India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 highlights 'Concerted curricular and pedagogical initiatives, including the introduction of contemporary subjects such as Artificial Intelligence, Design Thinking, Holistic Health, Organic Living, Environmental Education, Global Citizenship Education (GCED), etc. at relevant stages will be undertaken to develop these various important skills in students at all levels'. NEP 2020 also recommen...
India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government of India has established three Centres of Excellence (CoEs) in Artificial Intelligence (AI) as part of the vision to "Make AI in India and Make AI work for India" in the areas of Agriculture, Sustainable Cities and Healthcare following the announcement in the Union Budget 2023-24. These AI-CoEs are being led by IIT Ropar, IIT Kanpur, and IISc Bangalore respectively. The total budget outlay for the three AI-CoEs is 990...
India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Actual Expenditure of D/o Higher Education (Rs. in Crore) 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 34,006.39 38,994.90 43,436.11 46,055.44 50,747.66 S. No. States/ UTs 2021- 2022- 2023- 2024- 2025-26 Andaman & 2 Andhra Pradesh 2.15 37.36 3 Arunachal 27.73 14.38 10.00 4 Assam 9.90 68.43 17.15 40.82 64.34 5 Bihar 6.45 3.92 6 Chandigarh 16.23 5.00 7 Chhattisgarh 32.79 3.14 8.02 11.56 9 G...
India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Education is in the concurrent list and both the Central Government and the State Governments work together for development of education in India. University Grants Commission (UGC) periodically publishes a list of fake Universities in India. As per the latest list published in February, 2026, 32 institutions have been identified as fake Universities. The list of fake Universities is available on the website of UGC at: https://www...
India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Education is a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution of India and the majority of schools are under the administrative control of the respective State Government/Union Territory (UT) administration. However, recognising the importance of education, the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 has come into existence, which emphasises holistic development of learners including strengthening aspects related to health, wellne...
India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Recognising research as a core requisite for quality education, National Education Policy (NEP 2020) exhorts Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) to focus on research and innovation by setting up start-up incubation centres, technology development centres, centres in frontier areas of research, greater industry-academic linkages and interdisciplinary research including humanities and social sciences research. Further, the Gross Expen...
India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Jitendra Singh today said that the latest assessment by the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) indicates that El Nino conditions, which developed during May 2026, are likely to persist from June 2026 to February 2027, with forecast probabilities ranging between 70 and 90 per cent. The assessment is based on INCOI...
India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: India Meteorological Department (IMD) under the Ministry of Earth Sciences assesses the likely impact of El Niño on the Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall. In general, during the El Nino event, the Indian summer monsoon is weaker than normal, and the intensity of the El Nino also decides the amount of impact on the monsoon. Since 1950, there have been 16 El Niño years, out of which 7 years had impacted Indian monsoon rainfall...
India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Adoption of advanced Multi-Model Ensemble (MME) and coupled dynamical climate models for operational long-range forecasting at monthly and seasonal scale for every month and season. Continuous upgradation of Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models through improved model physics, higher spatial resolution, advanced data assimilation techniques and enhanced computational capabilities. Strengthening of the national meteorological o...
India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government has undertaken several measures to strengthen the country's weather forecasting system through the India Meteorological Department (IMD) under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES). It has adopted advanced, state-of-the-art technologies, including high-performance computing (HPC) facilities to support high-resolution Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models, modern observational networks, and artificial intelligence ...