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New Delhi: Reservation cannot be on the basis of religion, the Supreme Court observed Monday while hearing a batch of pleas challenging the Calcutta High Court verdict that struck down the OBC status of several castes in West Bengal granted since 2010. The pleas, including...

New Delhi: The Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses is set to undergo several changes in the 2025 edition following a review by an expert panel, according to UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar. The University Grants Commission (UGC) had constituted...

New Delhi: Medical colleges in India have doubled from just 387 in 2013-14 to 780 in 2024-25 -- witnessing a 102 per cent growth, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed the Rajya Sabha. During the same period, the seats for MBBS also rose...

New Delhi: Recognised startups in India have created over 16.6 lakh direct jobs across more than 55 varied industries, the Parliament was informed Friday. The highest number of direct jobs were created in the IT sector (2,04,119), followed by healthcare and life sciences (1,47,639), and...

Bhubaneswar: More than 12.13 lakh jobless youths, who registered themselves with different employment exchanges in Odisha over the last five years, are waiting for jobs, the state government informed the Assembly Friday. In a written reply to BJD MLA Sarada Prasad Nayak, Skill Development and...

New Delhi: In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court has said religious conversions undertaken solely to avail reservation benefits without genuine belief amounted to a "fraud on the Constitution". Justices Pankaj Mithal and R Mahadevan passed the verdict November 26 in a case filed by...

Mumbai: IT services hiring is expected to grow 10-12 per cent in the next six months following rapid evolution of technology which is reshaping industries and economies worldwide, a report stated Wednesday. Emerging technologies such as Generative AI, Deep Tech, and Quantum Computing emerge are...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Saturday decided to amend the Odisha Universities Act, 1989 and change certain provisions of the Industrial Policy Resolution (IPR), 2015. The proposals in these regards were taken up at the Cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in Bhubaneswar....

Bhubaneswar: The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), Odisha Wednesday announced the schedule for Plus-II examinations for all streams. The examinations are scheduled to start February 18, 2025 and continue till March 27, 2025. According to the official notification, the examination for regular and ex-regular...

Bhubaneswar: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha Monday announced that the deadline for filling out forms for the annual High School Certificate (HSC) and State Open School Certificate (SOSC) examinations has been extended to November 25, 2024. The board clarified that no further extensions...