The Union government has informed Parliament that the University Grants Commission (UGC) has identified 32 fake universities across the country, renewing its warning to students against enrolling in institutions that award unauthorised degrees. The disclosure comes amid growing concerns over misleading advertisements by some EdTech platforms and institutions promising guaranteed placements, high-paying jobs and affiliations…

Representational image. Generated through AI. Great discoveries rarely announce themselves with fanfare. More often, they begin with a moment so ordinary that almost everyone else overlooks it.For California middle-school student Seungah Chung, that moment arrived while watching ants march purposefully across the ground. Like countless others, she had seen the tiny insects carrying food and…