MADURAI: A 40-year-old auto driver allegedly immolated himself inside a police booth in Madurai Thursday in protest over the Thiruparankundram Deepam row. Police said no one was in the booth when Poorna Chandran allegedly doused himself in diesel and set himself ablaze. Cops said Chandran had sent a WhatsApp voice note to his friends and…
Harvard research funding dispute escalates as Trump administration files appeal The Trump administration has formally appealed a September court ruling that ordered the return of nearly $2.7 billion in frozen research funding to Harvard University. As Harvard Crimson reports, the appeal, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, intensifies a…
NEW DELHI: In a first of its kind order, Supreme Court has imposed a cost of Rs 10 crore each on 10 private dental colleges in Rajasthan for admitting students who did not secure threshold marks in NEET 2016-17, the basis for admission to all medical and dental courses across India.A bench of Justices J…
IHM Rohtak Students Gain Hands-On Experience at Hotel Maharaja Palace ROHTAK: In an effort to bridge classroom learning with real-world hospitality operations, 36 students of the Institute of Hotel Management (IHM), Rohtak undertook an industry-academic visit to Hotel Maharaja Palace, Rohtak, where they received an on-ground orientation to key hotel departments and service standards.The visit…
Dr Nusrat Parveen, who shot into the limelight following a viral video from an appointment ceremony earlier this month in which Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is seen tugging at her hijab, is set to join her position at Patna’s Govt Tibbi College at 10am on Saturday, reports Ismat Ara. “Yes, she will join work,” college…
SBI PO final result 2025: The State Bank of India has announced the final results of the 2025 Probationary Officer (PO) recruitment on its official website, sbi.co.in. Candidates who have appeared for the exam can visit the official website to download the merit list. It has been published in a PDF format. The SBI PO…
Former US President Barack Obama’s annual list of favourite films, music and books has a way of turning personal taste into global buzz. When Prateek Kuhad’s cold/mess featured on his 2019 playlist, it made the singer hot property overnight. This year, Obama’s reading list has done something rarer still: it has brought together two generations…
Why America’s workers are quietly giving up on work Burnout was once spoken of in hushed tones, as an occasional side effect of ambition or overwork. Today, it has shed that reputation. It is no longer episodic nor rare. It has settled into the daily rhythms of working life, persistent, corrosive, and largely unaddressed.A new…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court said on Friday that the right to free speech is not unfettered and denied anticipatory bail to a Bengaluru-based 24-year-old chartered accountancy student, who, on his parody account ‘Jawaharlal Nehru Satire’ on X, had posted about the PM and his mother. The court said the student can approach Gujarat HC for…
Image credit: Getty Images There was a time when the college you studied at defined your worth in society. This is not the telling of an obsolete fable; it was quite recent that parents prayed their children would enter an elite institution. And what followed? A silver platter of opportunities.Now comes the present moment, when…
