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NEET-UG results declared: Over 9.93 lakh candidates clear exam, Rajasthan’s Tanishka bags top rank

NEW DELHI — Rajasthan’s Tanishka bagged the top rank in medical entrance exam NEET, the results of which were declared on Wednesday by the National Testing Agency. Delhi’s Vatsa Ashish Batra and Hrishikesh Nagbhushan Gangule from Karnataka bagged the second and third positions respectively. The maximum number of candidates who qualified the exam are from […]

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‘Why action against only madrasas, why not gurukuls’ AIMPLB questions Yogi govt’s decision to survey madrasas

LUCKNOW — The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has questioned the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to survey unrecognised madrasas in the state. The AIMPLB has termed it a part of the “targeting” of the institutions by the BJP-ruled states. Qasim Rasool Ilyas, executive member of the AIMPLB, said, “Madrasas are being targeted in […]

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New Education Policy to reorient India to global benchmarks: Dr Jitendra

NEW DELHI — Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reorient India to global benchmarks. Addressing the “Education […]

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PM commissions India’s 1st indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant

KOCHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday commissioned the INS Vikrant, India’s first indigenously-built aircraft carrier, at the Cochin Shipyard Limited here. After the unveiling, the Prime Minister said India has now joined the select club of nations who have developed indigenous aircraft carriers. Addressing the commissioning ceremony, Modi said: “INS Vikrant is a […]