
Admissions open for science, humanities and medicine at SRM's Kattankulathur campus
The university offers a wide range of scholarships to the tune of Rs 35 crores making studying in the university affordable to all

PM Modi to inaugurate India Toy Fair on February 2, hopes to boost manufacturing
The toy fair would be held from February 27 to March 2 and would provide a chance to all stakeholders including buyers, sellers, students, teachers and designers to create sustainable dialogues

Varanasi students develop glacier flood sensor alarm which can alert people during any natural disaster
Three students of Ashoka Institute of Technology and Management have developed a glacier flood alarm sensor which will alert the people before any natural disaster

Rabies expert from Himachal institute, Omesh Bharti, to be included in WHO's expert panel on snakebites
Bharti's need-based research to treat rabid dog bite patients In Himachal Pradesh had brought down the cost of dog bite treatment from Rs 35,000 to Rs 350

Earliest primate fossils documented by researchers that sheds light on the rise of mammals
The researchers, including those from the University of Washington in the US, analysed several fossils of Purgatorius -- the oldest genus in a group of the earliest-known primates called plesiadapifor

This Karnataka student is braving all odds to prepare for the Class 10 board exams. Here's how
The Primary and Secondary Education Minister has ensured to send teachers to Yashaswini's house to help her study and prepare for the final exams. She is confident and happy about her health

Youth Akali Dal to 'gherao' Delhi Police for singling out Punjabi youth for arrests
Youth Akali Dal President Parambans Singh Romana said the wing had received reports of Punjabi youths being unfairly targeted for punishment by Delhi Police and the central government

Facebook says it will pay $1billion over three years to "support" the news industry
The social networking giant, which has been tussling with Australia over a law that would make social platforms pay news organisations, said it has invested $600 million since 2018 in news

NASA releases first high-definition panoramic view of Mars rover landing site
The panorama was stitched together on Earth from 142 individual images taken on Sol 3, the third Martian day of the mission on February 21

India to have nine times more digitally skilled workers by 2025, says Amazon study
The cloud architecture design, cybersecurity and large-scale data modelling are among the top in-demand skills in the country

AP Govt to implement CBSE system for Classes 1 to 7 in its schools from 2021-22
The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to implement the CBSE system for classes 1 to 7 in all its schools from the 2021-22 academic year. This has caused widespread resentment in Andhra Pradesh.

YouTube's new feature will allow parents to choose what their children can watch
YouTube's upcoming feature called 'supervised experiences', will come with a new set of restrictions that allows parents to better control what content their children can access on the video platform.

Government comes up with stricter norms for social media, digital platforms such as OTTs
The norms would be applicable to offences under which an offender would be punishable with imprisonment for a term of not less than five years

Home quarantine norms breach among reasons for COVID-19 surge: Officials
Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded a single-day spike of 8,807 new cases, taking the count of infections in the state to 21,21,119

DU Law student Shrikant Prasad who was pulled up by CJI Bobde: I address every judge as 'Your Honour', it's a respectable term
During the last hearing of Shrikant's plea, the CJI had asked to not call him 'Your Honour' and to use appropriate terms. He has filed a PIL to get the number of judges increased to clear pendency

Andhra Pradesh government to implement CBSE system for classes 1 to 7 in schools from 2021-22
The government did not specify whether it will do away with the state syllabus completely or introduce a CBSE system parallel to it

Teachers’ Association happy with TN government's decision to cancel exams for Class 9, 10, 11 students
The association said that they are happy with the decision because students are still facing the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown

YouTube announces new feature that'll help supervise content and allow more parental control
In the upcoming months, the new YouTube experience will be launched in beta for parents to allow their children to watch videos through a supervised Google account

Now, colleges do NOT need prior permission from MEA to hold webinars, after academia protest
All government and government-aided institutes were asked to get the approval for not just the event and its topic, but the participants would also have to be cleared too

COVID-19: 229 students at a public school hostel in Maharashtra's Washim district test positive
Maharashtra on Wednesday witnessed a significant rise in Coronavirus cases, with more than 8,000 new infections coming to light in a single day after a gap of over four months

Delhi HC asks Centre not to take court's view combatively on having EIA draft in all languages
People in remote areas are "our citizens" who need to be heard and may not understand the draft if published only in English and Hindi, the court said

This new Cancer-drug from IIT Madras will save endangered trees in India and China. Here's how
Camptothecin, the third most in-demand alkaloid, is commercially extracted in India from the endangered plant, Nothapodytes nimmoniana

La Martiniere Boys School in UP shuts for two days as COVID spreads
The school has been declared a containment zone and a medical team that reached there on Wednesday evening has collected 332 more samples

Study finds that diabetes patients who use health apps have improved health, lower medical costs
The study concluded that patients who used the apps had better health outcomes and were able to regulate their health behaviour more effectively

#ThrowBackToday: The match after which boxer Muhammad Ali proclaimed, "I shook up the world”
In today's #TBT, we take you back to the edge-of-the-seat, all-eyes-in-front match that changed boxer Muhammad Ali forever. After playing this match, he famously screamed, "I shook up the world”

When Arthur Conan Doyle responded to the call of a Parsi lawyer
In 2010, she set up the Noor Inayat Khan Memorial Trust and campaigned for a memorial for the WWII British spy of Indian descent, who was captured and executed by the Gestapo

Essar MoU with IIT Dhanbad for R&D in CBM gas exploration
Essar Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Ltd (EOGEPL) has signed a memorandum of understanding for collaboration with IIT (ISM), Dhanbad, to jointly work on research

Facebook intensifies fight against child abuse content; tightens norms, adds new tools
Advocating its stringent zero-tolerance stance on child sexual exploitation content on its platform, Facebook said using its apps to harm children is "abhorrent and unacceptable"

Let’s Teach English: How this Chennai initiative is helping underprivileged children speak English better
What began as a pandemic project currently has over 3000 volunteers and 40 organisations enrolled in the Let’s Teach English initiative in different states all over the country

New COVID-19 strains detected in India, UK strain highly transmissible, says PGIMER director
The total number of COVID-19 cases in India stands at 1,10,30,176 and the active cases tally is 1,46,907

Kerala science outfit rejects Cow Science exam, calls its study material 'absurd'
The Kerala Shastra Sahithya Parishad, a progressive science outfit has called the exam unscientific and its study material idiotic

New research suggests changes in writing style can reveal which social group people belong to
When one of these group memberships becomes relevant in a particular situation, behaviour tends to follow the norms of this group so that people behave "appropriately"

Love homemade pickles? If you live in Kerala, check out the products of Athey Nallatha, a collective of home chefs
Athey Nallatha is a collective of housewives who are selling homemade food products, like pickles, with the help of two MBA graduates. We find out how the operation has worked so far

How Niveditha went from being a dyslexic student with red-marked report cards to being an award-winning PhD scholar
Niveditha B Warrier is a second-year PhD scholar at Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady. She is researching dyslexic narratives in English

Ever heard of a nose flute? Thanks to bamboo artisan Rajiv VK, this long-lost instrument is finding its way back
Rajiv VK helped restore a long-lost Indian tradition when he helped make a nose flute out of bamboo. We speak to the bamboo artisan about the journey that led him there

US researchers develop two new rapid COVID-19 diagnostic tests to detect new variants, differentiate from other illnesses
The first test is a rapid diagnostic test that can differentiate between COVID-19 variants and can be performed without specialised expertise or equipment, the researchers said

Private schools in Gurugram reluctant to resume primary classes with COVID-19 cases increasing across the country
Schools will have to follow all COVID-19 related guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) before starting operations, said a senior education department official

Want to communicate effectively? Be mindful of what you say
Be precise and persuasive. It is important to be present in a conversation, either online or offline, instead of having your eyes glued to the mobile, it’s important to give our complete attention

Has he lost it or have we?: This 27-year-old Odia director's short film spins an eerie tale around COVID-19
Empty streets, bleak moods with no one in sight, such were the days of the lockdown. The Odia movie Boffin, directed by Rajendra Mohanta, captures this aptly. You need to watch it to find out

Madhya Pradesh govt launches 'Safe City' initiative to impart self-defence skills to women
Under the new initiative, a self-defence camp was organised by the Vasumitra NGO at the Women and Child Development Centre in Indore

Six winners emerge from fifth edition of India's largest online Arithmetic Genius Contest
The preliminary rounds of the contest were conducted during the tough pandemic times when children were forced to stay at home

SKF India announces scholarships for over 100 underprivileged meritorious girls
Targeted at girls pursuing various professional courses such as medical, engineering and CA, among others, the scholarship fund can be utilised for covering expenses

With job market still bleak, LinkedIn finds 10 per cent growth in people who've turned founders, entrepreneurs
92 per cent of Gen X and 98 per cent of Baby Boomers say the strength of their work experience and academic qualifications makes them more confident

SC dismisses plea of scores of UPSC aspirants seeking another chance to attempt the exam
The Centre had told the Supreme Court that it is not in favour of one-time relaxation to UPSC civil service aspirants, to those who are age-barred, as it will be discriminatory to other candidates

Educational institutions should try to make students capable citizens of the modern world: President Kovind
The President said that under the new National Education Policy, efforts are being made to encourage modern education based on Indian values with the aim to make the country a knowledge superpower

Yogi government to give tablets to 'Abhyuday' students to prepare for exams
The government will fix the eligibility parameters to shortlist the students and has made a provision of Rs 20 crore in the Budget for the purchase of tablets

Researchers develop new method to use machine learning to aid mental health diagnoses
The researchers wanted to explore the possibility of using machine learning to create highly accurate models of 'pure' forms of both illnesses

#ThrowBackToday: No compensation in sight for victims of Coca-Cola plant's atrocities in Kerala even after a decade
In today's #TBT, we recall how a bottling plant of the aerated beverage Coca-Cola abused water and contaminated it in a tribal area of Kerala and how the fight for compensation still wages on

NEET PG exam fees now over 5K for OBC, open category, almost 4k for SC,ST, PwD candidates
Even since it was established, the exam has drawn criticism for depriving students from marginalised communities and poor backgrounds of medical education

50,000 teachers, heads of private schools in Karnataka stage massive protest against fee reduction
The rally by nearly 50,000 people from the railway station to Freedom Park in the city centre blocked the 2-km road and disrupted traffic for hours

Positive encouragement reduces disruptive classroom behaviour, improves performance: Study
For the study, the researchers implemented CHAMPS, a classroom behaviour management training intervention, into a school classroom over the course of five years

Unemployment rates in the UK shoot up as fresh COVID restrictions shut businesses
The figures however don't show the full impact of COVID-19 restrictions on employment because some 1.9 million workers remain on furlough

Students should follow mantras of self-confidence, self-awareness and selflessness: PM Modi at IIT KGP
"India of the 21st century has changed. Now IIT is not only the Indian Institute of Technology but the Institute of indigenous technology," PM Modi in the 66th convocation ceremony of IIT- kharagpur.

This 14-year-old's virtual classroom app won the IIT Roorkee app innovation challenge. Here's why
The IIT Roorkee App Innovation Challenge was open to students from Grade 8 to 12. Students had to build apps on one of the following themes: agriculture, education, healthcare and sanitisation

For the first time ever, JEE Mains kicks off in 13 Indian languages under the new NEP
For the first time, students have got an opportunity to appear for exams in 13 Indian languages. These examinations are being conducted only in computer-based test CBDT mode

This 26-year-old from Odisha recounts working at the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh during the lockdown
Baisali Mohanty hails from Odisha and currently, she works for the United Nations. She is also credited to have started the Oxford Odissi Centre while studying at Oxford. We listen in to her story...

Oorna Permaculture Farm sticks to sense and sustainability while conducting workshops that bring you closer to nature. Meet the 30-year-old Hyderabadi artist behind it
Would you like to visit a farm? Oorna Permaculture Farm is different though. They have cobbed and poured walls plus they follow the principles of permaculture. This 30-year-old artist behind it all

Being lonely ups time spent online, risk of internet addiction, says new study
The risk of being drawn into problematic Internet use was at its highest among 16-year-old adolescents, with the phenomenon being more common among boys

Instagram is adding easier access for people with eating disorders. Here's what it's all about
Instagram said that currently, it tries to blur out potentially triggering content in search results, and it does direct people to generalised crisis support

This SAFE bench by Shiv Nadar School students can self-sanitise as you get up to prevent virus spread. Here's how
We find out about the bench called SAFE that was created by an all-girls student team from Shiv Nadar School in Faridabad. Here's why it's great

Teens more likely to be bullied by their own friends, suggests new study
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, about 20 per cent of students aged 12 to 18 report being bullied at school during the school year

How this 16-year-old's poetry book will help uplift the transgender community in Delhi
A 16-year-old poet and author from Gurugram, Saranya Bhattacharjya shares why she had the idea of compiling her poems into a book and how that will help the transgender community

What the FAQ: Here's all you need to know about international flight rules as India allows Pak PM to use its airspace
As per required protocol, whenever heads of state or governments pass through the air space of any other country, they are alerted and due permission is taken

Around 250 illiterate inmates of Fatehpur prison to be taught to read and write
Efforts will be made to ensure that once they come out of prison, they are able to get some employment and join the mainstream, an official said

Question does not reflect views of DAV: School responds to backlash over question paper calling anti-farm bill protestors ‘violent maniacs’
The management blamed the wordings of the question on a teacher and said it did not reflect their views and defended their reputation

After launching a FinTech start-up when he was 19, this Hyderabadi wants to put man on Mars by 2026
You must have heard of Savart. Hyderabad-based Sankarsh Chanda started the FinTech company when he was just 19. And just four months ago, he incorporated a SpaceTech company, Stardour Aerospace, too

This Hyderabad-based self-publishing house helps known public figures tell their tale on their own terms
Which popular personality's words would you like to read? Look out for Kahaniya Quill because they might just publish their book. The consultation services they offer is what makes them different

This year's Khelo India University Games to be held in Karnataka
KIUG is the largest University Games in the country and is aimed at harnessing sporting talents who can represent India in international events, including the Olympic Games

'Education budget slashed in two-thirds of poorer countries'
In comparison, only one-third of upper-middle and high-income countries have reduced their budgets, the report showed, adding that these budget cuts have been "relatively small thus far"

This 26-year-old from Hyderabad thinks that every cloud has a story. And this is how he captures it
Younus Farhaan, who was born and brought up in Hyderabad, looks up to document the clouds, which seem to be communicating with him in a secret language only the both of them understand

India reports 10,584 new COVID-19 cases, 78 deaths
However, the number spiked possibly owing to "mutations and new strains" as has been studied by the laboratories involved in Covid detection across the country

NASA releases Mars landing video, calls it 'stuff of dreams'
The three-minute trailer showed the enormous orange and white parachute hurtling open and the red dust kicking up as rocket engines lowered the rover to the surface

SC student from UoH dies by suicide, allegedly after he was given ‘zero’ attendance for online classes
The FIR lodged at Kottapalli Police state stated that the 23-year-old had found out two days ago about his lack of attendance and had been upset

DAV Question Paper Controversy: Alumni call question ‘inappropriate’, ‘disappointing’ in letter to school
The alumni reminded the school of the ten principles of the Arya Samaj which is etched in stone in the school campus

A cat at a dog rescue shelter and pet taxi services — this is what this 28-year-old's shelter in Hyderabad is up to
Scoobies Pet Services is located in Nallakunta, Hyderabad. They also have a mini shelter that houses seven happy dogs and a cat! We find out the latest updates about this animal shelter. Read on...

This non-profit partnered with the Telangana govt to teach coding in schools without screens. This is how
Coding For All doesn't need you to have a computer or even know English. It's enough if you are interested and they will take care of everything else effortlessly. Read on to find out more

Scotland study finds that vaccines substantially reduce COVID-19 hospitalisations
A research led by the Public Health Scotland (PHS) found at four weeks after the first dose, hospital admissions were reduced by 85 per cent for the Pfizer/BioNtech and 94 per cent Oxford/AstraZeneca

Odisha government proposes budget with Rs 24,119.72 crore increase for child schemes and programmes
As many as 227 Child related schemes and programmes have been identified from 13 major line departments

#ThrowBackToday: Painfully recalling Delhi Riots 2020 and all that ensued
In today's #TBT, we recollect the events leading up to Delhi Riots 2020 and how the North East region of the nation's capital was destroyed and so was the spirit of many Indians. Read on to find out..

Raman Research Institute in Bengaluru takes big leap in quantum communication
According to her, the widely used information transfer protocols employ a secret "key" known only to the communicating parties, who can encrypt and decrypt the messages

Saffron-robed Thiruvalluvar in CBSE textbook upsets TN politicians, teachers
In a CBSE Class 8 Hindi textbook, the popular Tamil figure was dressed in saffron robes and was depicted as a Hindu priest

Gujarat-based incubation centre iCreate enrolls first batch of Israeli start-ups to bring entrepreneurs together
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed for starting a programme to bring together Israeli and Indian entrepreneurs as well as start-ups to collaborate on innovative projects

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham ties up with EU's Human Brain Project to study brain diseases
A memorandum of understanding was signed between Amrita Vidyapeetham and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland, for working together on the project

BJYM and ABVP march in support of PSC rank holders in Kerala, results in clashes with police
The march by the parties was also against the alleged backdoor appointment made by the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in state government services

Sports Ministry plans to develop 1,000 Khelo India centres by 2024 to offer a platform for young talent
The vision further states that a total of 30,000 boys and girls need to be scouted across sporting talents and 1,000 Khelo India centres need to be developed by 2024

Delhi court sends 21-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi to one-day police custody
The agency had said that it would seek her further custodial interrogation once co-accused -- Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Muluk -- join the interrogation on February 22

Uttar Pradesh government to set up law university at Prayagraj, allocates 450 crores for district courts
A budget provision of Rs 150 crore has been made for building construction of Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court and Rs 450 crore for Allahabad High Court is made

Stress before and during the pandemic led many public school teachers to quit: Survey
Three of four former teachers said work was often or always stressful in the most recent year in which they taught in a public school

YouTube's new update will allow users to stream 4K videos even on non-Ultra HD phones
Though users will not get the same visual quality that they would get with a higher-resolution screen, those who have lesser display resolutions will still benefit from turning on the 4K video option