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New Delhi: The decision of renaming Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) as Ministry of Education (MoE) at the Union Cabinet meeting on July 29 is now reflecting on the ministry’s website and the minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal…

New Delhi: A new education policy was unveiled in India after 34 years on Wednesday. Announcing the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, Union Ministers Prakash Javadekar and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said there would be a single regulator…

New Delhi: The Ministry of Human Resource and Development (HRD) is likely to be rechristened as Ministry of Education. A proposal to this effect has already been tabled and the final decision will be taken in a Cabinet meeting later on…

New Delhi: The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced for admission to IITs – which was earlier scheduled for May 17 -- will now be conducted on August 23, Union Human Resource Development (HRD) minister Ramesh Pokhriyal announced on…

Bhubaneswar: The Centre has directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to prepare the questions for the JEE Main examinations in eight regional languages including Odia. It will be implemented from 2021. The decision will immensely help…

Bhubaneswar: Acting on the directive of the HRD Ministry, the Odisha government on Tuesday began the exercise of checking the weight of bags in the English Medium schools with the formation of three special squads in Khurda district. As…

Bhubaneswar: Acting on reports that the school bags of students of some English medium schools in Odisha are more than the weight prescribed by HRD ministry, the state government has ordered a thorough inspection of the schools. In a…