Board exam papers flown to Naxal-hit village in helicopter

The Chhattisgarh government used a helicopter to transport the board examination question papers to an exam centre located in an interior pocket of Naxalite-hit Sukma district in the state,......

Students can take 10th, 12th board exams twice a year from 2025-26

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said students will get an option of appearing for 10th and 12th class board examinations twice a year from the academic session 2025-26. Image......

CBSE to scrap division or distinction for board exams

The Central Board of Secondary Education will not award any overall division or distinction in class 10 and 12 board examinations, a senior official said on Friday. The board will continue the......

India should spend $1 bn annually to train school teachers: Narayana Murthy

Software icon NR Narayana Murthy on Wednesday called for spending $1 billion a year to train school teachers by 10,000 retired highly accomplished teachers from the developed world and from India......

Social Stock Exchange: Tax benefits among industry's top demands

In an effort to attract investors to the Social Stock Exchange (SSE), the bourses have reached out to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and the government with the industry’s......

$1.2-billion loan dispute: Byju's legal battle worries key investor

The legal battle between Byju’s and lenders in the US on the edtech firm’s $1.2-billion term loan B (TLB), along with the company skipping an interest payment of $40 million on the......

How Covid Gave Investors A Booster Dose

COVID-19 forced people to work from home turned into the fuel for new demat accounts, observes Debashis Basu. IMAGE: The entrance to the Bombay Stock Exchange. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters......