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Students pursuing four-year undergraduate programmes at University of Mumbai may soon have the option to earn two degrees, as part of reforms aligned with the National Education Policy 2020. The proposal, discussed in a recent university meeting, suggests that students exiting after three years will receive a regular bachelor’s degree in their core subject, while completion of the fourth year could lead to an additional honours degree—either in the same discipline or an allied field.

The plan also allows flexibility through lateral entry, enabling students to pursue their fourth year in another college or university department, or even shift to a related subject area. In addition, students may choose between an Honours degree, Honours with Research, or a postgraduate diploma after completing four years, depending on their academic goals.

However, the proposal has raised questions among college principals, who have termed the dual-degree concept “unusual” and sought greater clarity. For instance, a student pursuing BCom in Accounting and Finance (BAF) could exit after three years with a BAF degree and then complete the fourth year to earn an honours degree—potentially in an allied field like financial management. Some educators have suggested that introducing postgraduate programmes, such as MAF, could be a more straightforward alternative.

University officials, however, defended the move, emphasising that multidisciplinary learning is central to NEP 2020. They noted that the fourth year is being treated as equivalent to a master’s-level entry, where students from related disciplines can converge. Officials also pointed out that the concept of multiple qualifications is not new, as students exiting earlier programmes have previously been awarded diplomas before returning to complete higher degrees.

While an official circular is yet to be issued, the proposal signals a shift towards flexible, multi-entry and multi-exit pathways in higher education, though its implementation will require clearer guidelines for institutions and students alike.

Edinbox is redefining the relationship between education events and Gen Z, and it’s doing it with a simple, open invitation to every kind of local influencer. Edinbox Regional Higher Education Summit 2026 is a student-friendly, content-friendly experience in which career guidance, campus culture, contests, emerging career workshops, and real-life decision-making meet the way today’s youth actually watch, share, and think.

The summit will be hosted in three major cities in India, which are Bhubaneswar (10th March 2026), Jaipur (17th March 2026), and Lucknow (24th March 2026). Students, parents, counselors, and universities in each city will gather not only to discuss courses, but enjoy a vibrant, interactive, campus-type experience that will be more of a youth-led event than a traditional fair.

A Summit Made of Real-Life Content.

In contrast to the conventional education expo with brochures and stagnant talks, the Edinbox Regional Higher Education Summit is specifically created as a content-friendly area. It has career workshops, interactive college booths, and activities that look like campuses, but it is also highly focused on atmosphere, energy, relatable moments, which are best served on reels, stories, and short-form video.

Because of this, the event naturally invites influencers of all kinds, not just creators who focus purely on academics. Food-oriented creators can shoot the campus-like food areas, entertainment and comedy-like creators can shoot the competitions, stage scenes, and audience behaviour, and lifestyle creators can shoot the general mood of the event through the eyes of a student.

The reason why every micro influencer is welcome.

Edinbox is specifically targeting any local influencer with an audience that is skewed towards Gen Z and students. This involves but is not restricted to:

1. Food and street‑food creators covering “Food at the Summit”, different stalls, local snacks, and student‑friendly eats.
2. Entertainment, comedy, and lifestyle influencers who document the fun contests, music, and crowd-driven moments.
3. Career and study-motivation developers also emphasise the counselling sessions, expert talks and workshops which assist the students in selecting the correct course or college.
4. College-life and campus-style influencers who record the expo area, university booths, and student interactions.
5. Fashion, travel, and tech-oriented creators demonstrating how students navigate the event, how they dress, and how they feel at the summit.

You do not have to have a formal brief or a script. Edinbox would like you to attend, enjoy the summit, and cover it in the manner that fits you best, provided that your content is genuine and your style is consistent with your regular style.

Opportunity for Gen Z-Focused Creators

This is an opportunity to develop on-the-ground, event-based content that is fresh, timely, and very relevant to the influencers in Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, and Lucknow. The Edinbox Regional Higher Education Summit 2026 is being branded as something of its kind since it is designed for Gen Z to help Gen Z with the type of content that young people already consume on a daily basis.

Students are not simply coming to receive brochures; they are taking part in workshops, listening to lectures, having a campus-like experience, and thinking about their next great move. To influencers, this translates to an in-built viewer base of interested, decision-making viewers who are already pre-conditioned to your type of content.

Earn As a Micro Influencer 

Edinbox also holds that creators deserve to gain when their impact causes change in real life. This explains why the summit is built with a straight forward transparent monetisation angle:

If a student you inspire through your reels, stories, or posts at the Edinbox Regional Higher Education Summit 2026 takes admission at one of our partner universities, there’s a path for you to receive a commission or incentive for your role in guiding them.

How To Earn At An Education Summit?

None of this is done through hard-sell lines or pushy promotions. You simply:

• Attend the event in your city
• Create content that represents your sincere opinion of the summit.
• Show the students how it feels, what they can anticipate, and what is most important to them.

So, if you are a local influencer, micro-creator or Gen-Z loved personality in Bhubaneswar, Jaipur or Lucknow, with 800-2000 followers, you are cordially invited at Edinbox Regional Higher Education Summit 2026.

Come to the summit, write about what comes most naturally to you, be it food, competitions, career fairs, campus atmosphere, or fun workshops, share your true view, and have your content silently assist students to make one of the most valuable choices of their life.

This way you are not only producing content, you are being invited to participate in a real life, education-influencing narrative that is meant to help you find the best way of helping, connecting and reaching people. Be a real influencer and come, cover Regional Higher Education Summits 2026.

Pushkar Singh Dhami revealed some of the major points of the Uttarakhand Yoga Policy 2025 during the 38th International Yoga Festival at Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh as part of a major push to put the state on the world map as a wellness destination. Among the major elements of the policy, it plans to offer a dose of up to 20 lakh for establishing yoga and meditation centres, besides granting research grants of up to 10 lakh for the purpose of enhancing yoga education, training, and innovations. Besides the formation of five new yoga hubs, the government's other move is the extension of the services of AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres, which is expected to help Uttarakhand in its bid to become the 'global capital of yoga.'

The Chief Minister, addressing an international forum of yoga lovers, explained that yoga is not merely a physical activity; it is a comprehensive science that harmonizes the mind, body and soul. He further said that with the growth of stress, depression, and lifestyle diseases, yoga is an effective natural method of healing, strengthening the immune system, and attaining mental well-being.

The announcement took place at the time when people were celebrating the International Yoga Festival, a few of them being worldwide experts who held sessions on Hatha Yoga, Raja Yoga, meditation, and naturopathy. The Chief Minister partook in Ganga Aarti too, and thus highlighted the spiritual importance of the region.

Since Narendra Modi suggested International Day of Yoga as a global day of yoga, India has been spreading the awareness of yoga worldwide and the day is now, being celebrated by over 180 countries. Besides, the state is developing AYUSH facilities, more than 300 wellness centres are running and new hospitals are being set up in various districts.

Also, a budget of 10 crore rupees has been allocated to the creation of Spiritual Economic Zones in Garhwal and Kumaon. Yoga is becoming a public health solution and also an economic contributor through the policy, infrastructure, and international interest combined with the natural landscape and spiritual heritage of Uttarakhand.

In fact, coming up with ideas, building and developing eco-friendly yoga tourism in the State of Uttarakhand is a great medium to promote yoga and also to bring in the prosperity to the locals.

India's lunar exploration programme is gearing up for a new level with some major changes planned in the next missions. On Wednesday, the Chairperson of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), V. Narayanan, revealed that the planned Chandrayaan, 5 mission would have a heavier lander and rover which could work on the Moon for a much longer time.

While talking at the launch of the fourth edition of the Space Science and Technology Awareness Training programme (START 2026), Narayanan mentioned that the forthcoming mission aims at significantly increasing the duration and capability of India's lunar experiments.

"The Chandrayaan, 3 landers mission life was approximately for 14 days. We are aiming for a lifespan of about 100 days for the next mission, " he added.

Sample Return is Planned in Chandrayaan 4

India is ready for Chandrayaan, 4 which in fact, is before Chandrayaan, 5, and the purpose of this mission is to retrieve samples from the Moon and bring them to the Earth, which is a big technological leap in the exploration of planets.

Narayanan said that the rover which is being made for the coming missions will be a lot bigger too. For example, while Chandrayaan, 3 had a 25 kg rover only, the one which is of the next generation and is being developed to a large extent is supposed to be around 350 kg in weight, which will facilitate conducting the most advanced scientific lunar surface experiments.

Expanding Planetary Missions

The ISRO chief also outlined several upcoming interplanetary missions, including the proposed Venus Orbiter Mission and a future Mars landing mission, building upon the success of India’s earlier Mars Orbiter Mission.

“These projects are under discussion for government approval, and there is significant interest in expanding India’s scientific exploration in space,” Narayanan said.

Space Vision 2047

Quoting India's Space Vision 2047, the Prime Minister elaborated on the long, term blueprint of India's space programme announced by the government. Along with the human spaceflight programme Gaganyaan, India is also planning for other space missions that will be game changers.

ISRO is planning to send Indian astronauts into space in the next two years, have an Indian space station by 2035, and the first manned lunar landing by Indians will be in 2040.

Can India Reach the Moon Again? Major Question Arises After Chandrayaan 3

Narayanan recognized the great work of Chandrayaan 3 and pointed out that the mission allowed India to do a great feat at the Moon's south pole by being the first country to make a soft landing there successfully in 2023. The lunar surface investigation led to discovery of new minerals, analysis of moonquakes and lunar thermal profiling as well.

Besides this, he mentioned other scientific exploits like the solar probe Aditya, L1 and space telescope AstroSat which has been recently completing 10 years of successful operation in orbit.

"Starting from very basic levels, India has now got the technical competence to design launch vehicles, manufacture satellites, develop state- of- the- art optical instruments for space observations, " Narayanan remarked, highlighting the increasing importance of science & technology in India's space aspirations.

The Central government has informed the Rajya Sabha that a huge number of constable posts in the security forces.

The report stated that a staggering number of over 93000 Constable (General Duty) vacancies in various forces including Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles, according to the response of Ministry of Home Affairs to the question in Rajya Sabha on shortage of staff in frontline security forces.

The data reveal that the vacancy situation is present in Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Secretariat Security Force (SSF) and Rifleman (General Duty) in Assam Rifles.

The government's response came after the announcement of recruitment of SSC GD Constable 2026, which has shown 25487 vacancies for the posts of Constable (GD). The Commission has estimated that 23467 vacancies are for male candidates and 2020 for female candidates.

Officials have pointed out that the recruitment process in CAPFs is quite comprehensive as it involves a number of stages such as a computer-based test (CBT), physical efficiency test (PET), physical standard test (PST), and detailed medical examination. All these steps lead to the recruitment timeline getting stretched quite often.

The government also attributed various factors such as delay in recruitment cycles, medical disqualifications, retirements, and attrition in the forces to the large number of vacancies.

MPs have asked the authorities to accelerate the recruitment process in order to cover the shortage of manpower in those forces which are responsible for border management, counter-insurgency operations, and internal security.

Those who want to join the forces have been recommended to frequently visit the official SSC website to get the latest news on SSC GD 2026 exam schedule and recruitment process.

Meghalaya Board of School Education has announced the postponement of two Class 12 post-secondary school leaving certificate (HSSLC) examinations, which were to be held in the violence-affected West Garo Hills district.

This is due to safety concerns amid clashes that have been going on in connection with the nomination process of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) election.

The board has stated that Music examination on March 11 and Anthropology paper on March 12 have been postponed only for those students who are coming from West Garo Hills district. In all other districts of Meghalaya, the examinations are going to be held according to the schedule.

The authorities explained that the decision of postponing was made after the imposed curfew in many areas as a result of the rising tensions between the tribal and non-tribal groups when the candidates were filing their nominations for the GHADC polls. The officials added that their main concern was ensuring the safety of students, invigilators and examination staff.

1. R. Laloo, Director (Accreditation) and Controller of Examinations of MBOSE, stated that only examination centres situated in West Garo Hills are affected by the postponement.

"We always put student safety first. The examinations scheduled on 11th and 12th March have been cancelled in the West Garo Hills district only as other areas are still safe. This is due to the fact that the law and order situation is severely disrupted, " Laloo mentioned. The board will publish the new dates for the examinations, which have been postponed, soon after the situation improves, he added.

Currently, there are approximately 29,000 students in the state who are taking the Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (HSSLC) exams. Officials went on to explain that those students residing in other districts will be able to take their exams as per the previously announced schedule.

Students from the district which is affected have been instructed to keep visiting the official MBOSE website regularly for the latest information on the rescheduled examination dates.

The education authorities have also said that the postponement will be dealt with carefully so as not to cause much of a disturbance in the overall examination process and result declaration.