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88% candidates appear in NEET examination in seven cities of Odisha

An estimated 88 per cent of a total of 37,459 candidates appeared in NEET held in 83 centres spread across seven cities of Odisha, official sources said

JEE Mains 2020 exam results: 24 candidates score perfect 100 percentile

A total of 24 candidates have scored 100 percentile score in the Joint Entrance Examinations (JEE) Mains 2020 examination

Law should be made for spending 6% of GDP on education: Manish Sisodia

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday said a law should be made for spending six per cent of GDP to education

152 students from IIT Madras get internship offers from 20 companies

Microsoft India, Google, Jane Street and Rubrik among companies that made offers of internship

More than 340,000 aspirants appear for JEE Main exam in three days

A total of 3,43,958 aspirants have appeared for JEE Main, out of the total 4,58,521 registered candidates, in the three days when the examination was held

Visva Bharati University to hold final semester examination in September

Visva Bharati University will hold the final semester examination this month and the principals of different Bhavanas (departments) have been told to choose the modalities for conducting the tests

Allahabad University to conduct final year/semester exams in digital mode

The Allahabad University will conduct its final year and final semester examinations this year in digital mode

Final year university exams to be held by Sept end: Haryana CMO

The examinations of the last year students of all universities and colleges in Haryana will be conducted by the end of September

Ramesh Pokhriyal requests Goa CM to provide security for NEET, JEE exams

Ramesh Pokhriyal has requested Goa CM Pramod Sawant to make elaborate security arrangements for conducting the medical and engineering entrance exams NEET and JEE in the coastal state

CM Shivraj announces free travel for MP students taking NEET, JEE exams

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced free travel arrangements for all students from Madhya Pradesh who are set to appear in the NEET, JEE examinations

NEP 2020 lacks clarity, not applicable to entire country: Bengal govt panel

Bengal govt says that certain features of NEP lacked clarity while several others may not be applicable to the entire country, almost each state of which has a different cultural heritage

States may permit schools to call 50% staff, students of 9th to 12th: MHA

Ministry of Home Affairs released Unlock 4 guidelines which said that states, UTs may permit up to 50 per cent of teaching and non-teaching staff to be called to the schools from Sept 21

Approval received to open medical colleges in 15 Raj districts: Health Min

The Health Minister further spoke about COVID-19 and said that till now over 22 lakh tests have been done in Rajasthan and the capacity to conduct 51,640 tests per day in the state has been developed

PM to inaugurate Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University today

The RLB Central Agriculture University is located in Jhansi and is a prominent institute of the Bundelkhand region

Over 100 academicians write to PM Narendra Modi backing NEET-JEE, in time

Academicians have written to PM Modi supporting the conduct of JEE-NEET exams in the hope that students will not lose a year

Goa unit National Students Union urges Centre to postpone NEET, JEE

NSUI unit of Goa has urged the government to postpone the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) to the rising COVID-19 cases in the country

More centres, staggered entry-exit: NTA plans for NEET, JEE amid Covid-19

While the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) is scheduled from September 1-6, the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) is planned on September 13

Nitish Kumar inaugurates higher secondary schools in 3,304 panchayats

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday inaugurated a number of new higher secondary schools and several upgraded ones in 3,304 panchayats across the state

Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi, seeks postponement of NEET, JEE exams

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking postponement of NEET and JEE examinations that are scheduled to be held in September

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union protests for various demands

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union held a protest, demanding postponement of registration, better mess facilities and phased return of students