Arkansas schools to teach food literacy through farm-fresh lunches Arkansas is launching a new effort to bring farm-fresh, locally produced food into school cafeterias. As first reported by The 74, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Arkansas Department of Agriculture have announced the Arkansas Plate Initiative, a farm-to-table pilot program that aims to improve student…
BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court awarded an enhanced compensation of Rs 22.5 lakh to the family of a deceased schoolgirl, noting that her income must be calculated under the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act. The bench, partly allowing the appeal filed by Lt Col Rajinder Singh Shekhawat and his wife Vanitha, was led by…
NEW DELHI: Delhi government instructed schools on Tuesday to implement hybrid learning for students up to Class 5 due to rising pollution levels, following the Centre’s activation of Stage III anti-pollution measures under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).The decision came as Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) saw a significant increase from 362 on Monday…
KOLKATA: The Calcutta HC, while hearing a contempt plea on Tuesday against the Centre for failing to comply with its order to bring back six migrant workers deported to Bangladesh, including Sunali Khatun and her family, directed Union govt to submit a statement by Nov 28, report Srishti Lakhotia & Subrata Chattoraj. The counsel representing…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan captain Babar Azam’s batting woes continued on Tuesday as he was dismissed for 29 by Sri Lankan leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga’s exceptional delivery during the first ODI in Rawalpindi — extending his drought to 83 innings without a century.The dismissal came in the 24th over when Hasaranga delivered a ball that pitched outside…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the Election Commission’s response to petitions filed by political parties and politicians from ruling dispensations in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry opposing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls of their states as part of the pan-India exercise. After hearing senior advocate Kapil Sibal for petitioners…
CHANDIGARH: A “victim’s absolutely normal mental state” after an alleged Pocso case offence raises serious doubts about the credibility of allegations, Punjab and Haryana High Court said in a recent order while suspending the five-year sentence of a teacher convicted of molesting a student. HC noted the Class VIII student attended a PTM with her…
Lucknow: On National Education Day, the Maulana Azad Memorial Academy rekindled the timeless ideals of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India’s first education minister, through a seminar at Eram Girls Degree College on ‘Reconstruction of Indian Education and Maulana Azad’s Vision for an Educated and Developed India 2047.‘ The event became a collective call from scholars…
Meta’s chief AI officer and one of the highest-paid employees at the company, Alexandr Wang, is urging teenagers to dedicate their time to mastering artificial intelligence (AI) tools, comparing the current moment to when Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg learned computer programming in their youth.“If you’re 13 right now, you should spend all your time…
NEW DELHI: A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a two-judge bench’s order directing Maharashtra to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT), comprising police officers belonging to Hindu and Muslim communities, to probe two crimes related to the 2023 communal riots in Akola. Appearing for Maharashtra, solicitor general Tushar Mehta told…
