Lucknow: In a major step towards skill formalisation, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship jointly organised a recognition of prior learning (RPL) certification programme for domestic workers.The event, held at Ekta Bhawan under the guidance of the district administration and the labour department, saw participation from experts,…
Prayagraj: Noting that the trial court failed to notice that the appelant was confessing to his crime out of fear for his life, the Allahabad high court has overturned the conviction of a man, who spent almost 24 years in prison after being sentenced to life imprisonment in a dacoity case.In this case, the trial…
Prayagraj: Allahabad high court has ruled that consensual relationship between a teacher and a student is misconduct and not sexual harassment.A bench of Saurabh Shyam Shamshery passed this order on Dec 16 while setting aside the termination of a lecturer of Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT), Prayagraj, 19 years ago for having a…
A fresh debate over the future of artificial intelligence (AI) broke out recently among some of the world’s most influential AI leaders. Former Meta AI scientist Yann LeCun in his recent appearance on a podcast said that there is no such thing as general intelligence, arguing that human intelligence itself is not truly general. According…
Lucknow: The govt lent a fresh budgetary boost of over Rs 18 crore to the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) that aims to boost overall rural self-reliance and job creation in state. Of the 18.29 crore allocated under the programme for the 2025-26 fiscal, Rs 10.97 crore were released by the Centre while the rest,…
NIOS registration 2025: The National Institute of Open Schooling has extended the last date for the 6 Months Certificate Course (Bridge) in Primary Teacher Education. The latest deadline for the course is January 19, 2026. Aspirants who wish to take part in the course but have not filled the form yet can do so now….
Jasprit Bumrah (R) and Temba Bavuma (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: South Africa captain Temba Bavuma has broken his silence on the controversial on-field comment involving India pacer Jasprit Bumrah and wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant during the first Test of the series at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, revealing that both Bumrah and Pant later apologised to him…
Kanpur: A luxury car broke through police barrier, injuring three police personnel holding routine vehicle check near Kohna police station, at Ganga Barrage on Tuesday evening.Kohna police team stopped a suspicious car. The driver accelerated and rammed the barrier, dragging Atal Ghat outpost in charge Sanjay Kumar (40), SI Puran Singh (26), and home guard…
The Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) begins commercial flight operations on Thursday, opening a second aviation gateway for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region after years of missed deadlines. The new facility is expected to emerge as one of the busiest and a significant aviation hub in the country.On its opening day, the airport is expected to…
Lucknow: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), now renamed as Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G), has proved to be most effective in UP’s Mainpuri, the bastion of the Samajwadi Party.Recent data show that the home turf of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, currently represented by…
