As the finance ministry gears up for upcoming Union budget 2025, speculations are under way for announcements that could strengthen India’s financial growth, reforming insurance sector, taxation system and healthcare landscape. A recent report by the State Bank of India (SBI) suggested that the government should consider increasing the budget allocated for healthcare by 5…
More than 650 eminent personalities including former judges, bureaucrats and ambassadors have written an open letter to the people of Bangladesh, urging them to continue being on the path of peace and friendship which have sustained the two countries well for over five decades.The letter, whose signatories include former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi,…
Is CBSE’s Shift to Competency-Based Assessment the Key to Closing Learning Gaps? The gap between academic scores and actual skillsets among Indian students has been a matter of growing concern. A competency-based evaluation system, as proposed under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, is emerging as a viable solution to bridge this divide. However, transitioning…