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Bengaluru: Students sell pakodas in convocation robes to protest PM Modi’s comments on employment

Bengaluru: Students sell pakodas in convocation robes to protest PM Modi’s comments on employment

NEW DELHI: In an apparent protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comments on employment in the country, college students in Bengaluru donning convocation robes sold ‘pakodas’ to passersby on Sunday ahead of the PM’s rally there. They were later taken into custody by the city police. The students were protesting against PM Modi’s recent remarks that selling […]

The Common Core

The Common Core

What it is and What it isn’t Launched in 2009 by state leaders, the Common Core standards were implemented to ensure all students are graduating high school and prepared for a future career. Forty-three states have adopted the Common Core standards; however Texas is not one of them. While the state has not adopted Common […]

Accident Rips Holidays for 5 Aggie Students

HOUSTON: Five Texas A&M students, Pranan Kannan, 22; Akshay Jain, 22; Chiranjibi Boere, 23; Shachit Iyer, 23; and Kishan Bajaj, 24, are still in the hospital after their car collided head-on with a truck in Montgomery County on Sunday night. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the students were driving back to College […]