India, Germany ink higher education roadmap; PM Modi pitches campus expansion: Here’s what’s in it for students

India and Germany have adopted a higher education roadmap that places universities and student mobility at the centre of a broader bilateral push, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi inviting foreign institutions to establish campuses in India during German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s official visit in Gandhinagar.Addressing a joint press conference, Modi said the roadmap would give…

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Is HECI a necessity or redundancy in Higher Education in India?

With the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhikshan (VBSA) Bill being brought in parliament in the winter session 2025, the discussions are abuzz about the establishment of the Higher Education Commission of India after subsuming the University Grants Commission, All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), and National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), while leaving the regulators…

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Fading red

NDA winning Kerala state capital muni signals there are takers for third front in Left’s last state Nothing screamed anti-incumbency more than the results of Kerala’s local body elections. Pinarayi-led LDF, 10 years in govt, and having lorded over local bodies for decades, was turfed out by main opposition Congress-led UDF. But it is in…

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Suryakumar Yadav scripts history, triggers Saurabh Netravalkar’s worst-ever T20I World Cup spell | Cricket News

India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) India’s opening night of the T20 World Cup had both chaos and class, and two standout numbers from the match told the story better than anything else. Saurabh Netravalkar finished with figures of 0 for 65, the most expensive spell ever recorded in T20 World Cup history. It…

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Energy shock response gathers pace as IEA agrees record 400 million-barrel oil release amid US-Iran war

A coordinated global effort to stabilise volatile energy markets gathered pace on Wednesday after the International Energy Agency (IEA) agreed to release the largest volume of emergency oil reserves in its history amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.According to an AP report, the Paris-based agency will make 400 million barrels available from members’ strategic…

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