Composer A R Rahman’s claims that he possibly faced instances of “communal” discrimination in the last eight years in Bollywood caused an outcry on Saturday. During an interview with BBC Asian Network, Rahman was asked, “…today there’s a lot of discrimination against the Tamil community within Bollywood. What was it like in the 1990s. Did…
KCET registrations 2026 start The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has opened the registration window for the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET) 2026 on January 17, 2026. It is for the admission for the undergraduate professional courses across the state. Eligible candidates can submit their applications through the official website, cetonline.karnataka.gov.in.KCET, officially known as the Karnataka…
Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher NEW DELHI: This time, 150 years of Vande Mataram will be the theme of the Republic Day parade on Jan 26. A series of paintings created by Tejendra Kumar Mitra in 1923, illustrating the verses of ‘Vande Mataram’ and published in the ‘Bande Mataram Album’ (1923), will be displayed as view-cutters…
The National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to release the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main exam admit card 2026 on its official website, jeemain.nta.ac.in, soon. The JEE Main session 1 2026 will be conducted from January 21 to 29, 2026, in multiple shifts. The examination will be held at centres across India and abroad. As…
File photo of a Russian vessel arriving at the Simon’s Town Naval base ahead of the joint naval exercise in South Africa’s Cape Town NEW DELHI: The Indian government has defended its decision to not participate in the “Brics Naval Exercise”, saying it was purely a South African initiative in which not all Brics members…
CBSE CTET may soon offer Maithili as language option The Maithili language may soon be included as a language option in the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET), according to local media reports from Bihar. The development follows the reported clearance of a proposal related to Maithili during a meeting of the National Council for Teacher…
NEW DELHI: Delhi airport on Saturday issued a passenger advisory warning of possible flight disruptions due to dense morning fog expected to continue on Sunday. Citing the India Meteorological Department, the airport said low visibility conditions could impact some flight operations.“According to the India Meteorological Department, dense morning fog will continue tomorrow, leading to low…
Across large swathes of the US, state governments are rapidly redrawing the boundary between public education and private choice, allowing families to tap public funds to pay for private school tuition, homeschool materials, and education services once considered firmly outside the state’s remit. What began as targeted programmes for low-income families or children with disabilities…
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 17 (ANI): Sergio Gor, US Ambassador to India, paid tributes at the 26/11 memorial at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai and highlighted how, under US President Donald Trump, the alleged mastermind behind the Mumbai 2008 terror attacks- Tahawwur Rana was extradited to India. In a post on X, he…
US Education Department’s civil rights office faces backlog The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), once a critical enforcer of student protections against sexual violence, is facing a severe slowdown in investigations, leaving thousands of complaints in limbo. Under former President Donald Trump’s administration, mass layoffs and policy shifts halved the office’s…
