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Investigation (CBI) is questioning a first-year MBBS student from the 2023 batch of RIMS in connection with the NEET-UG paper leak case, an official said on Friday. The student, who stays at the girls' hostel of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), formerly known as Rajendra Medical College and Hospital (RMCH), an autonomous institute under the Jharkhand government, was approached by the CBI earlier this week for questioning. «The CBI team is questioning a first-year student. The team contacted the hospital management on Wednesday saying they wanted to question her in connection with the NEET paper leak. The management extended full cooperation to the team. On Thursday too, they grilled her and said she will be questioned further,» RIMS PRO Rajiv Ranjan told PTI. The official said parents of the student had contacted the management and were briefed about the situation.

Biden administration's student debt relief plan, which would have lowered monthly payments for millions of borrowers. In a ruling Thursday, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion for an administrative stay filed by a group of Republican-led states seeking to invalidate the administration's entire student loan forgiveness program. The court's order prohibits the administration from implementing the parts of the SAVE plan that were not already blocked by lower court rulings. The ruling comes the same day that the Biden administration announced another round of student loan forgiveness, this time totaling $1.2 billion in forgiveness for roughly 35,000 borrowers who are eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Mint explains: Byju Raveendran, the maverick founder who held a tight grip on Byju’s, will lose control of the firm to an interim resolution professional (IRP). The IRP will begin the process of forming a committee of Byju’s financial creditors, and subsequently hand over control to them. Raveendran now stares at a tight deadline to settle with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), India’s powerful cricket board, out of court.

Bangladesh on Thursday, while authorities cut some mobile internet services as violent clashes that have killed six and injured hundreds this week showed no signs of slowing. Shops and offices were open in Dhaka, the capital, but there were fewer buses on the streets, as a call for a nationwide shutdown from students demanding abolition of a quota of 30% reservations drew little response. Police fired tear gas to disperse stone-throwing students who blocked a major highway in the southern port city of Chittagong as mobile services were halted across most of the South Asian country.

Joe Biden on Thursday canceled another $1.2 billion in student debt for 35,000 borrowers, bringing the total number of people to benefit from his debt relief push to 4.76 million, despite Republican opposition. Republicans have called the Democratic president's student loan forgiveness approach an overreach of authority and an unfair benefit to college-educated borrowers while others received no such relief. Each of the beneficiaries under the plan will receive $35,000 in debt cancellation, the White House said in a statement.

Indian embassy on Thursday issued an advisory for its citizens in Bangladesh after the students' protest intensified over the government jobs quota. Student protesters in Bangladesh have been demanding an end to quotas for government jobs and have called for a nationwide shutdown following deadly clashes this week that resulted in six deaths and hundreds of injuries. Angered by high youth unemployment, with nearly 32 million out of work or education among a population of 170 million, the students have pressed for the abolition of a quota of 30% reservations for the families of freedom fighters.

Collective Artists Network, India’s leading new media entity centred around pop culture, has acquired Galleri5, an AI-powered influencer marketing analytics and content management platform for brand and influencers. Collective Artists Network has been undertaking strategic acquisitions to scale the creator and content ecosystem. Earlier this month, Collective Artists Network acquired Terribly Tiny Tales, a text-first flash fiction platform.

Edtech firm ByteXL has raised $5.9 million in a funding round led by early-stage venture capital firm Kalaari Capital as the lead investor, along with the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation. The funds will be used for expanding the team, advancing product development, rolling out new digital tools and technologies, and expanding outreach efforts to more colleges and universities across the country.

Canada is reviewing how many long-term visas it grants to foreign students, underscoring the government’s desire to slow immigration and population growth.

state government has modified its apprenticeship scheme 'Mukhya Mantri Yuva Karyaprashikshan Yojana' under which unemployed youths who have completed Class 12 or HSC or diploma or degree holders will be paid a stipend between ₹6,000 to ₹10,000 per month. The scheme is for six months and would provide benefits to 10 lakhs youths per year, chief minister Eknath Shinde said on Wednesday while addressing a rally in Pandharpur. «The state will extend ₹6,000 to those who have passed class 12, ₹8,000 to those with ITI and diploma holders and ₹10,000 for those with a degree and post graduation as a stipend,» said Shinde.

ABVP) wasted no time in organising a nationwide agitation on the NEET-UG paper leak controversy in June, the Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas has now raised questions over the «centralised» approach for the Central University Entrance Test (CUET). The Vidya Bharti — which runs a chain of schools — had earlier this month expressed «deep concern» over the NEET-UG leak. All these organisations are affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). It is probably the first such instance during the tenure of the Narendra Modi government that these organisations have unanimously and strongly pointed out faults and gaps in the government-run exam system. All of these are also learnt to have communicated concerns and forwarded various suggestions to the Centre's high-powered panel on exam reforms under former Isro chairman K Radhakrishnan, ET has learnt.

You may be surprised to learn that the wife of “hillbilly" J.D. Vance is the daughter of Indian immigrants. Usha Vance (née Chilukuri, a name with origins in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh) grew up in San Diego.

NEW DELHI : Rakesh Bharti Mittal, vice-chairman of Bharti Enterprises Ltd, called for simplifying tax regimes for companies and individuals in the Union Budget 2024-25. In an interaction with Mint, he also sought financial support for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and the healthcare sector in the budget to be presented to 23 July. He said the industry would be looking for a meaningful road map to advance the country towards becoming a developed nation by 2047 in the budget.

₹73,498 crore for FY24-25 for the department of school education and literacy. The allocation for higher education for FY24-25 was kept at ₹47,619.77 crore.

commerce ministry is looking at setting up a centre for negotiations, as this is an important skill set required in areas like free trade agreements and other business deals, a top government official said on Tuesday. Addressing students and faculties of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) here, Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal said the centre can also help in creating a skill set among students of the institute. «Negotiations are going to be a very very important skill these days. When we do FTAs, negotiation skills are a very important tool, so we have to create one centre for negotiations. But that centre is not just supposed to do FTA (free trade agreement) negotiations, we have to get into the broader framework of negotiations, which also involves mergers and acquisitions and other business deals,» Barthwal said. This centre will not be only for the government, but it will also be able to create skill sets among IIFT students.

Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) criticized Assam government’s instruction to police regarding the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 in the state where the police are advised not to forward cases of eligible individuals, who entered India before 2014, the cut-off date under CAA, directly to the Foreigners Tribunals, All Assam Students Union (AASU) staged protest in different areas protesting the notification. AASU burnt the copies of the notification in different districts on Tuesday. On July 5, the Home and Political Department of the Assam government wrote to the Special Director General of Police (Border) of the Assam police, stating that people eligible to apply for citizenship under the provisions of the CAA is not referred to Foreigners Tribunals and that a special registry of such people be maintained.

Mint earlier reported. In fact, Unacademy, which has four branches in Patna, gave a 10% hike in April to some of its top performing teachers. "Had the issue around NEET not been developed, we would have got more students," a faculty member said.

Tom Crooks is the name of an individual who tried to assassinate former US President Donald Trump on Saturday. While the FBI is investigating the incident and the motive behind this dastardly attack, there is little known about this 20-year-old assassin. This resident of Pennsylvania graduated from the Bethel Park High School in 2022. His classmates expressed their shock at the incident and were surprised that the classmate who appeared to be an introvert could be involved in something as serious as an assassination plot. Many of his classmates described Crook as a reticent student who had a helping nature. This then raises a question as to what prompted an introvert to shot at a former President of the US?

Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old gunman who shot and injured former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, briefly appeared in an advertisement for BlackRock Inc., the company said on Sunday. 

Pennsylvania man,Thomas Matthew Crooks, has been identified as the suspected shooter who tried to assassinate former president Donald Trump at a campaign rally this weekend. Secret Service snipers killed Crooks on Saturday after he fired multiple shots at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, from a nearby rooftop. As authorities seek to understand his motivations, here is what we know of the alleged gunman: