Observer Research Foundation (ORF) has been named the "highest ranked" Indian think tank in the "2018 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report", the Foundation said in a statement on Friday.


Observer Research Foundation named 'highest ranked' Indian think tank


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The government on Friday announced a budget of Rs 38,572 crore for its National Education Mission which comprises the Centrally sponsored schemes for education under which it allocates funds to the states and union territories.


Budget 2019-20: National Education Mission gets Rs 38,572 cr


Schools in South Australia have begun a trial of a Holocaust education program to fight the rise of anti-Semitism, an official said.


Holocaust course introduced in Australian schools


The 130 students arrested so far in a "pay-to-stay" sting operation using a fake university face only civil immigration charges, according to media reports.


130 students arrested in visa sting face only civil immigration charges: US official


The Sikkim government and Microsoft India on Thursday entered into a pact for revamping the state's education system by enhancing digital literacy and building new age tech capacity among students and faculty in government-run schools.


Sikkim, Microsoft ink pact for enhancing digital literacy


A woman consumed rat poison in a bid to commit suicide after the SHO of Kavi Nagar police station scolded her for accusing teachers of a school of harassing her son, police said on Thursday. Doctors said she was in a stable condition.


Woman attempts suicide after SHO scolds her


At least 100 Indian students and eight student recruiters of Indian origin have been arrested and several others face arrest warrants after raids conducted by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency for alleged immigration rules violations, the American Telugu Association (ATA) said.


100 Indian students arrested in US over immigration fraud


When it comes to hiring, soft skills, work flexibility, anti-harassment policies and pay transparency have emerged as the four trends that will gain momentum in India this year, Microsoft-owned professional networking platform LinkedIn said on Wednesday.


Soft skills, pay transparency key hiring trends in India in 2019: LinkedIn


Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the Indian Army has shown that it does not meddle with others, but if someone attacks India, it does not spare the aggressor.


Not the first to attack, but don't spare whoever attacks us: Modi


Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) of the Indian School of Business (ISB) has been ranked at 24 worldwide in the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2019 released on Monday.


ISB ranks 24 in FT Global MBA rankings


Government teachers and employees should not protest with demands that cannot be fulfilled by the government, Tamil Nadu Fisheries Minister D.Jayakumar said on Saturday.


TN's striking employees, teachers should not make impossible demands: TN Minister


The Delhi High Court on Friday asked Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to reply to a plea challenging the university's Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) report which has given a clean chit to a professor accused of sexually harassing several women students.


HC seeks JNU response to plea challenging clean chit to professor


Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the state government's Law Department was looking into whether sanction can be given to prosecute former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others in a sedition case.


Delhi Law Department examining charges against Kanhaiya Kumar: Kejriwal


A two-day Mega Job Fair, providing employment opportunities to over 12,500 job seekers with 76 companies from the private sector, will start here from Monday, the Delhi government said on Sunday.


Delhi government's 2-day Mega Job Fair from Monday


A postgraduate student of Management Development Institute (MDI) was found dead on Saturday in the campus of the institute here under mysterious circumstances, police said.


Postgraduate student found dead in Gurugram institute


A former ABVP member has said the chargesheet filed against the 10 JNU students, including Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid, is the brainchild of BJP and claimed that some ABVP members had themselves raised "Pakistan Zindabad" slogan on the JNU campus in 2016 which led to the slapping of sedition charges.


JNU sedition row BJP creation, says ex-ABVP member


The chargesheet against 10 JNU students is politically motivated and the entire issue is the brain-child of the BJP, which stoked the controversy to dilute the suicide of University of Hyderabad student Rohith Vemula, a former student leader from RSS-affiliated ABVP has said.


JNU sedition row created to dilute Vemula's suicide: Ex-ABVP member


The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi and Tata Trusts signed a pact on Wednesday, under which the trust will give a grant of Rs 50 crore to the institution over a period of five years for the School of Public Policy.


IIT-Delhi gets Rs 50-cr grant for School of Public Policy


Jadavpur University on Wednesday barred from its campus International Relations' Professor Kanak Sarkar, who has drawn all-round condemnation for his series of sexist and inappropriate comments on virginity, and ordered him not to take classes or be involved with the examination processes pending inquiry by women's bodies and the university.


JU professor barred from campus, teaching duties for sexist remarks, summoned by WBCW


The Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) was cancelled and a probe ordered after its question paper was leaked on the social media on Wednesday, even as the first sitting of the examination was underway.


Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test cancelled after paper leaked


The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) cancelled the Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) and ordered a probe after its question paper leaked on social media on Wednesday.

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