Assam Assembly passed six education bills amidst opposition walkout. Legislators protested alleged ruling party members entering the House after voting doors were closed. Amendments concerning teacher provincialisation, enrollment criteria, and madrassa inclusion were rejected, leading to the walkout. The bills, including those for Azim Premji University and NERIM University, were passed. Guwahati, The Assam Assembly…
NEW DELHI: The Union cabinet on Friday approved a bill which seeks to open the highly restricted nuclear power sector to private companies and also crucial for the country’s goal of achieving 100 gigawatt nuclear power capacity by 2047.The approval of the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, paves…
Bangladesh high commission; Humayun Kabir Bangladesh has said it may consider “scaling back” presence at its New Delhi embassy, with foreign affairs adviser Touhid Hossain’s statement coming amid steadily worsening ties with India. In domestic politics, Trinamool Congress MLA and former IPS officer Humayun Kabir—recently suspended for laying the “foundation stone” of a Babri-style mosque—has…
New IIIT Hyderabad programme focuses on agentic AI system design, deployment and real-world applications training NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad’s Division of Flexible Learning has introduced a 12-week online certificate programme on engineering agentic AI systems.It is titled Engineering Agentic AI Systems: Agentic AI from Concepts to Practice and will be delivered…
RRB Group D Recruitment 2026 registration closes on March 9. The Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) will close the online application window for the RRB Group D Level-1 Recruitment 2026 tomorrow, March 9, 2026. Candidates who have not yet applied for the recruitment drive can submit their applications through the official portal before the deadline.The recruitment…
Nimbalkar was among the six MPs who stayed away from the June 17 meeting convened by the Uddhav Thackeray-led party. Amid the rebellion within Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Lok Sabha ranks, the party remains hopeful that Osmanabad (Dharashiv) MP Omprakash Raje Nimbalkar may yet return to its fold, party sources told news agency PTI on Saturday.The…
West Indies’ Justin Greaves, right, raises his bat after scoring 200 runs against NZ (AP/PTI) West Indies produced one of the most remarkable fourth-innings efforts in modern Test cricket, grinding out a heroic draw against New Zealand at the Hagley Oval. While the fight shown by Shai Hope, Justin Greaves and Kemar Roach stunned the…
US stock markets traded slightly higher on Friday after a mixed US jobs report tempered expectations of an early interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve, without fully closing the door on easing later this year, according to an AP report.In early trading, the S&P 500 rose 0.2% and hovered near its all-time high set…
On Friday, Delhi HC issued the consequential transfer and posting orders for judges Sunena Sharma and Dheeraj Mor NEW DELHI: Barely six months after appointing a sessions judge to exclusively hear coal scam cases in Delhi, Supreme Court has replaced her, acting on an unusual request from the Delhi high court, which said she and…
SRINAGAR: Nomadic Gujjars and Backerwals, whose houses have been demolished by the administration, have filed a complaint with the police, alleging that “demolition of their tribal habitations” are in violation of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, and Forest Rights Act, 2006.They have sought action against the officials who razed around 30 habitations in…
