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New York has faced one of the longest sub-zero weather stretches over the past 6 decades. Due to the long and extreme weather conditions of New York, several people lost their lives, urging them to stay indoors as reported by the BBC. In view of this, Industrialist Anand Mahindra also shared his experience of extreme…
Education sector is India’s operating system and the operating system is only as good as its handover. Image: AI generated. Tomorrow’s Union Budget will arrive with its familiar vocabulary—“skilling”, “capacity”, ‘future-ready youth’. Fine. But the Economic Survey 2025–26 has already reminded us of something budgets often forget: Education isn’t a sector you ‘announce’ for one…
For decades, Stanford University has occupied a near-mythical place in the technology economy. From LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman and Google’s Sergey Brin, its alumni list helped reinforce a simple idea: elite education functioned as a reliable gateway to elite opportunity. A four-year degree, particularly from institutions embedded in Silicon Valley’s orbit, was treated as both signal…
Why are women facing a dark job market after graduating? India has taught its women to dream, study, and graduate with shining degrees. What it has not done is teach its economy to take them seriously. A surge in women’s higher education is ostentatiously boasted as a victory. The numbers are worth applauding. We do…
Indian universities have expanded finance education rapidly over the past decade. Enrolments are up, course offerings are wider, and institutional ambition is clear. Yet when measured against international finance credentials and workplace expectations, gaps remain. According to Sripal Jain, Co-founder of Simandhar Education, the issue is not intent but structure.Jain has trained thousands of students…
Meta’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun is departing at year-end, urging computer science students to prioritize foundational math and modeling skills with long-term relevance. He emphasized that a strong mathematical background is crucial for adapting to significant technological shifts, particularly in the evolving AI landscape. Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, who is leaving the…
Patna: The 14th convocation ceremony of the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Patna, was held on Saturday and presided over by the chairman of the institute’s board of governors, Ashok Kumar Modi.The ceremony was organised under the guidance of institute director P K Jain, with the support of faculty members, officers, staff and students. Sunil…
Meta’s chief AI scientist and one of the godfathers of AI Yann LeCun recently said that computer science degrees may not matter if graduates do not spend their time wisely, per a Business Insider report. Advising computer science students, LeCun said that they must “learn things with a long shelf life.” “If you are a…
This undated photo released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, shows Jeffrey Epstein talking with Steve Bannon. (House Oversight Committee via AP) What do Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Noam Chomsky, Prince Andrew, Alan Dershowitz, Leon Black, Leslie Wexner, David Rockefeller, Ehud Barak, Kevin Spacey, Woody Johnson, and Lynn Forester de…
Every shift in how work is valued tends to announce itself quietly. There is no single policy change or hiring mandate. Instead, expectations move first, and credentials follow later. Silicon Valley is now well into such a transition, one in which a university degree is no longer the main signal of readiness for technical work….
