Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath issued scholarships to over 10 lakh students on Friday. The move is significant as it marks a departure from the system of issuing scholarships to almost 60 lakh students in one go, which was usually delayed as govt used to wait for details of all students to be verified before…
Five key trends reshaping US K–12 education after the Covid pandemic. (AI Image) A school transport vehicle carrying eight students was involved in a collision with a delivery truck early Tuesday morning in rural Missouri. Authorities confirmed that none of the children suffered life-threatening injuries, although several were taken to nearby hospitals for evaluation.Hours later,…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar’s meeting with counterpart Wang Yi saw efforts by both sides to address each other’s concerns and interests, with Beijing agreeing to remove curbs on export of fertilisers, rare earth minerals and tunnel boring machines to cater to India’s needs. Indian authorities said these were three key concerns raised…
Lucknow: Remember the reel of a 70-year-old elderly patient singing ‘ghazal’ while doctors performed surgery on his brain in Raipur?Similar was the case of a nine-year-old girl singing patriotic songs while doctors in Bhopal conducted brain surgery to relieve her of life-threatening seizures.The procedure called ‘awake craniotomy’ undertaken by neurosurgeons would not have been possible…
Lucknow: Stressing that women’s empowerment was at the core of a self-reliant India, UP BJP state general secretary (organisation) Dharampal Singh pressed on the idea of increasing the responsibility of women in the party organisation. Addressing a meeting of UP BJP Mahila Morcha in Meerut, Singh said that in addition to increasing women’s representation in…
Lucknow: The Bahujan Samaj Party on Thursday expelled senior leader Shamsuddin Rain for indiscipline and promoting factionalism. He was recently made in-charge of the party organisation in Lucknow and Kanpur divisions. He was one of the prominent Muslim faces of the party, who held several key responsibilities within the party structure. In a release issued…
File photo of Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. After hosting the recently concluded Women’s World Cup at unheralded centres in the country, the International Cricket Council (ICC) is expected to take the upcoming 2026 T20 World Cup back to the Tier 1 centres. The global cricket body staged the WWC fixtures in Indore, Visakhapatnam, Guwahati and…
NEW DELHI: Sanjeev Sanyal, a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), questioned the violent protests in neighbouring Nepal, noting their uncanny resemblance to regime changes in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and other countries in recent years.Sanyal raised suspicion over these regime changes that occurred on the back of violent protest, saying:…
Australia beat England in the first Ashes Test in front of a record attendance over both days. (Agencies) Perth Stadium witnessed its biggest-ever Test match attendance as Australia wrapped up the opening Ashes Test in just two days. The opening Test of the Ashes drew 49,983 spectators on Day 2, taking the total to 101,514….
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has officially released the timetable for the Indian Forest Service (IFS) Main Examination 2025, scheduled to be held from November 16 to 23, 2025. Candidates who have successfully cleared the preliminary stage can now gear up for the mains, which will be conducted in two daily sessions—forenoon (9:00 AM…