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Most Important NCERT Changes Students Must Know Before 2026
YearEnderEducationStories2025: In line with the NEP's focus on skill-based learning, vocational subjects have been introduced from Class 6 onwards. The NCERT aims to make foundational vocational exposure a core part of middle-stage learning.
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Delhi Schools To Admit Only 6+ Year-Olds In Class 1 From Next Year: What It Means For Early Learners
The Education Department has allowed a relaxation of up to one month above or below the cut-off age for admission to these levels.
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How CBSE's Competency-Based Assessment Improves Real Learning In Schools
As India transitions into a new era of education under NEP 2020, SAFAL serves as a foundation to reshape assessments and empower learners, teachers, and schools alike.
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Indian Air Force Collaborates With IISc and FSID to Develop Strategy for Reliability-Centered Maintenance
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has partnered with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Foundation for Science Innovation and Development (FSID) to address challenges in equipment maintenance and servicing. Signed on 18 November 2024, the MoA includes the use of AI, ML, and Digital Twin technologies for predictive maintenance and lifecycle managem...
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Wine Glossary: Common Terminology Every Wine Lover Should Know
Wine Glossary: Are you a wine lover? This glossary provides a foundation for understanding wine terminology.
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John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton Receive 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics to John J. Hopfield, Princeton University, USA, and Geoffrey E. Hinton, University of Toronto, Canada. They are recognised for their pioneering work in machine learning, particularly through artificial neural networks. Hopfield’s development of an associative memory...
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New Study Reveals the Brain Stores Multiple Copies of Every Memory
Recent research sheds new light on how the brain stores and manages memories, revealing that it maintains at least three distinct copies of each memory. This study, conducted on rodents, provides valuable insights into the brain's memory encoding process and suggests that multiple types of neurons play a role in storing these memories. The research...
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Apple Researchers Working on MM1, a Family of Multimodal AI Model With Up to 30 Billion Parameters
Apple researchers have shared their work on building a multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) large language model (LLM), in a pre-print paper. Published on an online portal on March 14, the paper highlights how it was able to achieve the advanced capabilities of multimodality and make the foundation model train on both text-only data as well as i...
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UN to Educate Over 22,000 Staff Members on Blockchain, Web3: Here’s Why
The UNDP is a branch of the UN that is focussed on helping poverty-ridden parts of the world is now getting ready to train its staff members across the world on blockchain and Web3. To do so, the UNDP has partnered with the Algorand Foundation, a non-profit body that supports the eco-friendly green blockchain Algorand.
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AWS’ Transcription Service Now Supports Over 100 Languages With More Accurate Speech Recognition
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has expanded the speech recognition abilities of its transcription tool. Amazon Transcribe, an automatic speech recognition (ASR) service, now offers support for over 100 languages, thanks to a new speech foundation model. The AWS service utilises machine learning techniques to automatically convert speech to text for busi...
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How Family Meals Shape Children's Eating Habits, Expert Weighs In
Children learn by example, not by lecture. This is why embracing healthy eating as a family is key.
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Indian-American Professor Pavithra Prabhakar Receives Amazon Research Award To Study Evolving Machine Learning
Pavithra Prabhakar currently serves as a programme director at the National Science Foundation while on sabbatical from K-State
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Google, Piramal Foundation to Help 6 Lakh Indian Children Learn to Read
Google and Piramal Foundation have joined hands to help 6 lakh children in India learn to read. According to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2018, only 50.3 percent of all children enrolled in fifth standard can read at least a second standard-level text. The initiative, launched in 30 districts across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, ...
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Piramal Foundation, Google To Help Six Lakh Children Learn To Read In 30 Aspirational Districts
This initiative will empower and train teachers across India to help improve foundational literacy among students between the age of 5 to 11 years.
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Reach To Teach Foundation Seeks To Make Learning Joyful In Arunachal Pradesh Government Schools
An organisation aiming at making learning joyful on Wednesday said it has taken up the mission to improve the quality of teaching in government schools in Arunachal Pradesh.
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Most Important NCERT Changes Students Must Know Before 2026
YearEnderEducationStories2025: In line with the NEP's focus on skill-based learning, vocational subjects have been introduced from Class 6 onwards. The NCERT aims to make foundational vocational exposure a core part of middle-stage learning.
-
Delhi Schools To Admit Only 6+ Year-Olds In Class 1 From Next Year: What It Means For Early Learners
The Education Department has allowed a relaxation of up to one month above or below the cut-off age for admission to these levels.
-
How CBSE's Competency-Based Assessment Improves Real Learning In Schools
As India transitions into a new era of education under NEP 2020, SAFAL serves as a foundation to reshape assessments and empower learners, teachers, and schools alike.
-
Indian Air Force Collaborates With IISc and FSID to Develop Strategy for Reliability-Centered Maintenance
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has partnered with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Foundation for Science Innovation and Development (FSID) to address challenges in equipment maintenance and servicing. Signed on 18 November 2024, the MoA includes the use of AI, ML, and Digital Twin technologies for predictive maintenance and lifecycle managem...
-
Wine Glossary: Common Terminology Every Wine Lover Should Know
Wine Glossary: Are you a wine lover? This glossary provides a foundation for understanding wine terminology.
-
John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton Receive 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics to John J. Hopfield, Princeton University, USA, and Geoffrey E. Hinton, University of Toronto, Canada. They are recognised for their pioneering work in machine learning, particularly through artificial neural networks. Hopfield’s development of an associative memory...
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New Study Reveals the Brain Stores Multiple Copies of Every Memory
Recent research sheds new light on how the brain stores and manages memories, revealing that it maintains at least three distinct copies of each memory. This study, conducted on rodents, provides valuable insights into the brain's memory encoding process and suggests that multiple types of neurons play a role in storing these memories. The research...
-
Apple Researchers Working on MM1, a Family of Multimodal AI Model With Up to 30 Billion Parameters
Apple researchers have shared their work on building a multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) large language model (LLM), in a pre-print paper. Published on an online portal on March 14, the paper highlights how it was able to achieve the advanced capabilities of multimodality and make the foundation model train on both text-only data as well as i...
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UN to Educate Over 22,000 Staff Members on Blockchain, Web3: Here’s Why
The UNDP is a branch of the UN that is focussed on helping poverty-ridden parts of the world is now getting ready to train its staff members across the world on blockchain and Web3. To do so, the UNDP has partnered with the Algorand Foundation, a non-profit body that supports the eco-friendly green blockchain Algorand.
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AWS’ Transcription Service Now Supports Over 100 Languages With More Accurate Speech Recognition
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has expanded the speech recognition abilities of its transcription tool. Amazon Transcribe, an automatic speech recognition (ASR) service, now offers support for over 100 languages, thanks to a new speech foundation model. The AWS service utilises machine learning techniques to automatically convert speech to text for busi...
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How Family Meals Shape Children's Eating Habits, Expert Weighs In
Children learn by example, not by lecture. This is why embracing healthy eating as a family is key.
-
Indian-American Professor Pavithra Prabhakar Receives Amazon Research Award To Study Evolving Machine Learning
Pavithra Prabhakar currently serves as a programme director at the National Science Foundation while on sabbatical from K-State
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Google, Piramal Foundation to Help 6 Lakh Indian Children Learn to Read
Google and Piramal Foundation have joined hands to help 6 lakh children in India learn to read. According to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2018, only 50.3 percent of all children enrolled in fifth standard can read at least a second standard-level text. The initiative, launched in 30 districts across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, ...
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Piramal Foundation, Google To Help Six Lakh Children Learn To Read In 30 Aspirational Districts
This initiative will empower and train teachers across India to help improve foundational literacy among students between the age of 5 to 11 years.
-
Reach To Teach Foundation Seeks To Make Learning Joyful In Arunachal Pradesh Government Schools
An organisation aiming at making learning joyful on Wednesday said it has taken up the mission to improve the quality of teaching in government schools in Arunachal Pradesh.
