Unacademy sacks teacher who asked to vote for educated candidates

Unacademy has sacked a teacher, Karan Sangwan, who appealed students to vote for educated candidates, with the edtech firm saying that classroom is not a place to share personal opinions and views.......

IAS officer Puja Khedkar's disability certificates to be probed

Pune police will conduct an inquiry into the authenticity of medical certificates submitted by probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, accused of misrepresenting herself under the physical......

Puja Khedkar gets protection from arrest till Aug 21

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted interim protection from arrest till August 21 to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, who has been accused of cheating and wrongly availing OBC and disability......

SC notice to Centre over plea seeking cancellation of NEET-UG 2024

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought responses from the Centre, the National Testing Agency (NTA) and others on a slew of petitions, including those seeking scrapping of the NEET-UG 2024 exam and a......

Byju failed because he didn't listen to anyone: Unacademy CEO Gaurav Munjal

Byju Raveendran, the founder of the beleaguered ed-tech firm Byju's, put himself on a pedestal and stopped listening to anyone, said Gaurav Munjal, the chief executive officer of edtech firm......

Unacademy gives pink slips to 350 employees in second round of layoffs

Unacademy is conducting another round of job cuts and laying off 350 employees or 10 per cent of its workforce of 3,500, as the SoftBank-backed edtech firm targets profitability and reduces costs,......

Unacademy raises $440 mn; valued at $3.44 bn

Unacademy on Monday said it has raised $440 million (about Rs 3,270.8 crore) in funding from a clutch of investors including Temasek, General Atlantic, and Softbank Vision Fund, valuing the edtech......

Unacademy to lay off 12% employees as it aims to turn core biz profitable: CEO

Edtech firm Uncademy will lay off 12 per cent or about 350 employees amid a funding crunch as it strives to make the core business profitable, a top company official said. Photograph: Kind......

Edu-tech company Unacademy in race for IPL title sponsorship rights

IMAGE: Unacademy is already a part of IPL's central sponsorship pool with other companies like Dream11 and Paytm. Photograph: BCCI Education technology company Unacademy, which is already one of......

IPL title sponsorship: Dream11, Unacademy in contention

IMAGE: The Indian Premier League 2020 trophy. Photograph: BCCI/IPL Chinese mobile manufacturing company Vivo, which had suspended its IPL title sponsorship rights for 2020 edition, is eyeing......

Tendulkar recalls first interaction with Kohli

Photograph: Kind courtesy BCCI/IPL India's batting legend Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli are two names almost everyone in India knows. The accomplishments and batting brilliance of the......

Why China's Vivo is back as IPL sponsor this season

IMAGE: Chinese mobile giant Vivo's sponsorship deal with the BCCI, worth Rs 440 crore per year, was suspended last season due to the India-China border stand off in the aftermath of a violent......

2011 World Cup win best cricketing day of my life: Tendulkar

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar is lifted by his team mates on a lap of honour after their victory against Sri Lanka in the final of the 2011 World Cup at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, on April 2, 2011.......