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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Higher Education Department Thursday declared the results of the Common PG Entrance Test (CPET) 2026 for admission to postgraduate programmes for the 2026-27 academic session. Candidates who appeared for the entrance examination can check their scores on SAMS portal. A total of 58,613...

New Delhi: Board exams may have 50 per cent weightage in crucial admissions presently based on scores of entrance exams like NEET and JEE, according to sources. The possibility is being contemplated with an idea of reducing the high-stakes nature of any exam, be it...

Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of aspirants for the Odisha Police Sub-Inspector (SI) recruitment staged a protest outside the office of the Odisha Uniformed Services Selection Staff Commission (OUSSSC) Wednesday, demanding the immediate conduct of the recruitment examination, which has remained stalled for nearly 18 months. The commission's...

New Delhi: Ritzer is "Putzer", social is "oval", Parsons is "Parsow", Ghurye is "Ghunye", A R Desai is "A K Desai", Nussbaum is "Nusbaut" in the National Eligibility Test (NET) Sociology question paper, as claimed by candidates. Candidates who appeared for the UGC NET Sociology...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Cabinet Wednesday approved a scheme to provide free education from kindergarten (KG) to postgraduate (PG) level in all government and government-aided educational institutions in the state. Addressing the media, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said the cabinet cleared the 'Gyanodaya-Shiksharu Samruddhi: KG to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Wednesday said it would issue corrected textbooks to school children soon and rejected claims about the number of errors in those books. The actual number of errors is much lower than the claimed figure, said N Thirumala Naik, School and Mass Education...

New Delhi: The CBSE has directed its affiliated schools to promote cyber safety by encouraging students, teachers and parents to enrol in a 2.5-hour cyber hygiene certification course and establish cyber clubs to organise monthly awareness activities, according to officials. The initiative, under a nationwide...

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Assembly Tuesday passed a resolution urging the Centre to comprehensively reform the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and the country's national examination system, with the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) and the opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF) joining hands to adopt the motion...

New Delhi: CBSE Monday issued fresh guidelines for the implementation of its three-language policy, granting exemption to the current batch of Class X students from studying three languages. As a one-time relaxation to Class IX students, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) clarified that...

New Delhi: Direct employment generated by recognised Indian startups has reached 23.36 lakh, reflecting a 36.1 per cent year-on-year surge in job creation, according to an official statement. Nearly 48 per cent of all recognised startups feature at least one woman director or partner, underscoring...