April 21, 2026

August 2025

McMahon orders federal audit of universities’ admissions data to root out racial bias

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(AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Declaring that “meritocracy and excellence” must again define American higher education, US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on Thursday ordered the government’s chief education statistics arm to collect unprecedented levels of admissions data from universities, aiming to expose and eliminate race-based preferences.The directive to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) marks…

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Forces release joint doctrines for cyberspace, amphibious operations | India News

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NEW DELHI: The armed forces have come up with new joint doctrines for cyberspace and amphibious operations, with the former especially emerging as a key element of non-contact warfare, blurring the demarcation between war and peace.The “declassified versions” of the doctrines were released during a meeting chaired by Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan…

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‘Lured me with job promise, assaulted me for 2 days’: Nepalese woman in search of work raped by bus driver in Patna; accused stole cash | Patna News

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A 27-year-old Nepalese woman reported being raped in Patna after arriving from Siliguri in search of employment. She alleges that a bus driver, identified as Kartikeya, gained her trust and then sexually assaulted her for two days, taking her near BSAP-1 building and Gandhi Maidan area. PATNA: An incident rape of a 27-year-old Nepalese woman…

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Adolescent romance can’t be grounds to lower age of consent: Government | India News

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NEW DELHI: The Centre told Supreme Court Thursday that diluting the age of consent from 18 to 16 years would make young girls vulnerable to predators within and outside their family but conceded courts could exercise judicial discretion to determine whether an alleged ‘rape’ was actually adolescent romance warranting leniency.The Centre said, “Diluting age of…

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Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, Brigadier Usman added to NCERT books | India News

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NEW DELHI: Chapters on the lives and sacrifices of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw and top gallantry award winners Brigadier Mohammad Usman and Major Somnath Sharma have been added to the NCERT syllabus this academic year, defence ministry said on Thursday.The newly-introduced chapters, in Class VIII (Urdu), Class VII (Urdu) and Class VIII (English) respectively, aim…

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