Meet Pragya: She could not take the JEE route during Covid, but her IIT dream found another path. (Photo: LinkedIn) For many students aspiring to study at an IIT, the journey seems to begin and end with one examination: the Joint Entrance Examination, or JEE. But Pragya’s story offers a different perspective. When the Covid-19…
Shinde’s remarks came after Sharif’s office shared an edited version of the SCO family photograph NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde criticised Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s Office for cropping Prime Minister Narendra Modi out of a photograph from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, saying Pakistan should not attempt to “play such…
NEW DELHI: Shubham Gautam hails from Narora, a town located on the banks of the Ganga River in the Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh. Narora is famous for its nuclear power plant, operated by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL).In the NPCIL campus, Ankit Kumar Rajput runs a cricket academy, where he first…
MUMBAI: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly will attend the BCCI Annual General Meeting on September 18 at the BCCI HQ here, as the representative of the Bengal Cricket Association, of which he is the president.31 out of 35 state units will attend the BCCI AGM, with four state associations being left unrepresented due to various…
Who is Shankh Mitra, the Jadavpur University graduate who became one of the world’s highest-paid CEOs? (Photo: LinkedIn) An engineering graduate from Kolkata has found himself among the world’s highest-paid corporate leaders, but his journey to the top did not begin at an IIT or in Silicon Valley.Shankh Mitra, an Indian-origin executive and the CEO…
Tamil Nadu CM C Joseph Vijay NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu Congress MLA Tharahai Cuthbert on Wednesday dismissed ally TVK’s projection of its leader, C Joseph Vijay, as the prime ministerial candidate for the 2029 Lok Sabha elections, saying TVK leaders were making the claim as “fans” of the chief minister, a reference to Vijay’s past…
New Delhi: Another positive dope test has hit India’s preparations for the upcoming Asian Games, with wushu medal hopeful Surya Bhanupratap Singh becoming the latest athlete to be provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).The 30-year-old from Jammu & Kashmir, a 2018 Jakarta Asian Games bronze medallist in the men’s 60kg Sanda, failed an…
New Zealand will host India A for three four-day matches in Christchurch from October 24, giving the players valuable preparation ahead of the senior teams’ two-Test series later in the year.New Zealand Cricket (NZC) confirmed the fixtures while announcing the schedule for the country’s domestic Plunket Shield competition. The three matches will be played alongside…
IBPS RRB Clerk recruitment 2026: Check 8,183 vacancies, eligibility and December exam dates IBPS RRB Clerk 2026: The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has announced 8,183 vacancies for the Office Assistant (Multipurpose) post under the CRP RRBs-XV recruitment drive. The vacancies are being offered across participating Regional Rural Banks (RRBs), with posts distributed according…
Sikkim recorded the highest incidence among Northeast states, with 374 dengue cases in 2024. Using the state’s revised population estimate, the dengue incidence was 57.9 per lakh. NEW DELHI: Climate change, deforestation, unplanned urbanisation and poor drainage are creating conditions for mosquitoes and other disease-carrying vectors to spread into new areas of the Northeast, a…
