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India Post GDS Recruitment 2026 notification out for 25,000+ posts, check eligibility, dates and application details

India Post GDS Recruitment 2026: India Post has released the GDS Online Engagement Schedule-II, July 2026 notification for more than 25,000 BPM, ABPM and Dak Sevak posts. The notification was issued on August 27, 2026. One-Time Registration begins on August 31, while applications can be submitted fr...

RRB NTPC UG CBT 2 exam on September 17, check city slip and admit card dates

RRB NTPC UG CBT 2 is scheduled for September 17, 2026, under CEN 07/2025. The examination will be conducted for 45,898 shortlisted candidates competing for 3,058 undergraduate vacancies. The city intimation slip and SC/ST travel pass will be available from September 7, followed by the admit card fro...

Karnataka govt sets up panel to tackle paper leaks, education costs and student stress

The Karnataka government has formed a five-member cabinet sub-committee headed by Health Minister U T Khader to examine student and education-related challenges and recommend reforms within a month. The panel will focus on examination integrity, education costs, public infrastructure, curriculum and...

'I think my software engineering career is over': NSUT student with years of experience left without a job or degree

A 24-year-old NSUT engineering student has shared his struggle with unemployment, an incomplete degree and years of software development experience largely classified as internships. After academic setbacks and missed examinations, he lost his startup role and discovered he had failed a subject, lea...

UPTET Result 2026 out: UPESSC announces results, check scorecard, pass percentage and cut-off marks

UPTET Result 2026: UPTET Result 2026 was declared by the Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission on August 26, 2026. A total of 5,71,435 candidates qualified at the Primary Level, while 7,59,513 candidates cleared the Upper Primary Level. The examination was held across five shifts on J...

Maharashtra CAP third list: 758 B.Architecture and 1,208 Pharmacy students offered seats

The Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell has released the third CAP admission lists for B.Architecture and Direct Second Year Pharmacy for 2026-27. The B.Architecture list offers seats to 758 students, with 536 receiving auto-frozen allotments, while Direct Second Year Pharmacy offers seats t...

UGC-NET results for 84 subjects to be announced this week: NTA

The NTA released the UGC-NET answer key on August 16, nearly two months after the examination, while issuing a special notice concerning the Sociology, Commerce and English papers

American colleges are rolling out 90-credit three-year bachelor's degrees in nearly 120 programmes across 26 states, cutting a year off college and potentially saving students up to $20,000

US colleges are increasingly offering three-year bachelor's degree programmes that require 90 credits instead of the traditional 120. The programmes are now available or announced in 26 states, with 119 reduced-credit programmes identified by RAND. Supporters say they can save students time and mone...

Only 2,790 students enrolled against a target of 10,500: parliamentary panel on government free coaching scheme

The report paints a bleak picture of the free coaching scenario at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech announced a rollout of “free online coaching” for all students, following the Gen Z protests demanding accountability over NEET-UG paper leak; the road map of th...

Will schools be closed due to rain tomorrow, August 27? Check state-wise list here

As of now, August 27 will not see a nationwide school holiday across India. Decisions on school closures will be left to local authorities, taking weather and safety into account. Heavy rainfall is expected in various states, particularly Uttarakhand and Odisha, which may lead to interruptions. More...

NTA’s ‘panic-mode’ reforms: will they prevent leaks— or create new risks?

Caltech scientists found a surprising way to get medicines into the brain; what they discovered and how it works

Caltech researchers have developed BrainCAB, a small-molecule delivery system designed to help medicines cross the blood-brain barrier. The technology modifies brinzolamide, a glaucoma drug, to bind to a receptor on brain blood vessels and transport therapeutic cargo into the brain. Tested in rodent...