Harvard University’s Class of 2029 will arrive on campus this fall with an impressive 85 percent of admitted students choosing to enroll, according to preliminary data first reported by The Harvard Crimson. The strong yield comes despite a turbulent political climate in which the Trump administration has escalated attacks on international students, financial aid programs,…
The neck pain that does not resolve even after remedies, the leg cramp that sneaks in the middle of the night, or a shooting pain in the shoulder. These minor pains are often dismissed, but they could be early warning signs of more serious health conditions that require attention. Here are some of the minor…
A sign of welcome at Little Priest Tribal College in Winnebago, Nebraska. When conversations around higher education funding in the United States turn political, the spotlight usually falls on elite institutions such as Harvard or Columbia. But as The New York Times reported, this spring, the financial anxieties stirred by the Trump administration’s budget proposals…
PANAJI: Operators of paragliding, paramotoring, hot air balloons, and drone flights in Goa must now provide accident insurance of Rs 25 lakh for every pilot and passenger, with fines of up to Rs 2 lakh and arrest possible for safety violations.The draft Goa Aero Sports Rules, 2025, notified this week, also make registration with the…
NEW DELHI: NCERT’s newly released Partition Horrors Remembrance Day modules have triggered a political storm by explicitly naming Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Congress and then Viceroy Lord Mountbatten as “culprits” behind India’s division in 1947.The supplementary modules – separate versions for classes VI-VIII and IX-XII – are not part of regular textbooks but designed for discussions,…
California’s women in STEM are still waiting for real progress A decade of pledges, grants, and high-minded speeches was supposed to fix the gender gap in science and technology. Instead, California’s latest numbers tell a familiar, and frustrating, story: women remain a minority in nearly every STEM field, despite years of investment and political posturing.According…
Mumbai: A govinda’ climbs a rope during Dahi Handi ceremony on the occasion of Janmashtami festival, during rain, at Colaba market, in Mumbai. (PTI Photo) MUMBAI: Heavy rain Saturday failed to dampen Mumbai’s Gokulashtami spirit, with dahi handi celebrations held. However, the festivities saw the death of a 39-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy, though…
NEW DELHI: In a blazing response to Supreme Court‘s judgment fixing deadlines for President and governors in granting or withholding assent to bills passed by assemblies, Centre on Saturday warned impermissible invasion of constitutionally conferred high plenary zone on the top constitutional post holders by SC in the garb of judicial review powers would destabilise…
NOIDA: A couple and their minor daughter found themselves held captive in a cab as their driver chose to evade a police check during a ride from Noida to Delhi‘s Connaught Place on Thursday.The terrified family, whose repeated pleas to the driver to slow down were ignored as police chased the cab, recorded the incident…
CHANDIGARH: Delhi HC has cautioned the Centre against its persistent practice of contesting nearly every Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) ruling that grants pensionary relief to soldiers, saying the government should in appropriate cases “graciously” accept the tribunal’s decision rather than prolong needless litigation.“Not every perceived dispute must be turned into an adversarial battle in the…
