NEW DELHI: One in every three candidates registered for the June 21 NEET-UG re-exam come from just three states — Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan — according to data from National Testing Agency (NTA).NEET-UG — involving more than 22.7 lakh medical aspirants — is the single-largest national entrance test of the country. It is the…
KOLKATA: Life in minority pockets across Kolkata has changed overnight after the election results. With bikeborne miscreants riding through Muslim neighbourhoods chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, a sense of fear and unease has gripped residents. In the south Tangra neighbourhood, the situation turned volatile on Tuesday night when a mob chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ attacked a…
France’s last-minute opposition and mounting farmer protests are threatening to derail the European Union’s long-delayed free-trade agreement with South America’s Mercosur bloc, raising fresh doubts over whether the pact can be signed this year, AP reported.Angry European farmers, fearing cheaper agricultural imports and tougher competition, have taken to the streets in Brussels just as EU…
Education department travel spending draws scrutiny over missing records For the third year in a row, the education department has failed to provide lawmakers with full records explaining how nearly $4m was spent on more than 8,000 work-related trips, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press.The incomplete reporting, covering travel between January and November…
DMRC and CISF join hands to ease travel for CBSE Board Exam 2026 students Every year, the weeks leading up to board examinations turn Delhi’s roads and public transport into a test of endurance — for students already on edge. This time, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has stepped in to take some of…
Melbourne, July 29 (IANS) Australia head coach Andrew McDonald believes attempts could be made to coax Ben Stokes out of retirement for next year’s Ashes Australia head coach Andrew McDonald believes the perfect build-up to the 2027 Ashes would be Ben Stokes making a dramatic return from Test retirement, admitting it would create a “fairytale”…
Sherfane Rutherford of Pretoria Capitals play a shot during match 22 (SA20) Pretoria Capitals surged to the top of the SA20 standings after producing a ruthless all-round display to hand MI Cape Town a 53-run defeat at a sold-out Centurion on Monday night.The bonus-point win lifted the Capitals to 20 points, moving them above defending…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Saturday demanded that govt “put on hold” the India-US trade deal in view of the decision of the United States Supreme Court invalidating the reciprocal tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump and “renegotiate” the terms of the deal.Congress MP Rahul Gandhi accused PM Modi of being “compromised”, alleging that his (Modi’s)…
BCECEB Bihar ITI CAT 2026: The Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB) will close the registration process for the Industrial Training Institute Competitive Admission Test (ITI CAT) 2026 today, April 27, 2026 at 10 pm. Candidates who have not yet applied for the entrance exam should complete their registration through the official website at…
KOCHI: Star shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa, who won the women’s doubles gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, says she is not a fan of badminton’s new 15×3 scoring system, arguing that the diet version strips the sport of the drama and intensity that have made it so riveting. The All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament,…
