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GradRight, an AI-powered SaaS platform, brings together prospective students, universities, and lenders on a single platform to simplify higher education abroad through better access, affordability, and tech-enabled guidance. The platform claims to have processed over $3 billion in loan requests, helping more than 200,000 Indian students in two years. In an interaction with ET Online, Aman Singh, Co-founder of GradRight, described it as the world’s first Ed-FinTech and highlights how the platform has empowered thousands of deserving students from middle- and low-income families by connecting them with the right universities and lenders. He also discussed the FY '25 growth trajectory, market expansion plans, and expectations around Series B funding. Edited excerpts: ET: How has GradRight's growth journey been so far? Could you share your year-on-year (YoY) growth numbers? Aman Singh: GradRight’s growth journey over the past few years has been nothing short of transformative. Since 2021, we’ve witnessed exponential growth in the number of students we have been able to empower, the loans we have processed, and the funds sanctioned with our interventions.

Zhang, 71, has found joy and new friends at the «elderly university» in Beijing. Besides African drums, the former primary school teacher joins social dance classes, paying about 2,000 yuan ($280) for two courses this semester. Seeing herself standing tall in dance class boosts her confidence. After class, she hangs out with her friends. «When we get old, what do we need?» she said. «To love ourselves.»

Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney says that Canada has experienced “failures of execution” when it comes to immigration policy in recent years, taking in more people than the economy was able to handle.

There’s no easy way to bridge the political divides that have created rifts in communities, families and friendships

Universal Account Number (UAN) of employees, the ministry said in a release on November 21, 2024. EPFO online services not available without active UAN: Here’s how to activate it According to the release, “In the first stage, employers are required to complete the process of UAN activation through Aadhaar-based OTP for all their employees joining in the current financial year by 30th November 2024, starting with the latest joinees. They must then complete the process for all employees working with them..”

ASSOCHAM in collaboration with Egrow Foundation conducted an in-depth study on “MSMEs Facing Challenges in Doing Business”. The study marked the culmination of a series of detailed interviews with members of various state units of ASSOCHAM.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On 29 June 2023, the US Supreme Court ended the use of affirmative action, ruling that race could no longer be considered a factor in university admissions. This order reversed a two-decade-old Supreme Court decision that upheld the University of Michigan Law School’s policy of giving weightage to race as a factor in assembling a diverse student body.

General Upendra Dwivedi said that while moving towards the goal of 'Viksit Bharat 2047,' the army has been able to transform the idea of Jammu and Kashmir from "terrorism to tourism." While addressing an event at Savitribai Phule Pune University on "Indian Army's Role In Securing India's Growth Story," General Dwivedi said, «We are seeking avenues to bring together capacities to support lines of effort of the nation towards the goal of 'Viksit Bharat 2047'...In J&K we have been able to transform the theme of terrorism to tourism.» «When we talk about the prosperous nation 2047, two prefixes are very important — progressive and peaceful,» General Dwivedi added.

He was 36, a father of two, and felt time was running out to find a career that would offer higher pay and more stability. «I've always been doing jobs that require physical labor,» he remembers thinking. «What if I start using my brain for once?» An Army veteran, Rendon explored training programs he could fund using his military benefits. He landed on a coding boot camp.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: Stellaris Venture Partners, which has backed companies such as personal care brand Mamaearth and SaaS startup Whatfix, announced the launch of its largest ever fund with a corpus of $300 million on Thursday. The new fund will continue backing early-stage tech startups in the seed and series A stages and will invest in 25-30 startups over the next three years.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to sharply raise tariffs on all Chinese imports and close some loopholes Chinese exporters currently use to sell their products more cheaply in the U.S. If enacted, his plans would likely raise prices in...

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Cognitive scientist, author and entrepreneur Gary Marcus was an early and vocal critic of large language models, arguing their limitations were far greater than many people thought. Lately, he has been making the case that LLMs are far riskier, too—and must be regulated.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. ONE OF THE early uses of the word was by Lead Belly, who sang about the Scottsboro boys, nine young African-Americans in Scottsboro, Alabama, who were wrongly accused in 1931 of raping two white women. They got an unfair trial; all nine later had their convictions overturned or were pardoned.

President-elect Donald Trump is turning to two officials with experience navigating not only Washington but the key issues of income taxes and tariffs as he fills out his economic team

The head of one of Canada’s largest banks says newcomers need support from all corners as “people are turning a little sour” on immigration.

Economists are warning the hit to Canada’s economy will be significant if incoming U.S. president Donald Trump makes good on his threat of imposing a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian and Mexican imports when he takes office.

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Netflix and Riot Games' utterly brilliant Arcane will be followed by three further series exploring other parts of the League of Legends world.

Revanth Reddy on Monday said the state government will not accept the Rs 100 crore donation announced by Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani for the Young India Skill University being set up in the state. The decision was taken since Adani's announcement gave rise to «unnecessary discussions» that it may appear favouring the state government or the CM, if the donation was accepted, he said while addressing a press conference. He said so far the Telangana government has not accepted a single rupee into its account from any organisation, including Adani Group.

Universal Account Number (UAN) and seeding of Aadhaar to bank account is must for employees who wish to claim benefit of Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) scheme, which is administered through the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). This mandatory exercise needs to be completed by November 30, 2024, if you want to get the benefits of the ELI scheme. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced this new scheme during the Union Budget 2024 in July and there are three types of ELI schemes (A, B, and C). «Since the benefits under Employment-Linked Incentive (ELI) scheme, will be disbursed through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to eligible employees, Employers are urged to ensure UAN activation and Aadhaar seeding in Bank Account by 30th November 2024 in respect of all their employees who have joined in the current financial year, starting with the latest joinees,” the Ministry of Labour and Employment said in an EPFO in a circular dated November 22, 2024.