JAIPUR — The Rajasthan Education Department’s academic calendar for new session in state government schools has sparked a political debate as it proposes to celebrate revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 as ‘Swarna Mukut Mastak Diwas’ and birthday of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar on May 28. Article 370 of […]
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50,000 people die of snakebite every year, highest in world: BJP MP in Lok Sabha
NEW DELHI — About 50,000 people lose their lives every year due to snakebite in the country, the highest in the world, BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy said on Monday. Every year, 30-40 lakh people are bitten by snakes across India, the Saran MP said, raising the issue in the Lok Sabha during a discussion […]
NTA announces CUET UG 2024 result
NEW DELHI — The National Testing Agency (NTA) today, on July 28 has released the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) UG result 2024. Candidates who appeared for the exam can now check their scorecards at the official website — exams.nta.ac.in/CUET-UG. This year, the CUET UG exam was held in three phases between May 15 and […]
President Murmu changes Governors of several states
NEW DELHI — In a major reshuffle, the President of India Droupadi Murmu has changed the governors of several states. Governors of Rajasthan, Telangana, Sikkim, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, and Manipur has been changed along with the Lt Governors of Puducherry and Chandigarh. The President of India has also accepted the resignation of Banwarilal Purohit […]
AMU orders hostellers to vacate rooms, inmates irked
ALIGARH (UP) — The blanket decision of the AMU authorities to get all hostels, including those of PhD scholars who have yet not appeared in their doctoral viva exams, seems to have irked the inmates. The AMU proctor has defended the decision. Zubair Reshi, an office-bearer of the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association and a […]
633 Indian students died abroad since 2018 due to various reasons including natural causes
NEW DELHI — Six-hundred and thirty-three incidents of death of Indian students abroad were reported in the last five years due to various reasons including natural causes with Canada topping the list with 172 cases, the government said in Lok Sabha on Friday. Separately, a total 19 Indian students died abroad due to attacks in […]
WhatsApp not planning to shut services in India: I&B Minister tells Rajya Sabha
NEW DELHI — WhatsApp and its parent company Meta has not informed the government of any plans to shut down its services in India, I&B Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told the Rajya Sabha on Friday. “Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has shared that WhatsApp or Meta has not informed the government about any such […]
Mobile number porting requests crossed the 100-crore mark
NEW DELHI — Mobile number porting requests under the Mobile Number Portability service crossed the 100 crore mark on July 6, telecom regulator Trai said on Friday. The MNP service was launched on January 20, 2011. “On July 6, 2024, the porting requests processed in the country since January 2011 in India crossed the 100 […]
Punjab Police, Army conduct search operation after 7 ‘suspicious’ men spotted in Pathankot
PATHANKOT — The Punjab Police and Army personnel on Wednesday conducted a search operation after a woman spotted seven “suspicious” men in a village in Pathankot district. A sketch of one of the suspects has also been released, said a senior police official. The woman informed the police that seven “suspicious” men came to her […]
GATE 2025 Registration Dates Released, Check Details
NEW DELHI — The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has announced the registration dates for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2025. The online applications for the entrance exam will begin from August 24, 2024 and conclude on September 26, 2024. The registrations process with late fee will close on October 7, 2024. […]









