The Centre has announced a major bureaucratic reshuffle in the Education Ministry, with Naresh Pal Gangwar appointed as the new Higher Education Secretary.
Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk ended a 26-day hunger strike on Friday over leaked medical school entrance exam papers that protesters say enabled cheating, but demonstrations demanding the education minister’s resignation were set to continue in the biggest youth-led challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. Youth protesters, led by the self-named Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement, demand that Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resign over the leaks that affected some 2...
In a written reply to CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member V. Sivadasan, the Minister says 24 employees who are employed with the organisation have all been appointed on deputation from various institutions