Auhona Mukherjee

Exam reform task force seeks public views on overhauling examination system

Nandan Nilekani-led panel invites suggestions from students, parents, teachers and citizens on making public examinations more secure, transparent and reliable

AI to reshape sports sector jobs, create career avenues: Jayant Chaudhary

Skill Development Minister Jayant Chaudhary says AI will transform coaching, refereeing and scouting, while opening new opportunities across the sports sector

IIT Delhi to set up external inquiry after student suicide sparks protests

Institute also proposes an external ombudsperson for unresolved student grievances as protesters demand accountability over alleged administrative lapses

Digital divide keeps women out of India's gig economy, says report

Women remain under-represented in India's platform economy despite near parity in bank-account ownership, as digital capability and credit-access gaps persist

Service producer prices show mixed trend across sectors in Q1FY27

Air passenger service prices rose nearly 32 per cent year-on-year in Q1 FY27, while banking and securities transaction services recorded declines, provisional data showed

Security cover: Pension plan for construction workers likely under EPF0 3.0

EPFO is weighing a pension scheme for construction workers using surplus BoCW cess funds, potentially expanding social security coverage to millions of informal-sector workers

Skill ministry, Amazon launch nationwide cloud, AI skilling programme

The nationwide initiative will target 150,000 learners for foundational cloud and AI training, with 10,000 participants receiving intensive, job-ready skills

Supreme Court ruling likely to narrow labour law coverage for workers

Experts say workers in some hospitals, educational institutions and service establishments could lose access to retrenchment safeguards and dispute mechanisms

Services drive recovery in private sector activity in Aug: Flash PMI

The HSBC flash composite PMI rose to 54.6 from 54.3 in July, with stronger services offsetting manufacturing growth that slowed to its weakest pace in five years

Tata Trusts, IIM Bangalore sign MoU to develop undergraduate education

Tata Trusts will fund academic infrastructure, research and faculty development at IIM Bangalore's undergraduate school and support its new residential campus

EPFO may give states real-time PM-VBRY data, expand district outreach

The proposal includes district-level workshops with industry, trade unions, EPFO and ESIC officials, alongside a demand-led approach to short-term skilling

EPFO plans district-level push, industry-led skilling for PM-VBRY rollout

Proposed measures include real-time data access for states, district-level workshops and industry inputs on skills and short-term training needed by employers

Freshers lose ground as short-tenure jobs reshape organised workforce

Fresher hiring in GCCs fell to 15 per cent in 2025 from 28 per cent in 2024, while workers aged 15-29 had a median job tenure of just 13 months, Quess Corp says

Centre works on national platform to offer free competitive exam coaching

The proposed platform will provide learning content, expert guidance and structured preparation to students following the Prime Minister's Independence Day announcement

NTA to shift offices, revamp exam team after lapses in UGC-NET papers

Agency removes around 600 experts, plans to induct new officials and introduces a four-tier question-paper checking system as CISF teams reinforce security

Free coaching likely to rewrite economics of exam-prep, say experts

It may widen access, but not ensure a level-playing field, say experts

Esic contribution cushion seen thinning on rise in benefit costs

Actuarial projections show ESIC's benefit spending could outpace contribution income over the next four years, even as interest income keeps the corporation in surplus

Education Minister Joshi orders overhaul of NTA system on a 'war footing'

Agency removes 50 members, to fill 10 new leadership positions soon

PM-VBRY scheme meets a third of first-time jobs target in first year

PM-VBRY has created 62.56 lakh first-time jobs against its 1.92 crore target, while experts flag weak demand and limited hiring incentives as key constraints

NTA to re-conduct three UGC-NET papers after panel finds multiple errors

The September 9-10 re-examination for English, Commerce and Sociology follows a panel finding factual, typographical, translation and other errors in the papers