New Delhi: Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday handed over Letter of Intent (LoI) to five foreign universities to set up their branch campuses in Mumbai. The five universities are — Chicago’s Illinois Tech, Scotland’s University of Aberdeen, UK’s University of York, University of Western Australia and Italy’s IED Instituto Europeo di Design. … Read more
New Delhi: The BJP and the Congress are once again at loggerheads over the caste census. The government announced that it will be collecting caste data in the upcoming Census. In fact the Union Home Minister had already given hints about it, about a year back, said Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. He said that PM … Read more
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Education in association with the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), has announced the launch of a book called “Integral Humanism: A Distinct Paradigm of Development.” Authored by Professor Ashok Gajanan Modak and published by ICSSR, the book promises to offer fresh insights into a distinctive developmental philosophy … Read more
New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched a blistering attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing the Congress party of “hypocrisy and disrespect” towards BR Ambedkar in the wake of the controversy surrounding the late-night appointment of Gyanesh Kumar as the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). Pradhan asserted that the Congress has consistently used the … Read more
New Delhi: BJP has devised a micromanagement strategy to boost its performance in Delhi Assembly elections. The party aims to secure a higher voter turnout at every booth while increasing votes on each seat compared to the last election. Senior leaders, union ministers, and state officials have been assigned specific responsibilities to manage the campaign … Read more
New Delhi: Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday criticised Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s recent demand for a return to ballot paper voting, branding it as “laughable” and a sign of “desperation” following Congress’s continued electoral defeats. Pradhan’s remarks came after Kharge, during a Constitution Day event, expressed concerns about the integrity of EVMs, saying, “We … Read more