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ISRO chief V Narayanan backs value-based education over ‘bookworm’ culture: ISRO Chairman V Narayanan has cautioned that India’s education system cannot afford to produce students who are “mere bookworms”, arguing that schools must focus as much on values and personality as they do on marks. Speaking to reporters at a High Level Expert Committee and…
NEW DELHI: A classmate of 16-year-old Shourya Patil, a Class X student of St Columba’s School who died by suicide, alleged that one of the accused teachers would often use him as an example of under-performing students.Students also claimed that Patil had informed the school counsellor about having suicidal thoughts weeks before his death, but…
Image credit: Ganderbal Police SRINAGAR: Senior police officers interacted with students and faculty of Darul Uloom in Preng of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district Saturday under “Operation Pathshala,” an initiative launched six months ago to reach out to the Muslim youth through Islamic seminaries.Officials briefed students about “various harmful influences that can mislead youth,” urging…
Indian students in the UK now have a dedicated body, the Indian National Students Employability Council (INSEC), formed by INSA UK and Creoo. This initiative aims to tackle declining job prospects by moving beyond discussions to concrete actions like national roadshows and research. In a decisive step to improve career outcomes for Indian students in…
‘An oversight, design error’: Al-Falah University’s 1st reaction to NAAC notice on outdated accreditation; duped students of over Rs 400 crore FARIDABAD: Al Falah University in Faridabad has responded to a show-cause notice issued by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), saying that the outdated accreditation displayed on its website was “an oversight.” The…
NEW DELHI: Police have talked to three classmates of St Columba’s student Shourya Patil as part of a probe into his suicide. The three, according to an FIR, witnessed some teachers allegedly humiliating the Class 10 boy for days before he jumped off Rajendra Place metro station on Nov 18. Delhi Student Suicide Case: Massive…
FARIDABAD: “I hope things settle down in a few days because I believe I can be a good doctor and my parents are spending a fortune on my studies.” A fourth-year student at Al-Falah University’s School of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, the 22-year-old from Pulwama voices the collective anxiety churning through the campus that…
Al-Falah University’s ₹415-crore ‘dupe’ scandal has exposed how easily institutions can mislead students Al-Falah University’s story reads like a cautionary tale stitched from two very different worlds—education and extremism. Investigators probing the recent Red Fort car blast in Delhi say the conspiracy trail runs through this very campus, with a former professor under the scanner…
FARIDABAD: Crores of rupees were allegedly siphoned off by the Al-Falah trust to family-linked entities, with contracts for construction and catering awarded to companies owned by chairman Jawad Siddiqui’s wife and children, ED sources said.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, chairman of the Al-Falah group — the entity that runs the…
Parasocial word chosen by Cambridge Image caption: Canva Long before it became a dictionary darling, “parasocial” was tucked in the footnotes of sociology journals. An academic descriptor for the imaginative ties viewers forged with their favourite television hosts. But in 2025, the word had burst from its quiet origins as a cultural megaphone. It now…
