NCERT granted deemed university status The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), the country’s national resource institution for school education, has been granted the status of an Institution Deemed to be University.The decision was taken after the University Grants Commission (UGC) examined NCERT’s application through an expert committee under the provisions of the…
CJP announces nationwide campaign to improve government schools on August 15. NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has announced a nationwide campaign to improve government schools in villages, seeking to address the “neglect of rural educational infrastructure”.The campaign will be launched on August 15, with the CJP calling on citizens, parents and…
Mukerjee will now succeed Vineet Joshi, who was last month appointed as secretary, Panchayati Raj (File photo) In a late-night order issued Monday, the Union government appointed Deepti Gaur Mukerjee, a 1993-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, as the new Higher Education Secretary. The order came from the Department of…
The aircraft plunged 300ft, injuring many on board NEW DELHI: European aerospace major Airbus and France’s Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety will join the probe to establish what caused the Air India A320 flying from Phuket to Delhi with 145 aboard to suddenly lose altitude by about 300ft last week, injuring…
Meta ordered to pay $567 million in New Mexico over teen safety, social media harms A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million and make sweeping changes to how Facebook and Instagram operate for teenagers, after ruling that the platforms contributed to harms affecting children and young people in the state. The…
Data showed the number of elementary-level govt schools declined from 8,89,806 in 2024-25 to 8,79,940 in 2025-26 NEW DELHI: The number of govt elementary schools across the country fell by nearly 10,000 in a year, with Meghalaya, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh recording the steepest declines, according to data tabled in the Lok Sabha on Monday.UDISE+…
Ankit Kumar cracks BPSC exam to become DSP Daring to make a hole in the sky if one throws a stone with full conviction, finds an unlikely echo in the life of Ankit Kumar, a young man from Bihar’s Saharsa district who has just secured the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in the…
Ministry of external affairs said in an official statement that under the Vienna Convention, diplomatic premises are inviolable and must be protected. NEW DELHI: Condemning the defacement of Indian embassy premises in Slovenia by Khalistan separatists, the govt urged law enforcement authorities elsewhere too to take note of the hateful propaganda and disinformation being spread…
Cockroach Janta Party announces its national leadership team, with founder Abhijeet Dipke appointed as National Convener. A journalist, an engineer, a lawyer, two chartered accountants, an entrepreneur and a hotel management graduate may not sound like the usual line-up for a youth-focused political campaign. But these are among the 12 people who will now steer…
State-run Global Times quoted Chinese experts as saying India’s move would not alter the legal status of the disputed territory but could complicate future boundary negotiations. GUWAHATI: China has hit back sharply at India for assigning standard names to 27 geographical locations in Arunachal Pradesh, with the state-run Global Times claiming these areas are in…
