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As the CBSE Class 10 results for the academic year 2025–26 are declared, strong performances across multiple campuses in Gurgaon, Pune and Bangalore are drawing attention not just for high scores, but for the learning approaches behind them.Across these campuses, a total of 193 students appeared for the examinations, with 77 perfect scores of 100…
TOI correspondent from Washington: US Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday doubled down on the Trump administration’s restrictive immigration posture, signaling a deepened skepticism toward the H-1B visa program while framing national “loyalty” as the ultimate litmus test for immigrants.Speaking at TurningPointUSA townhall in Georgia, Vance deflected an Indian-origin student’s question regarding the decades-long green…
Taliban frees American academic Dennis Coyle after more than a year in detention (Picture credit: AP) Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Tuesday released American academic Dennis Coyle, who had been held for more than a year, in a move welcomed by Washington but accompanied by renewed US demands for the return of other Americans still believed…
Panaji: As the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 will be extended to all classes from the new academic year 2026-27, taluka-level consultations will be held across all sub-districts for stakeholders by state education officials, starting Monday with Bardez. Schools have been told to appoint one representative each from the Parent Teacher Associations to attend the…
Dhanbad: The authorities of Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, on Monday inaugurated the ‘Heritage Network Annual General Assembly-2026’, marking a significant step towards deepening academic collaboration between India and Europe.The four-day international conference, organised by the Office of the Dean (International Relations & Alumni Affairs) in association with the department of…
The Indian Institutes of Technology have approved cross-campus mobility for undergraduate students. Image: AI generated An IIT student’s trajectory is defined by a system that is precise, high-stakes, and largely non-negotiable. A JEE rank doesn’t just decide a branch. It decides a campus, the professors they learn from, the labs they can access and even…
Vihaan Malhotra (ICC Photo) NEW DELHI: “Mujhe Virat Kohli jaisa banna hai. Main unke saath khelna chahta hoon [I want to become like Virat Kohli and want to play with him],” a nine-year-old Vihaan Malhotra told his coach Kamal Sandhu when he joined his Cricket Hub Academy in Patiala. Back then, the kid had no…
IIT Delhi has recently been embroiled in a controversy over a conference on caste and race, prompting the institute to constitute a fact-finding committee. Image source: ANI Indian Institute of Technology Delhi has set up a fact-finding committee and sought explanations from faculty organisers after an academic conference on caste and race drew sustained criticism…
Six years of age has become mandatory for Class 1 admissions in Haryana. (Photo source: Pexels) Haryana has formally ended all forms of age relaxation for Class 1 admissions, making completion of six years compulsory from the 2026–27 academic session. The decision aligns the state’s admission framework with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and…
The TOI correspondent from Washington: Universities often like to think of themselves as marketplaces of ideas. At the University of Colorado, Boulder, that marketplace briefly became a battleground over aromas, ending with a $200,000 settlement, two Indian PhD students exiled from campus for life, and a cautionary tale about what happens when cultural sensitivity collides…
