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Zolve has secured $251 million in a debt-equity mix funding round led by Creaegis. The startup offers credit facilities to students and professionals moving to the United States from other countries. Out of the total funds, $51 million is an equity infusion and the rest is debt. Other than Creaegis the round saw participation by HSBC, SBI Investment, GMO Venture Partners, DG Daiwa Ventures, and existing investors Accel, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sparta Group, and DST Global. Accel, DST Global, and others had participated in the platform's first institutional funding round of around $40 million, which took place in October 2021.

Sarie Morton, a student at Matamata College (New Zealand), died Wednesday afternoon after being struck by a train near the intersection of Firth St and College St in Waikato. Her school mourned her tragic death in a Facebook post on Thursday by Matamata College board presiding member Craig Alexander and principal Dr Angela Sharples. «It is with deep sadness that we inform our school community of the sudden passing of one of our beloved students, Sarie Morton, following an incident after school yesterday. Our heartfelt condolences go out to Sarie’s family and friends during this incredibly difficult time,» the post read. KiwiRail is providing support to the train driver involved. Emergency services responded to the incident around 3:15 pm local time on Wednesday, but Sarie died at the scene of the accident. The school will remain open Thursday and Friday to provide support for those affected by the tragedy. Professional support services are available to anyone who needs them.

Eklavya Model Residential Schools in their mother tongue and have refused to switch from state boards to CBSE as prescribed by the Centre. As the slugfest between BJP-led NDA government at the Centre and Tamil Nadu continues over the imposition of Hindi, the two states have refused to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Centre to run Eklavya schools, which provide education to tribal students from Class 6 to 12. This means that education will be imparted in local languages under state boards.

Neeti Mohan is one of the popular singers of the country who has belted out hits like Ishq Wala Love, Sapna Jahan, Nainowale Ne and Kashmir Tu Main Kanyakumari songs. But recently, she graced the annual event of Delhi University and left the students in awe of her impressive voice and lively performance at the fest. For the unversed, Neeti Mohan is an alumna of Miranda House. She shared the photos from the fest on Instagram and wrote, “When the audience sings along every word, you know it’s a night to remember!!! 8th March 2025 @Kalrav_dduc @dducofficial was pure magic. Thank you for the energy, the love, and the memories. Until we meet again. Big Love from the entire team of NM live.”

central universities, with over half of them reserved for OBC, ST, and SC categories, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Union Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar said that more than 7,825 teaching positions have been filled in these varsities through special recruitment drives.

The initiative is part of a broader effort to boost economic growth, improve infrastructure, and ensure lasting peace in a region that has long grappled with insurgency and underdevelopment.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Most Indian parents dream of sending their child to top-tier institutions like IIT or ISB, but few plan for the staggering costs. When the admission letter arrives, panic often follows.

three-language policy issue, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan asserted in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that the National Education Policy (NEP) does not seek to impose any language on anybody, and the whole controversy has been raked up by the Tamil Nadu chief minister and his party to revive political fortunes and score brownie points to hide its governance and welfare deficit. He said under the three-language formula, the medium of instruction till Standard V will be in the mother tongue and the other two languages will be a student's choice. In his reply to a debate in the Rajya Sabha on the working of the education ministry, Pradhan cited facts and figures while emphasizing that the Tamil language is nobody's monopoly.

vaccine superpower with Covaxin's development and now produces 60 per cent of the world's vaccines, said Prof Balram Bhargava, former Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the agency that led the country's Covid-19 response. The Padma Shri awardee delivered a keynote address at BRIC-Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) on Tuesday on the theme 'Accelerate Action' as part of RGCB's Women's Day celebration. «Sixty per cent of the world's vaccines are now manufactured in Pune and supplied globally. In 2021, we exported vaccines to more than 100 countries, underscoring our potential in vaccine research and development,» Bhargava said in an RGCB press release. Vaccine development-from funding to preclinical studies, clinical trials, laboratory research, and physiological studies-has been implemented seamlessly with government support. A National Task Force comprising 40 scientists from various research domains was formed to act swiftly in times of crisis, he noted.

LightStream makes our list twice, as Best Overall and Best for Large Loan Amounts. It hit the sweet spot in our scoring rubric: low APRs, a wide range of loan amounts, and a very wide range of repayment options. If you need a large sum, for a home improvement or a boat, LightStream lends up to $100,000. You’ll have up to 20 years to repay for specific loan uses (like home improvements).

CBSE class 10 Mathematics examination took place on March 10. According to initial student reactions, the paper was moderately difficult. Although CBSE does not release an answer key, an unofficial answer key can be accessed by students on several educational and institutional websites. The answer key will serve as an essential resource for students to verify their answers and estimate their scores. The CBSE Class 10 Mathematics question paper had 38 questions for 80 marks. The time allowed to write the paper was 3 hours. All questions were compulsory with some questions having internal choices.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Physics Wallah is building small language models (SLMs) to solve questions in physics, chemistry, mathematics and biology, as the edtech major seeks to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) for scale and efficiency. “Our chief technology officer Devesh Mishra has dropped all his other responsibilities to focus on building SLMs for Physics Wallah," company founder and chief executive Alakh Pandey told Mint in an interview.

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) on Monday announced the launch of admissions to undergraduate promgrammes for students excelling in the National and International Olympiads. These are competitive examinations that challenge students in several academic subjects and skills. Termed as ‘Science Olympiad Excellence’ (ScOpE), this admission is outside the JEE (Advanced) Framework and students under this initiative will be admitted from the academic year 2025-2026. ScOpE is similar to the admissions through Sports Excellence Admissions and Fine Arts and Excellence modes. It will have two two supernumerary seats per programme of which one seat will be exclusively for women students..

Lok Sabha proceedings were on Monday adjourned for about 30 minutes after DMK members protested over Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's remarks that the Tamil Nadu government was «dishonest» on the issue of implementing the PM Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme. Replying to a question on the PM SHRI scheme, Pradhan said the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government has changed its stand on implementing the centrally-sponsored scheme which envisaged strengthening the schools managed by central, state or local bodies. The state concerned has to sign an MoU with the central government that it would implement the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and in return the central government provides the fund. «The Tamil Nadu government had initially agreed to sign the MoU. But now they have changed the stand. Many non-BJP-ruled states, including Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh, have signed the agreement,» he said.

Kairan Quazi, the teen prodigy, who, at 14, became the youngest staff member of Elon Musk's space tech firm SpaceX? Soon after, the youngster’s LinkedIn profile was deleted, as the platform requires users to be at least 16 years of age to avail its services. Now, he's back on LinkedIn. “Now that I’m 16, LinkedIn has let me back on the platform," revealed Quazi on Instagram. The post went viral, with many social media users welcoming him back enthusiastically. “Welcome back! We missed you." Another commented, “Back where he belongs." Since 2023, Quazi has been employed as a software developer at SpaceX, where he actively contributes to the Starlink initiative. His primary focus lies in designing data-driven solutions for complex optimization challenges, particularly in beam planning. This highly specialized role demands expertise in low-latency computing, high-efficiency processing, and real-time system development.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. After spending many years in the corporate world, Meenal Majumder decided to set it all aside and don the student’s hat to go the start-up way. Though there wasn’t a perfect plan in place, she knew that if she waited for the ‘right time’, there was a good chance it would never come.

IIM graduate who reportedly quit his job just 10 days after joining due to a misunderstanding about his role. According to the Reddit user, who previously worked as an inside sales representative, he was asked to train a newly hired account executive—an IIM graduate who had secured a lucrative package of Rs 21 lakh per annum, along with a Rs 2 lakh joining bonus. However, despite the attractive salary, the new recruit resigned in less than two weeks. The reason? He believed he was hired for a marketing position but was instead assigned to sales for the first year. Feeling misled, he decided to leave. The Reddit user recounted a conversation where the graduate expressed frustration, saying he hadn’t expected to handle sales accounts. When reassured that this was common in the industry, the IIM graduate firmly stated that he didn’t want to continue. Despite having a student loan, the graduate later accepted a role in operations and supply chain management with a lower salary of Rs 16 lakh per annum.

India has been on a growth curve for the last three years, overtaking the US as London's single-largest FDI source market in 2022-23 and continuing through 2023-24. «Foreign direct investment from India has been the fastest growing and has been our number one market for the last two years,» said Laura Citron, CEO of London & Partners.

Indian students to apply for the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards, which offer a £10,000 (approximately ₹11.26 lakh) fee waiver for postgraduate studies aimed at creating a broader societal impact. Vice-Chancellor Professor Shitij Kapur highlighted the awards’ significance, particularly for Indian students, as he himself had left Delhi for higher studies abroad. He also emphasized the university’s long-standing Indian connection, mentioning freedom fighter Sarojini Naidu as one of its early female alumni. “We were one of the earliest universities in the UK to teach Sanskrit and Bengali, and Sarojini Naidu was one of our remarkable students in the very early days when King's started admitting female students,” Kapur told PTI.

Geidō, a 700-year-old system, provides a structured path to achieving mastery in any art. Unlike Western ideas of «natural talent» or «born geniuses,» Geidō suggests that true expertise isn’t something you're born with—it’s something you build through a deep, disciplined process. It’s the reason behind the refined elegance of a tea ceremony, the breathtaking strokes of Japanese calligraphy, and the razor-sharp precision of a samurai’s swordplay. But the beauty of Geidō? It’s not limited to traditional arts—it can be applied to any skill in life, including your career.

Employers use H-1B visas to hire foreign-born scientists, engineers and other highly skilled individuals. Obtaining H-1B status is typically the only practical way a high-skilled foreign national, including an international student, can work long term in the United States. H-1B visa registration for FY2026 opened on March 7, 2025, and will run until March 24, 2025. ALSO READ: H-1B visa: How the US policy shift may not rock the boat for Indian engineers