Amid uneasy calm, students appeared for exams in riot-hit Delhi

With parents keeping vigil outside examination centres in riot-hit northeast Delhi, Class 12 students appeared for their physics board exam despite being distressed over the communal violence that......

Mosque depicted as noise pollutant in Class 6 textbook, sparks row

An image in a class VI textbook taught in ICSE schools depicting a "mosque" as a source of noise pollution has sparked outrage on social media, prompting an apology from the publisher and the......

Bihar: A year later, another topper fails to answer basic questions

Last year, Ruby Rai said 'prodigal science' is about cooking and this time too, Bihar's Class XII topper in humanities struggled to explain the basics of music, one of his subjects.......

CBSE textbook certifies 36-24-36 as best female body shape, sparks row

Excerpts from a class XII Physical Education textbook defining 36-24-36 as the "best body shape for females" have created an outrage on social media with critics demanding that the text be......

'Unrecognised schools hardly have any teaching'

Today's Budget may well have an allocation for the Right to Education Act that has activists up in arms, but Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal is convinced their fears are......

Finance Minister P Chidambaram's speech

Mr. Speaker, Sir It is my privilege to present the Budget for 2007-08. I. A MID-TERM REPORT CARD ON THE ECONOMY 2. In November 2006, the UPA Government crossed the midpoint of its term of office. A......

Chidambaram's Budget speech

Speech of P. Chidambaram Minister of Finance PART A Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to present the Budget for the year 2005-06. 2. Last year, while presenting the Budget, I had suggested that the vote in......

Why the IIT-JEE pattern was changed

The IIT-JEE reforms sought to be introduced by the human resources development ministry have sparked a national debate in India. While the HRD ministry states the new exam pattern is an attempt to......