NEW DELHI: In a record crackdown on textbook piracy, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has seized around 4.71 lakh pirated copies of its textbooks in operations across multiple states in 2024 and 2025, the govt told Lok Sabha on Monday. The raids, targeting manufacturers and sellers of counterfeit books and even…
Five Al Jazeera journalists, including well-known correspondent Anas al-Sharif, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a journalists’ tent in Gaza City on Sunday. The Israeli military confirmed it carried out the strike, accusing al-Sharif of being a Hamas operative who “posed as a journalist” and led a terrorist cell responsible for rocket attacks.Al Jazeera…
NEW DELHI: When women officers can fly Rafales and can be a part of UN peacekeeping missions in combat zones like Syria, Lebanon and Israel, then why can’t they be deployed in counter-insurgency and counter-terror forces or get attached to infantry/artillery units in times of emergency, the Supreme Court asked on Monday while ruling that…
Lucknow: The UP govt has notified the UP footwear and leather development policy, 2025, via an official order, in a bid to position UP as a footwear and leather hub of India and scale up the state’s presence in international markets.“To be effective for a period of five years, the policy outlined the state’s commitment…
Released on July 18, 2025, ‘Saiyaara’ starring the debutants Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda recently entered its fourth week. It began with a decent number, enjoyed a weekend surge on Saturday and Sunday, followed by an expected dip in the business on Monday. However, despite the dip in the collection, the movie outshone the latest…
US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has set out on a national mission she says will restore decision-making in education to the states. Framed as both a listening exercise and a showcase of local innovation, her “Returning Education to the States” Tour will span all 50 states, beginning in Louisiana, a state where pockets of…
NEW DELHI: In its investigations against Robert Vadra, the Enforcement Directorate faces a “Wall of the Dead” with Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi‘s spouse putting the burden of explaining the issues thrown up by the money laundering probe on his colleagues, who assisted him acquire properties in Delhi-NCR, but have since passed away. These properties are…
BAREILY: A 14-year-old girl from Bareilly was allegedly gang raped by two teenagers at knifepoint, while a neighbour filmed the assault instead of trying to save the girl and later shared the video on social media, report Kanwardeep Singh & Asif Ansari. After the clip began circulating, the survivor’s father lodged a police complaint.However, instead…
After a decent start, ‘Son of Sardaar 2’ is now struggling at the box office. The sequel to the hit 2012 film has failed to keep the momentum going and saw a major fall in collections on its 11th day. On Monday, August 11, 2025, the film made just Rs 1 crore net in India,…
Credits: lausanneglobalschools.com Tennessee’s education scene is standing out this year with a strong lineup of schools excelling in academics, community involvement, and student development. The 2025 Niche rankings, which combine official data from the US Department of Education with feedback from students and parents, reveal a well-rounded picture of the state’s top K-12 schools. These…
