Meta is discontinuing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for Instagram direct messages, with the feature set to stop working after May 8, 2026. The company confirmed the change through an update on its support page, citing low adoption as the primary reason. End-to-end encryption is a privacy technology that ensures only the two parties in a conversation … Read more
IIT Hyderabad has launched two new MTech programmes in its Department of Chemical Engineering — MTech in AI/ML in Chemical Engineering and MTech in Computational Chemical Engineering. Both programmes are designed to prepare engineering graduates for emerging roles in process industries by integrating core chemical engineering with artificial intelligence, data science, and advanced computational modelling. … Read more
The Google Public Policy Fellowship Summer 2026 is a paid student fellowship program that places undergraduate, graduate, and law students at public interest organizations in Washington, DC, to work on internet and technology policy issues. Applications are open now, with a deadline of April 9, 2026, at 12:00 PM ET. The program runs from June … Read more
Ravi Raaz, a 27-year-old visually impaired candidate from Nawada district in Bihar, secured All India Rank 20 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2025 — becoming the first person in his family to clear the country’s most competitive exam. His mother, Vibha Sinha, sat beside him through every page of preparation — reading textbooks aloud … Read more
Punjab Police Recruitment 2026 is officially live with 3298 Constable vacancies across District and Armed Police Cadre. The application window opened on 10 March 2026 at punjabpolice.gov.in and closes on 30 March 2026. If you are between 18–28 years old and have passed Class 12 with Punjabi at matriculation level, this is one of the … Read more
The CBSE CTET Answer Key 2026 has been officially published by the Central Board of Secondary Education on its designated portal, ctet.nic.in. Candidates who sat for the Central Teacher Eligibility Test in February 2026 can now access the provisional answer key alongside the scanned copies of their OMR response sheets. This release gives every aspirant … Read more
The UPSC CSE 2025 final results, declared on March 6, 2026, recommended 958 candidates from a pool of 9,37,876 registered aspirants — making it one of the most competitive selection cycles in recent memory. Anuj Agnihotri topped the list with AIR 1, followed by Rajeshwari Suve M at AIR 2 and Akansh Dhull at AIR … Read more
China announced on Friday, March 13, that it will provide USD 200,000 in emergency humanitarian assistance to Iran following a devastating airstrike on a girls’ primary school in Minab, southern Iran, that killed around 150 people and wounded nearly 100 more, with many of the dead believed to be students. The aid, channelled through the … Read more
Indian students received a rare moment of positive recognition in Washington on Thursday, even as a sweeping Senate hearing exposed the scale of China’s financial reach into American higher education and raised urgent questions about the vulnerability of US university campuses to foreign exploitation. The hearing and its purpose The Senate Health, Education, Labour, and … Read more
A first-year BTech student at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi was found dead in his room at the New Vindhyachal Apartment, located inside the campus, on the morning of Thursday, March 12. The student, who had been living on campus with his mother, was discovered hanging from a ceiling fan. IIT Delhi has … Read more
