatest Stories for Old Children’, features […]

From Blackboards to Zoom Whiteboards: Experts explore changing paradigms of school education

Free IAS coaching scheme for poor students launched in Kerala

8:02 pm January 16, 2021

Kochi: A scheme to provide free coaching to civil services and other competitive examinations to 10,000 meritorious but financially weak students across Kerala was launched by state Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Saturday. Declaring open the ‘One School, One IAS’ programme being implemented by Vedhik Erudite Foundation with the support of sponsors, he said, ”This […]