IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bengaluru, and IIM Vishakhapatnam had written to the Centre proposing direct entry to the PhD and MPhil programmes.

The AICTE and UGC have been instructed to take punitive action against such institutions, including deemed varsities, if they fail to enforce the directions.

The five-judge constitution bench of Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, struck down Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act which allowed not only the government but also any private entity to demand Aadhaar.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Aadhaar is not mandatory for appearing in examinations held by CBSE, NEET and UGC.

The plan is to convert about 2,600 test practising centres of the National Testing Agency, a testing organisation to conduct entrance examinations for admission in higher educational institutions, into teaching centres where students will get free coaching from May 2019.

These regulations have come into force after the HRD Ministry notified by UGC (Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2018 this week.

The UGC will be replaced with the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) that will deal only with academic co-ordination, determination, and maintenance of the standards of university education.

As the backlash on Twitter showed no signs of subsiding, the Ministry of HRD issued a statement clarifying how Jio Institute came to be picked. It clarified that Jio Institute was chosen under the greenfield category.

The Ministry of Human Resource Development today came out with an explanation on how Jio Institute was accorded such coveted status despite having no physical infrastructure in place.

Newly formed National Testing Agency (NTA) would- now conduct the national- level examinations -- NET, NEET, JEE (Mains) -- that were organised by the CBSE, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said.

SBI in process to shut 9 foreign offices as part of rationalisation: MDState Bank of India (SBI) has closed six foreign branches and is in the process of closing down another nine branches as part of rationalisation of overseas operations, said Managing Director Pravin K Gupta. SBI, country's largest lender, has operations in about 36 countries with nearly 190 branches. Not all the branches in the foreign locations are full-fledged offices, he said, adding that in countries like B...

HECI would focus solely on academic matters. Monetary grants would be the purview of the ministry, according to the draft.

Though the salaries of the central government employees were increased by 14 per cent from January 2016, the hike, as per the employees, is not enough because of the rising cost of living and high inflation.

Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said as per the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission, the centre government has increased the pension of retired faculty and other non-teaching staff in central universities and colleges, which would benefit around 25,000 present pensioners in these institutions.

The registration process for UGC NET 2018 will start from March 6.