Education

Australia’s Skills in Demand visa and temporary work sponsorship rules for employers. (Getty Images) Australia’s Skills in Demand visa is a temporary work visa designed to help employers address skill shortages when suitable local workers cannot be found. Known formally as the Skills in Demand visa, it allows approved businesses to sponsor overseas skilled workers…

UK work visa approvals decline for Indian applicants For a long time, the UK felt like a predictable choice for Indian nurses, doctors, IT professionals and students looking to work abroad. The rules were clear, the demand was steady, and the pathway — while not easy — was familiar. That certainty is now fading.Immigration changes…

The Viksit Bharat Adhishthan Bill proposes a minimum ₹2-crore penalty and immediate closure for illegal universites and higher education institutes. A proposed overhaul of India’s higher education law could make it significantly harder for unauthorised universities to exist and far easier for regulators to shut them down. The Viksit Bharat Adhishthan Bill proposes a minimum…

GUJCET 2026 registration begins tomorrow The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) is set to open the registration window for the Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GUJCET) 2026 from tomorrow. GUJCET is a key state-level entrance examination conducted for admission to undergraduate engineering and pharmacy programmes in Gujarat. Candidates from the Class 12 science…

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announces the multi-state lawsuit challenging Trump administration’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee, affecting tech and healthcare sectors. (Getty Images) Twenty states have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its new $100,000 fee for H-1B visa petitions, a move that has alarmed tech companies and healthcare employers. The lawsuit, announced…

Cracking a bank examination in the first attempt is often spoken about as an exception rather than a pattern. Yet, every year, thousands of candidates clear exams conducted by public sector banks without multiple attempts or extended preparation cycles. What separates these candidates is not prior expertise or privileged access to coaching. It is clarity…

Odisha NEET PG counselling 2025 round 2 dates revised again The Directorate of Medical Education and Training (DMET), Odisha, has announced a revised schedule for the NEET PG 2025 Round 2 counselling. The process, crucial for candidates seeking admission to MD/MS/DNB courses under the state quota, will now feature choice filling and locking from December…

Yale University implements heightened security measures and ID access for most buildings following weekend shootings at Brown University and a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. Yale University announced increased campus security and expanded ID access at multiple buildings and gate entrances following weekend shootings at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and a Hanukkah celebration in…

For thousands of high school students across the United States, this week marks the first major checkpoint of the 2025-26 college application cycle. Early decision and early action results will be released at many leading universities, including most Ivy League institutions.These results matter for individual students, but they also serve another purpose. Early admissions outcomes…

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has begun the recruitment process for the posts of Examiner of Trade Marks & Geographical Indications (GI) under the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (CGPDTM), DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry.The total number of vacancies is 102 and the recruitment also includes two posts of Deputy…