When the present, it torments you
India’s Education Report Card: Student Retention, not Enrolment is Key to Success
The message is clear. India needs not merely more children entering classrooms, but more children staying, completing and learning. Achieving the ambitions of NEP 2020 and SDG 4 will require sustained public investment, stronger secondary-school retention, better support for vulnerable learners and a sharper focus on completion.
For a Developed India, Its Young Need to Be Instilled with Civic Values First
The virtues like civic discipline or gender sensitivity in India are not at premium. Basic civic sense is conspicuous by its absence. It gets manifested as indiscriminate littering, spitting, traffic indiscipline, vulgar or derogatory comments against women etc. Such attitudes find manifestation in foreign destinations as well.
Indian Students, Techies Look Eastward as Ties with East/Southeast Asia Grow
Ties between India and East and Southeast Asia are bound to strengthen, given the growing synergies in strategic areas such as defence, critical technology and higher education. It is important for Indian students, professionals, and skilled workers to harness educational and work opportunities in that region that is open to receiving Indian students and techies. This is especially important given that countries in the Anglosphere, not just the US but also Canada and to an extent Australia, are adopting increasingly insular immigration policies and tightening student and work visa regulations.
Empty Classrooms, Crowded Reading Rooms and a Growing Educational Concern
Across Kashmir, the image of crowded reading rooms alongside empty classrooms should compel us to reflect on the direction our education system is taking. Reading rooms may help students prepare for examinations, but schools and colleges prepare them for life.
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Let your words a melody carry
Only the rich can fight elections in India
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Statement by Minister of External Affairs at the Joint Press conference with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
I am delighted to address you all at the conclusion of my talks today with my Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
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Wise, the one who tidies up
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Eternal is the thirst within us
There is a Time for all Things, Pre-ordained
Some, beyond our Reason and our Rhyme
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Invictus, is in the Spirit alone
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Am I The Master of My Fate?
Am I the Master of my Fate
India and Pakistan: Can they ever shed the 'enemy' tag?
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India's 'love jihad’ laws: Are they constitutionally valid?
‘Love jihad’ as a term itself is an oxymoron
Randomness
A gallery of words and meanings
