Amandeep Shukla

Around 55 per cent of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) posts in central universities across the country are lying vacant.  

204 TV channels ceased operations in the last five years, I&B Minister Anurag Thakur informed the Rajya Sabha

14 engineering colleges in the country are set to teach their courses in Indian languages under the National Education Policy.

UGC has formed the Academic Bank of Credits, which will give the students freedom to tailor their own courses in higher studies.

The expenditure by the central government on advertisements for print, digital and electronic media has been consistently going down. 

President Ram Nath Kovind has approved the appointment of 12 vice chancellors to central universities.

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that 22 posts of Vice Chancellor are lying vacant in central universities. Of them, recruitment at 12 posts has recently been finalised.

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan during a Rajya Sabha Session

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has stated that currently 8 IITs are running without a chairman and 5 are running without a director.

The University Grants Commission has announced that there will no common entrance exams for all varsities this year due to the Covid-19 pondemic.

As states lift their Covid curbs following a decline in cases, the home ministry has issued an advisory asking them to ensure strict enforcement of Covid-appropriate behaviour.

NEET UG 2021 will be held on September 12 across India while following the Covid-19 safety norms.

CBSE has declared a new scheme for 2021-22 wherein the academic year will be divided into two halves. The first term exam will be held in November.

UDISE+ Report has been released by the Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal.

The number of schools gaining basic amenities such as hand wash and electricity is increasing in India, as per a recent report.

The University Grants Commission has asked universities to display banners to publicise the central government's Covid vaccination drive. One such banner design thanks Prime Minister Narendra Modi for free vaccines.

Indian mission also said that the country's Supreme Court had in two judgments directed the government to frame systems to guard against misuse of different platforms.

As per a draft of the new Cinematograph Bill, the Centre may soon have the power to ask the CBFC to review the permission given to a movie if it feels the content is against 'public order'.

As per the new marking criteria, the Class 12 students will be marked on the basis of their performance in the Class 10 and 11 final exams.

The Centre has amended the Cable Television Network Rules to provide for a statutory mechanism for the redressal of complaints relating to content broadcast by the television channels.