17-year-old Ryka Chopra used AI and game theory to find how countries could work together to save Arctic ice. (Photo: Society for Science) As the Arctic continues to lose ice, scientists are studying not only how quickly the region is changing but also what countries can do to slow the damage. Ryka Chopra, a 17-year-old…
More than 3,500 faculty vacancies have been filled across IITs between September 2022 and May 2026 under a mission-mode recruitment drive. However, the latest Lok Sabha response does not reveal the current faculty-student ratio at individual IITs. With the 1:10 norm still relevant, questions remain over whether recruitment has kept pace with rising enrolment and…
Competitive Exam explainers | Indian economy India’s foreign exchange reserves are often discussed when the rupee comes under pressure, global oil prices rise, or financial markets turn volatile. But the headline figure alone does not tell the full story. Forex reserves are a pool of external assets held by the country’s monetary authority that provide…
Rohan Arni used deep learning to study mysterious space signals; his model achieved 98% accuracy. (Photo: Society For Science) At 17, Rohan Arni is exploring one of astronomy’s most intriguing mysteries: fast radio bursts, or FRBs, incredibly powerful flashes of radio waves that can travel across the universe and last for only milliseconds. A student…
NTA set to release UGC NET June 2026 answer key this week The National Testing Agency (NTA) is going to release the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) June 2026 provisional answer key this week. The agency will also release answer keys for the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research University Grants Commission…
UP Police Constable DV/PST admit card 2026 out, physical tests begin August 17 UP Police Constable Admit Card 2026: The Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board (UPPRPB) has released the UP Police Constable Document Verification and Physical Standard Test (DV/PST) admit card 2026 today, August 10, 2026. Candidates shortlisted after the written examination can…
Bihar Vidhan Parishad result 2026: The Bihar Legislative Council Secretariat has announced the final result of the Security Guard recruitment through Advertisement No. 03/2023. The result was announced on August 7, 2026. A total of 56 candidates have been shortlisted for recruitment as Security Guard.The council has released the roll numbers of the selected candidates…
One extra hour of sleep may help students get better grades, study suggests For college students, sacrificing sleep for one more chapter, assignment or hour of revision can often feel like a necessary trade-off. But a new study suggests that getting more sleep may itself be a surprisingly effective way to improve academic performance.Researchers studying…
Ancient Humans Were Thinking In Patterns 60,000 Years Ago, Study Of Eggshells Suggests. (Credit: Pierre-Jean Texier, Diepkloof project) What if some of the skills students learn in classrooms today — recognising patterns, understanding shapes and organising information — were already being used by humans 60,000 years ago?That is the intriguing possibility emerging from a new…
Ranchi’s Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium has, for the past 17 days, functioned as the nerve centre of one of Jharkhand’s largest student-led movements in recent years. At the centre of it is 33-year-old Devendra Nath Mahto, a student leader from Ranchi who has been on an indefinite hunger strike since August 2, demanding the cancellation…