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₹23 lakh salary, just ₹15,000 expenses: Why this 27-year-old PSU employee says government jobs beat private careers

A 27-year-old PSU employee’s Reddit post has reignited India’s enduring fascination with government jobs, claiming his ₹23 lakh package and extensive workplace benefits allow him to save nearly his entire salary. Yet his low-cost life comes with remote postings, limited social opportunities and prof...

What does the Meta settlement mean for the UK? Five things we learned

Other social media firms are yet to respond, while the debate from campaigners is far from over.

SBI Clerk recruitment 2026: Registration for 1,538 backlog vacancies ends today; direct link to apply here

The State Bank of India's registration for 1,538 Junior Associates closes today. This special recruitment drive targets backlog vacancies for reserved categories. Candidates must be graduates aged twenty to twenty-eight years old. The selection process involves preliminary and main examinations. Suc...

One in eight young people still out of work or education ahead of major review

Just under one million young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training (Neet).

IICT, Netflix announce scholarships for 100 students; applications open till September 30

The Indian Institute of Creative Technologies and Netflix are offering scholarships to 100 students. These scholarships will cover fifty to eighty percent of program fees for aspiring professionals. Applications are open until September thirtieth for various creative technology courses. This initiat...

Bihar DElEd Merit List 2026 releasing today at bsebdeled.com

Bihar DElEd Merit List 2026: The Bihar School Examination Board is scheduled to release the Bihar DElEd 2026 first merit list on August 27, 2026. Candidates who qualified the entrance examination and completed counselling and CAF formalities can check their allotment through bsebdeled.com. Admission...

GATE 2027 registration begins: IIT Madras makes DigiLocker mandatory, introduces Robotics and Automation paper, check direct link to apply here

IIT Madras has opened registration for GATE 2027, with candidates able to apply until September 27 without a late fee. This year, DigiLocker-based registration has been made mandatory. The examination will be held across six dates in February 2027 and will feature 30 papers, including the newly intr...

What if Pluto became a planet again? The surprising problem astronomers would face

Twenty years after Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet, Caltech astronomer Mike Brown, whose discovery of Eris helped prompt the 2006 debate, continues to defend the decision. In a Scientific American retrospective, Brown argues that a planet must not only be round and orbit the Sun but also cl...

Sex is biologically expensive, so why did evolution keep it? Harvard scientists put the question to yeast

Harvard researchers studying yeast have found evidence that sexual reproduction can provide an evolutionary advantage, particularly when environments change. Across 960 generations, sexually reproducing yeast populations became fitter than asexual populations and performed better under shifts in tem...

Freedom of speech in law schools

The Hindu hosted a webinar titled ‘Freedom of speech in law schools’ on August 24, 2026 at 5 p.m.

What does Neet stand for and why does the UK have so many?

Ministers want to tackle the high number of young people not in education, employment or training.