New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The healthcare sector received the highest number of cybersecurity attacks, with education and manufacturing sectors together accounting for nearly 47 per cent of all detections in India between October 2024 and September 2025, a report said on Monday.The report from Seqrite, the enterprise security arm of cybersecurity solutions provider Quick Heal Technologies Ltd., said that healthcare and pharmaceuticals alone recorded 3.79 million detections, a 14.24 per cent shar…
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New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday inaugurated a CM-Shri School in Sarojini Nagar and launched the CM-Shri Schools project in 75 city schools, assuring an increasing use of AI tools for improving the learning level among students, an official said.The two assured the best of facilities for students in Delhi schools, emphasising that using modern AI tools will increase in the coming time for optimising gains from th…
Bengaluru, Feb 2 (IANS) Referring to the Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2025, Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Monday stated that the Governor has raised questions on 28 provisions of the Bill and has forwarded it to the President to stall its implementation.”The Bill has been referred to the President to delay and stall its implementation,” Home Minister Parameshwara stated on Monday.Speaking to media in Bengaluru, HM Parameshwara stated, “Let us see what h…
Kolkata, Feb 1 (IANS) Trinamool Congress, on Sunday, flayed the budget proposals for the financial year 2026-27 presented by the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the floor of the Parliament earlier in the day on grounds that budgetary expenditure allocation for crucial sectors have been curtailed in the budget proposals. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on the other hand, had countered that Trinamool Congress does not hold the moral stand of giving suggestions on handling the countr…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) As Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the Union Budget 2026–27 in Parliament on Sunday, residents of Delhi shared their expectations, saying that sectors such as education and railways should be given priority, with increased budgetary allocations to address public needs. Speaking to IANS, several residents expressed hope that the upcoming Budget would focus on easing the financial burden on common people.Anil, a Delhi resident, said, “The Budge…
New Delhi/ Dhaka, Jan 29 (IANS) Bangladesh’s National Economic Council (NEC) has significantly downsized the health and education sector in the Annual Development Programme (ADP), according to a media report.In the tradition of reviewing the performance of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) at the mid-point of each fiscal year, the NEC downsized the ADP by about 12.5 per cent, to 208,935 crore taka (3.3 per cent of GDP) from its original budget allocation of 230,000 crore taka (3.7 per cen…
Lucknow, Jan 29 (IANS) In a significant move to expand the ambit of cashless mediclaim for the teaching fraternity, the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Thursday approved the facility to about 15 lakh employees in the education sector, including teachers, non-teaching staff and also their dependent family members. The Yogi Adityanath Cabinet’s decision will benefit teachers, honorary teachers, non-teaching staff, and dependents of government aided & self-financed schools under the Basic and Second…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Rising enrolments and fee hikes will help educational institutions in India log an 11–13 per cent increase in total income in FY26 and the next fiscal year, a report said on Monday.The report from Crisil Ratings said that this fiscal will mark the sector’s fifth straight year of double‑digit growth, driven largely by higher spending on education by households as incomes improve, the report said.It said operating margins are expected to remain steady at 27–28 per …
Gandhinagar, Jan 8 (IANS) The second edition of Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference (VGRC), is scheduled to be held at the Marwadi University in Rajkot on January 11 and 12. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the two-day conference, focusing on Kutch and Saurashtra region, and the event will also see participation of many leading industrialists from across the country.Preparations for the Vibrant Gujarat Summit are underway in full swing at the Marwari University campus.Naresh Jadeja, …
Guwahati, Jan 4 (IANS) Highlighting the transformative impact of the Prime Minister’s Development Initiative for North East (PM-DeVINE) on Assam’s education sector, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the scheme is turning government schools into “true temples of learning” equipped with smart classrooms and world-class infrastructure.In a post on social media platform X, CM Sarma said that PM-DeVINE is playing a crucial role in strengthening school education across the stat…