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₹786 crore — a 7% YoY rise from ₹734 crore in the year-ago period. The company declared a dividend of ₹11 per share of ₹1 each. ALSO READ: Titan Result Highlights: Net profit rises 7% YoY to ₹786 crore, declares dividend of ₹11 per share Congress leader Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination papers from the family bastion of RaeBareli on Friday.

Ron Clark Academy is well-known for its strong academic credentials, with its students having a 100% graduation rate and more than 90% being accepted to higher-education colleges. Beast Philanthropy joined hands with telecommunications company Victra to start a new scholarship at the Ron Clark Academy and also sponsored the training of over 200 teachers, who got an opportunity to learn about innovative teaching methods with the organisation. Beast Philanthropy's 11-minute video on the Ron Clark Academy has earned more than 27 lakh views.

Student demonstrations spreading across U.S. campuses have drawn attention in Beijing, where comments by some officials and state media have conveyed sympathy for the protesters and criticism of what is seen as a U.S. double standard on protest crackdowns.

Government Postgraduate College, Timergara has issued directives instructing girl students to abstain from participating in political events, birthday celebrations, and other extracurricular activities during their commute to and from the campus, Dawn reported. Prof Riaz Mohammad, the college's chief proctor, formally circulated these instructions, emphasizing the importance of adhering to local customs and asserting that it is in the best interest of the girl students.

Gamers’ appetites for immersive sports video games have not changed much since the heyday of EA Sports' college football

Barron's senior writer Al Root discusses Tesla's market performance and automaker strategies when it comes to electric vehicles.

MikeRoweWorks Foundation CEO Mike Rowe argues that four-year college degrees are no longer seen as a source of pride by graduates on Varney & Co.

The College for Financial Planning has introduced a Spanish-language edition of its Financial Paraplanner Qualified Professional designation program, aiming to enhance services for Hispanic investors.

Companies are making a big mistake. Many recruiters in India are nudging their human resource (HR) teams to show a preference for hiring women at the junior-most levels, be it candidates looking for jobs on college campuses or those with barely a few months of work experience. This is a quick-fix hiring bias that will not help a company meet its gender-diversity target in the long run.

The bungled rollout of a new federal student aid form has left millions of students in limbo and some wondering if their college dreams will survive

Godrej billionaire Rishad Kaikhushru Naoroji has decided to gift most of his shares in group companies to nephews and nieces, an executive aware of the development said, in a rare instance of corporate India's super-rich leaving his wealth to relatives. Naoroji, 72, is a third-generation member of the Godrej business family and a cousin of Adi, Nadir and Jamshyd Godrej, and Smita Godrej Crishna. Naoroji owns shares in four of the five listed Godrej companies—Godrej Agrovet, Godrej Consumer, Godrej Properties and Godrej Industries -totalling about ₹7,050 crore as on 1 May.

New research from Northwestern Mutual offers a revealing overview of how American parents are planning to finance their children’s college education.

LPL has extended its reach in the Midwest by onboarding two advisors in Iowa.

Washington Post, over 1,600 people arrested at pro-Palestine campus protests in the past two weeks, out of which 282 arrests were made on Tuesday night at Columbia University and City College New York. On Wednesday, New York Police Department Commissioner Edward Caban said that over 280 protesters at Columbia University and the City College of New York.

Hubballi (Karnataka): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday met Congress Councillor Niranjan Hiremath and assured justice for his daughter Neha who was stabbed to death inside her college campus last month. The 23-year-old Neha, daughter of the Congress Councillor of Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation, was stabbed to death by her former classmate Fayaz Khodunaik on the campus of her college in Dharwad on April 18. The incident sparked widespread condemnation and protests. After meeting Shah, Hiremath said that the union home minister assured them that justice would be done, and said that if needed, the case can be handed over to the CBI for further investigation. Speaking to PTI Videos, Hiremath said, «Today union home minister came here and we met him. I have given a memorandum to him stating about my daughter's murder which happened on April 18. Though he is aware about the incident, I still gave him a copy of the complaint and FIR. I also gave him a request letter seeking changes in the IPC section for such incidents».

The Biden administration says it will cancel $6 billion in student loans for people who attended the Art Institutes, a system of for-profit colleges that closed the last of its campuses in 2023 amid accusations of fraud

₹35 lakhs from a classmate after blackmailing him over his online gaming addiction. The two have been placed in the juvenile facility and the other accused is in juvenile custody, reported Indian Express. In addition to the accused students, the police have also arrested other people involved in the extortion, Bengaluru Police told IE on Wednesday.

Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag from a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war on college campuses nationwide. The school promised they would face expulsion. The occupation at Columbia — where protesters shrugged off an ultimatum to abandon a tent encampment Monday or be suspended — unfolded as other universities stepped up efforts to clear out encampments. Police swept through some campuses, spurring confrontations with protesters and plenty of arrests. In rarer instances, university officials and protest leaders have struck agreements to restrict the disruption to campus life. And as cease-fire negotiations appeared to gain steam Tuesday, it wasn’t clear whether those talks would inspire campus protesters to ease their efforts.

All parents face a common challenge pertaining to investment decisions, i.e., how to balance their child’s educational needs and financial goals. As a parent, you want your child to go to a good school and then a premiere college or university for world-class education, which needs a good amount of financial planning to continuously meet expenses on that front. Balancing a child’s education and long-term financial planning requires strategic planning.

voter participation in the upcoming Lok Sabha election on May 7, the Kamrup Election District has organized trial voting using virtual reality technology. This pioneering initiative taken up for the first time in India aims to provide a virtual walk through the actual polling process. Under the guidance of Kamrup District Commissioner and District Election Officer Keerthi Jalli, this initiative was inaugurated at Dakhin Kamrup College in Kamrup District as part of the Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) initiative.

EP Wealth Advisors, the California-based fee-only RIA, has enhanced its team with two new additions in the San Diego region.