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Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant has yet again exhibited his generous nature off the field by coming to the rescue of the higher education of a student belonging to an economically challenged family in Bagalkot district of Karnataka. The wicketkeeper-batsman, known for his explosive batting and agility behind the stumps, directly paid the college fees of Jyoti Kanabur Math, ensuring her academic dreams remain alive.

Jyoti (Rabkavi village, Bilagi taluk) had already managed to obtain a laudable 83-85% in Pre-University Course (PUC) and USA had opened the way to study a Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) degree course in BLDE College in Jamkhandi. Despite her stellar academic record, Jyoti’s education was facing an obstacle because her family faced severe financial constraints: her father Teerthayya Kanabur Math runs a small tea stall and was unable to afford the Rs 40,000 admission and first-semester fees for her college education.

When Jyoti’s family sought help from a local well-wisher, Anil Hunashikatti, he reached out to friends in Bengaluru. Through cricketing contacts, the story was conveyed to Rishabh Pant. Touched by Jyoti’s determination and struggle, Pant promptly transferred the full fee amount directly to the college on July 17, 2025, securing Jyoti’s admission without delay. 

In response, Jyoti wrote a heartfelt letter:“I wanted to pursue BCA, but our financial condition was not good. Anil Anna contacted his friends in Bengaluru, who brought my situation to the attention of Rishabh Pant. He transferred Rs 40,000 so I could pursue my studies. May God bless him with good health. His help means a lot to me.”

College administration even thanked Pant generously and said that they hoped he would do it again with more students who need support because of lack of privileges. 

This warm gesture is the latest in Pant’s philanthropic efforts. Previously, he gifted scooters to two individuals who helped rescue him during a car accident, showing his gratitude through meaningful actions rather than words alone.

The example of Rishabh Pant who supports education and the development of communities by the resources and force of example sets a bright example to many people in India. With this decisive intervention, Jyoti’s education journey is back on track. 

This story highlights the powerful impact of kindness and community support in overcoming financial barriers to education in rural India.

Former Delhi education minister and senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia has begun a new video series called "Education Systems of the World and India", with the aim to create awareness about the role of quality education in national progress.

In the first episode, which came out on Friday, Sisodia contrasted India's education system with Japan, Singapore, China, Canada and Finland, suggesting that these countries made world progress by making education reforms a priority.

Referring to global examples, he said that Singapore, having achieved independence almost two decades later than India, is now one of the richest countries in the world. He credited this change as achievable there because of the nation's strong education system. Likewise, he referred to the early national priority of Japan, China's focus on industriousness in schools, Canada's diverse and inclusive method and Finland's emphasis on teacher training and child-centered pedagogy as areas of study.

The series, he explained, was motivated by a public discussion he had with Grok AI on education. "Millions of individuals read our conversation, inquired, and made suggestions. There was a great interest in how the world teaches children and where India is placed in comparison. That's what inspired me to begin this series."

Sisodia contended that in order for India to realize meaningful change, education needs to be a top political priority. "India will only change when its education changes, and education will only change when the thinking of our leaders changes. If their thinking doesn't change -- change the leaders," said Sisodia.

He also warned against simply aping other nations' models, emphasizing the necessity of India establishing an education system appropriate to its own specific social and economic environment. 

"We are India. Our needs and ground realities are different. The country will change only when education changes," he further added.

The flagship project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Pariksha Pe Charcha (PPC) 2025, has made history as it earned the Guinness World Records by having the most number of individuals enrolled on a citizen engagement platform in one month. The 8th edition of this event was historic with 3.53 crore valid registrations being completed on the MyGov portal making it a milestone in the education sector of India and its endeavors in digital participation.

What does Pariksha Pe Charcha mean?

Started in 2018, Pariksha Pe Charcha is a worldwide interactive and one-of-a-kind program that provides an opportunity to connect students, parents, and teachers directly to PM Modi. The project transforms exam season from anxiety and stress into a celebration of learning, discussion, and preparation. During every meeting, the Prime Minister talks about typical exam-related issues, such as exam anxiety, time management, screen time addiction, and learning methods, providing valuable tips and giving confidence to students.

Record Breaking Participation in 2025

• There were 3.53 crore valid registrations on the MyGov and this was an official record by the Guinness World Records.
• The day was marked with a ceremony at New Delhi where dignitaries such as Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw praised the feat.
• More than 21 crore people participated in PPC 2025 on TV, social, and digital media platforms, indicating its far-reaching nature and popularity.
• The involvement of students overseas this year was also very active and indeed PPC was a global movement.

Key features of Pariksha Pe Charcha 2025

• Rich participation: Participants were students, their parents, and teachers of different backgrounds including students who had enjoyed national programs of education and who had won prizes.
• Digital inclusiveness: Registrations were accepted using self and teacher logins and the competition allowed questions of up to 500 characters to be sent to the Prime Minister.
• Recognition and rewards: The selected participants received special appreciation certificates, the PPC kits, and in case of the few, selected students - a hand-on experience with PM Modi and special digital mementos. 

Influence and scope

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan pointed out that these are staggering levels of viewership (over 21 crore viewers across TV, digital, and social media) and participation, which shows the confidence that the nation has on the educational vision of the Prime Minister. Pariksha Pe Charcha is even seen as a movement of a stress free and happy learning now, not merely an anniversary. The program also matches the goals of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which focuses on emotional health, experiential learning, and life-long skills rather than rote learning.

Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw described the milestone as a depiction of increased use of digital services and citizen empowerment in governance in India. Technology allowed so many people to participate without effort, which underlines the emphasis on the health and confidence levels of students by the government.

A National Movement for Stress-Free Exams

Pariksha has been very effective in changing the myth of fear to a festival of self-realization and discovery. Immediately following a record-breaking number of the 2025 edition, the enthusiasm of the educational community and students in India indicates not only the growing priority of proactive and open conversations around studying and student mental health, but also the rising ambitions of education.

As PPC is still developing, its mission is understood very well: to make Indian education more interactive, inclusive, and empowering to a fast-changing nation of youth.

Widespread protests broke out in India on Thursday when SSC Selection Post Phase 13 exam hopefuls marched to the streets in a "Delhi Chalo" movement, as reported by The Hindu, to assemble at Jantar Mantar demanding explanations for what they referred to as systematic mismanagement of their recruitment test.

The continuing exam, which began on July 24 and continues until August 1, has seen many problems, with students fuming over claimed administrative shortcomings, technical failures, and what protesters termed overzealous police tactics against peaceful demonstrators.

Candidates have expressed grave complaints regarding the exam centres being as far away as 500 kilometers from their homes, then showing up only to find last-minute cancellations. One particularly vivid accusation saw protesters referring to venues where cattle heads were stored on the ground floor while students tried conducting their exams on higher floors.

The use of bouncers at examination centers has especially infuriated the students, who wonder why security staff usually deployed for crowd management were found at learning facilities where candidates were only looking for improved examination conditions.

There have been technical problems that have marred the examination process, including mass reporting of server crashes, unresponsive computer systems, and faulty equipment. Activists uncovered that SSC authorities admitted to receiving more than 55,000 complaints about the ongoing exam in recent meetings.

With three lakh students taking the present exam and 55,000 registered grievances, the forthcoming SSC-CGL exam on August 13 expecting 30 lakh aspirants and the capacity of the system to manage such numbers have been a point of concern.

Other students have even questioned the process of selecting the vendor, arguing that the government seems to have been giving a very compromised tender whereby the company that was supposed to undertake the entire exercise has an appalling record to boot.

The financial and psychological burden on the aspirants has been immense, with many investing thousands of rupees traveling to distant centers only to be told of cancellations with no indication of rescheduling, leading to lost preparation time and resources.

Social media has maximized the voices of the students, with hashtags such as #SSC_System_Sudharo, #SSCMisManagement, and #SSCVendorFailure trending on X, a social media website, garnering support from all over the country.

The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) has come out in support of the protesters, with president Varun Choudhary participating in the rally and claiming that the police launched lathi charges against calmly protesting students.

A 27-year-old IT professional who belonged to the Dalit community was hacked to death during the daytime in Tamil Nadu on Sunday, reported The Indian Express. Both the family and the police described the murder as an honour killing.

It was Kavin Selva Ganesh who was killed.  The accused murderer was the brother of a girl he had dated for a long time.  In relation to an attack on Kavin outside a private Siddha hospital in KTC Nagar, Tirunelveli, where the girl Subashini works as a consultant, accused S Surjith, 21, also turned himself in.

The alleged is the son of police sub-inspectors Saravanan and Krishnakumari, who are also been made co-accused in the case for attempting to provoke the crime and threatening Kavin in the past.

Kavin, a graduate in engineering and a resident of Arumugamangalam village near Thoothukudi district and working with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in Chennai, was a close friend of Subashini since school days.

As per The Indian Express, the relationship between Kavin and Subashini was friendly but had been met with increasing hostility on the part of the woman's family, who belonged to the Most Backward Class (MBC). Members of Kavin's family, who are Scheduled Caste (SC), claim that they had been threatened repeatedly.

On Sunday, Kavin had gone to KTC Nagar to see Subashini about his ill grandfather, the report added. There, Surjith met Kavin and informed him that his parents wished to meet him. Believing that Surjith was genuine, Kavin got onto his two-wheeler and they proceeded towards Astalakshmi Nagar.

S Tamizhselvi, Kavin's mother, reported to Palayamkottai police that Surjith braked suddenly and abused her son by asking how he had the courage to love a girl from a different caste. Surjith, in his turn, as reported, pulled out a sickle hidden behind his back and attacked Kavin repeatedly. The Indian Express had eyewitnesses claiming that Kavin attempted to flee but was pursued and hacked to death 200 meters from the hospital.

Surjith has been taken into custody and a case registered against him and his parents under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and sections of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 2015.

The report states that CCTV recordings of the crime scene have been retrieved and the victim's body was turned over for post-mortem to Tirunelveli Government Hospital.

Kavin's family members have not accepted his body and are demanding legal action against Surjith's parents, holding them as masterminds behind the murder. "They were resistant towards the relationship from the beginning and kept troubling my son time and again. Even now, they may be using their posts trying to influence the case," Tamizhselvi filed in her complaint.

There was a protest in areas of Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi districts where the people called for justice and suspension of police officers involved

Five years after the National Education Policy (NEP) was put into practice, the Education Ministry has released two new digital platforms — Sanskrit Dictionary App and Career Counsellor App — in an effort to empower students and bolster India's education system.

The Sanskrit Dictionary App is an innovative attempt to revive and spread Sanskrit, a highly ancient language that forms the basis of the majority of Indian literature and intellectual discourse. With its accessibility, the app presents a vast vocabulary of Sanskrit words, meaning, grammatical usage, and contextual usage. Students, linguistics activists, and researchers are now able to enjoy this rich philological heritage in the palm of their hands.

"Far from being a dictionary, the app is a gateway to India's intellectual and cultural heritage," averred a Ministry official. The app would be beneficial for school-going students, college students, as well as research scholars who do classical and linguistic research.

The launch of the job Adviser App, an online advice tool that provides students with personalized job recommendations based on their major, interest, and skill set, is also noteworthy.  The app uses algorithms driven by artificial intelligence to recommend professional streams, vocations, and courses.

Students of today have a huge load in deciding on a career. The Career Adviser App was meant to guide them with genuine, individualized advice," the Ministry said.

All these initiatives are part of the overall dreams of the NEP — improving education to be more holistic, adaptive, and attuned to the demands of the 21st century. By adopting technology, the Ministry aims to give all students, regardless of their socio-economic background, access to good learning material.

The professionals have welcomed the initiative with open arms, and they aver that such apps can democratize learning and enable more informed decision-making. As India becomes a knowledge economy, these efforts are a step towards bringing in multilingualism, employability, and lifelong learning.

The two apps are downloadable today, representing an era when tradition is married to technology to bring in India's learners.