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IIT Madras 63rd convocation awards 511 PhDs IIT Madras awarded 3,518 degrees to 3,106 students during its 63rd Convocation, with four students receiving prestigious awards for academic excellence and overall achievements. The degrees awarded included undergraduate, postgraduate, joint and dual degree programmes, along with 511 PhDs.The convocation also recognised students who achieved the highest academic … Read more

NEET UG 2026 topper shares success mantra: AIR 20 holder Vaishnavi Das reveals mock test strategy and study habits. (Photo: ANI) NEET UG 2026 AIR 20 holder Vaishnavi Das has revealed the preparation habits that helped her secure a score of 700 out of 720 in the medical entrance examination. In an interview with news … Read more

BVS Madhavi combines MBBS and IIT Madras expertise to build AI solutions for cancer research. (Photo: LinkedIn) Most students spend years deciding whether to pursue medicine or engineering. For BVS Madhavi, the answer was unexpectedly simple—why choose one when you can learn both?While studying MBBS at Andhra Medical College, Madhavi simultaneously enrolled in the BS … Read more

High NEET UG qualifying cutoff leaves aspirants worried over medical college admissions this year. (Representative Image) The sharp rise in NEET-UG qualifying cutoff marks has left several medical aspirants concerned about their chances of securing seats in government medical colleges. Students have expressed disappointment over the higher cutoff following the re-test, with many questioning whether … Read more

Jigisha Tailor and her son Aditya Kapadia (Photo credit: Indian Express) At IIT Madras’s recent convocation, Jigisha Tailor and her son Aditya Kapadia walked on stage together to collect their degrees. Jigisha is 45. Aditya is 21. Neither had planned to finish at the same time, and neither had expected to be called up together. … Read more

Escalating tensions in West Asia have renewed global attention on the Red Sea, a crucial maritime corridor linking Europe and Asia through the Suez Canal. With concerns over potential Houthi attacks near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the region’s strategic importance for energy supplies, international trade and India’s economic interests has come into sharp focus amid … Read more

The Directorate of Higher Secondary Education (DHSE), Kerala has declared the Kerala Plus One Result 2026 today, July 17. Students who appeared for the Class 11 board examinations can now check their results on the official website, results.hse.kerala.gov.in.To access the result, students will need to enter their registration number and date of birth.The Kerala Plus … Read more

CG Vyapam has released the Pre B.Ed Entrance Examination 2026 results for candidates who appeared in the June 11 test. Along with the scorecards, the board has issued the merit list and final answer key on its official portal. Qualified candidates can now verify their ranks and use the documents for the forthcoming B.Ed admission … Read more

NEET UG AIR 3 Uplakshya Goyal (Credits: PTI) When the alleged paper leak forced the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2026 to be conducted again, many candidates were left wondering whether months of preparation had gone to waste.For Uplakshya Goyal, who secured All India Rank (AIR) 3 in the re-examination, the uncertainty … Read more

The Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) have announced the counselling schedule for IISER Admissions 2026. Candidates who qualified in the entrance examination will be able to participate in Round 1 admission from July 24 at 5 pm.According to the schedule, the Round 1 admission window will remain open till July 28, 5 … Read more