Anke Gowda (Photo: Screengrab) NEW DELHI: Anke Gowda has been awarded the Padma Shri 2026 for his contribution to promoting literacy and preserving knowledge through Pustakamane, India’s largest free-access library.Gowda, a former bus conductor from Karnataka, founded Pustakamane with the aim of making books accessible to people from remote and marginalised communities. Over the years,…
CUET UG 2026 syllabus released The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the Common University Entrance Test Undergraduate or CUET UG syllabus for 2026 session. If you are a student planning to appear for CUET UG next year, you can now download the subject-wise syllabus by visiting the official website, cuet.nta.nic.in. The upcoming exam is…
Protest held by IYC members (Image/ANI) NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Tuesday sent Indian Youth Congress (IYC) President Uday Bhanu Chib to four days of police custody following his arrest in connection with a shirtless protest staged at the Bharat Mandapam during the AI Impact Summit.The protest involved a group of Youth Congress workers displaying…
NEW DELHI: In the middle of Laxmi Nagar market is a single room, easy to miss in the chaos, that holds a few chairs. Seated are young men and women from Delhi, UP and Haryana, busy polishing ‘Ikura desu ka’ and ‘tetsudatte kuremasu ka’, Japanese phrases that translate, respectively, to ‘how much is this’ and…
With tensions escalating in West Asia, the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday said it is closely tracking the situation but cautioned that it is “too early to assess the economic impact on the region and the global economy,” as disruptions to trade and energy markets intensify.In a statement, the IMF said it has “observed disruptions…
Virat Kohli and Arshdeep Singh at Vizag. (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli hasn’t just returned to form — he has set off a nationwide frenzy strong enough to sell out an entire stadium. Back-to-back centuries in Ranchi and Raipur have turned what was shaping up to be a low-interest ODI in Visakhapatnam into…
PSL slammed on Social Media The Pakistan Super League (PSL) once again found itself at the centre of criticism after a bizarre selection mix-up saw a replacement player feature alongside the very player he was meant to replace. The incident occurred during Match 26 of PSL 2026 between Quetta Gladiators and defending champions Lahore Qalandars,…
NEW DELHI: In a major move to strengthen patient safety, India has, for the first time, brought blood components used in transfusions under uniform pharmacopoeial standards, tightening regulatory oversight of blood banks and transfusion services nationwide. The step is accompanied by stricter quality specifications for widely used medicines—from tuberculosis and diabetes drugs to cancer therapies—aimed…
RBSE Class 12 Science Topper 2026 Divya Bhadu Scores 99.80% Divya Bhadu from Barmer district has emerged as the Science stream topper in the RBSE Class 12 Result 2026, securing 499 marks out of 500 and achieving 99.80 per cent. A student of Shekhawati Public Senior Secondary School, Losal, she has topped the state with…
NEW DELHI: “Punjab is not a talking point for me. It is my commitment. It is my soul,” estranged AAP MP Raghav Chadha said on Sunday while countering the allegations leveled by the AAP’s Punjab unit leadership a day earlier that he failed to raise issues affecting the state in Parliament despite repeated communication.The slugfest…
