Ritika Chopra

According to the Government’s blueprint, the vaccine will be offered first to healthcare workers, frontline workers and those above 50 years of age, followed by those below 50 with associated comorbidities.

The meeting was attended by representatives of the department of school education, NCERT and CBSE.

Tracking India’s Toppers: Many toppers say they wish someone in school had briefed them better on options available post-school, loan programmes, and helped them with choice of colleges and careers.

In West Bengal, we will have to have 28,000 more polling booths. The major lesson would be to ensure that these polling booths are located as near as possible to the main polling station, so that use of resources is optimised, and the deployment of security and staff can be better.

More girl toppers from metros than small towns where odds for boys better; gap narrowing but still sharp in Science/Tech.

Amid soaring cut-off marks based on Class 12 Board exams, as the government, in tune with its new National Education Policy, sets up a panel to explore a national test to rejig the college admission process, the findings from the investigation are pointers to the challenges ahead.

Gender gap; students increasingly from outside metros; US most favoured destination, IIT popular route; minorities, SC/STs invisible: 86 CBSE, ICSE, ISC toppers 1996-2015 tell stories of change — and point to challenges as the new National Education Policy rolls out.

Despite being centrally-run educational institutions, why and how have the IITs resisted offering quotas across teaching posts? We explain.

Sunil Arora was responding to a question asked in the context of the recent Health Ministry guidelines shared with the states, which say that the Covid-19 vaccination drive will be similar to the election process.

The proposal may get implemented first for voters based in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Australia, Germany, France, and South Africa.

The EC and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) held a meeting last week in which the latter, sources said, agreed to the proposal, on the condition that the Commission should arrange the manpower needed at the India missions abroad to facilitate postal voting for NRIs.

Digital Voter ID card: Currently, the Elector's Photo Identity Card (EPIC) is only available in hard copy, and has to be produced in the original by the voter on election day. What is the proposal being considered by the poll panel?

The IIM directors were reacting to a report in The Sunday Express that the MoE was exploring options that could, in effect, erode the autonomy of the institutes.

The latest move is significant given that there was a strong difference of opinion within the Government – over autonomy and accountability -- at the time of the drafting of the IIM Act.

NRI voting Explained: It’s a recent proposal from the Election Commission to the Law Ministry. How do NRIs vote in Indian elections at present? If the proposal is cleared, how will the system of postal ballots work?

The Commission told the Law Ministry last week that it is “technically and administratively ready” to extend the Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS) to NRI voters for elections next year in Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

Tejashwi asked on Thursday why many postal ballots had been declared invalid, claiming this was done without justification, especially in seats where Mahagathbandhan candidates lost by very narrow margins.

In the EVM era, poll trends are often clear by afternoon. How are votes counted, and what was different in Bihar that delayed the results this time? What are the rules for a recount, as demanded by some parties?

The RJD, Congress and CPI (M-L) approached the Election Commission in Patna Tuesday night to lodge complaints, alleging irregularities in declaration of results.

By 5.30 pm, the EC had counted roughly 2.7 crore (or two-third) of the total 4.11 crore votes polled in Bihar.

By 5.30 pm, the EC had counted roughly 2.7 crore or two-third of the total 4.11 crore votes polled. Under normal circumstances, counting of votes would have easily crossed the halfway mark by this time.

On the contrary, under Nitish Kumar, Bihar has shown remarkable improvement in facilities such as playgrounds, libraries, toilets and drinking water at government schools since 2010.

UGC New Guidelines & Rules: While the Union government's guidelines on school reopening had left a lot to the discretion of the states, the UGC is more specific in its instructions.

“We are staying your order,” Chief Justice of India S A Bobde, heading a three-judge Bench, told Senior Advocate Rakesh Dwivedi who was appearing for the EC.