...surpassing farmer suicides (11,000) in number. There is a 4 per cent annual increase in student suicides, double the national suicide rate (2 per cent).
At least six major UK universities have announced plans to set up campuses or liaison offices in India.
'Mamata needs to address the anger and resentment among various sections of the Hindu community because low-scale communal violence has always paid richer electoral dividends for the BJP.'
The 38.5 million enrolled for higher education in 2019-2020 outnumbered Canada's entire population of 38.2 million.
More and more women are making their presence felt in jobs related to sciences, technology, and engineering across organisations.
In the high courts, only 13.2 per cent women occupied the position of judge.
'It seems to be a hasty step ahead of the election.'
India is also short of about a thousand colleges.
21st century may have witnessed expansion of higher educational institutions, but who can afford it? Sushree Panigrahi & Jeet Singh look at the numbers.
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