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New Delhi, India: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan chaired the 56th IIT Council Meeting on Monday, emphasising the need to make Indian Institutes of Technology more inclusive, research-focused, and aligned with 21st-century requirements.The 25-year roadmap aims to ensure IITs lead India’s scientific and societal progress by 2047, supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a…

Ganesh Chaturthi, the vibrant Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Ganesha, falls on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. This festival is widely observed with grand pujas, community gatherings, and cultural festivities, especially in the western and southern parts of India. Naturally, families and students eagerly await school holidays on this day to fully participate in…

Law College Dreams: A Bright Future The Bar Council of India (BCI), the statutory body that regulates legal education and practice, has recently imposed a three-year moratorium on the establishment of new law colleges and centres of legal education (CLEs). India’s legal education has long resembled an overcrowded courtroom: Too many petitioners, too few advocates…

7 effective note-taking techniques that genuinely improve comprehension, retention and academic performance (Image: Pexels) If there is one essential skill that students should master in schools and universities, it is the art of taking good notes. Notes that are not copied and pasted from professors’ slides, not even the ones that we scribble on a…