Language is a mode of communication that has been passed on from generation to generation, in the modern world of robotics and AI, coding maybe the new language spoken.After 34 years the MHRD, now to be known as the Ministry of Education, has introduced the New Education Policy (NEP) which […]
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Ensure continuity of learning for all children, provision of nutritious food: Save the Children
Ensure continuity of learning for all children and uninterrupted provision of safe and nutritious food to them, advised child rights body Save The Children in its recommendations for dealing with the indirect effects of the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement, the child rights body also recommended strengthening awareness and ensuring […]
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Kashmiri woman fostering education for underprivileged girls in Valley
With a motive to spread awareness regarding the importance of educating the girl child in the valley, Mahfooza Akhtar, a young and well-educated woman from Jammu & Kashmir is going the extra mile. Based in Baramulla district’s Rampora area, Mahfooza is completing her Master’s program from Indira Gandhi Open University […]
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Maharashtra Governor asks varsities to spread awareness on organ donation
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has asked all universities in the state to observe Organ Donation Week from Thursday and spread awareness among people about the importance of organ donation. World Organ Donation Day is observed every year on August 13. Koshyari has asked vice chancellors of universities in the […]
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Coaches dismayed as judoka starlet Tababi Devi walks away
When teenaged judoka Thangjam Tababi Devi won silver at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires two years ago, coaches marked the Manipur athlete as a bright medal prospect at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Tababi Devi, who had reached the final in the U-44 kg class, looked on course when at […]
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Record single-day spike of 66,999 cases takes India’s Covid-19 tally to nearly 2.4 million
India saw its Covid-19 tally jump by 66,999 new cases – highest single-day spike – on Thursday which pushed the number of cases to nearly 2.4 million. The country recorded 942 fresh fatalities in the last 24 hours, which pushed the death toll due to the disease to 47,033. The […]
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PM Modi unveils new tax reforms, says it will make taxpayers feel fearless
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a platform to honour the honest taxpayers of the country. He said that it will be a new milestone in the structural reforms initiaited by the government. “The ‘Transparent Taxation – Honoring The Honest’ platform will bring in faceless assessment, faceless appeal, and […]
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Marching in mask: Full dress rehearsal of 74th Independence Day celebrations takes place amid Covid-19
With the 74th Independence Day just around the corner, various parts of the country, including the iconic Red Fort in the national capital, witnessed the full dress rehearsal of the event on Thursday. Although Covid-19 has been a dampener for most events and occasions this year, the spirits of the […]
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Israel launches fresh strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza Strip
Israel’s military said Thursday it had carried out fresh overnight strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, in response to incendiary balloons launched across the border from the Palestinian enclave. The latest round of hostilities has seen firebombs attached to bunches of balloons floating into Israel, setting scrubland ablaze. […]
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Alto becomes only car in India to blaze past 40-lakh sales’ milestone
In yet another feather in the cap of Maruti Suzuki, Alto recently became the only car in India to clock 40 lakh units in sales in what is yet another highlight of its immense popularity. A common sight on Indian roads, Alto has ruled sales charts for two decades and […]
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KGF Chapter 2 producer says Sanjay Dutt will finish shoot after 3 months
Sanjay Dutt, who is taking a ‘short break from work’ after being diagnosed with stage four lung cancer, will resume shooting for KGF: Chapter 2 in three months. Karthik Gowda, Executive Producer of Hombale Films, said that around three days of shoot are left for the actor. In an interview with The […]
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57% Mumbai slums residents found Covid-19 positive, experts divided on herd immunity
As Mumbai’s civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, gets ready to conduct the second round of serological survey, experts are divided over whether the residents of the city’s slums are approaching herd immunity for coronavirus disease, Covid-19. In the first sero survey conducted in July, the BMC found 57% infection […]
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Aim to speed up J-K’s development without discrimination: L-G Sinha
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha on Wednesday said that the government’s aim is to give pace to the development of Jammu and Kashmir without any discrimination. Sinha was speaking at a function organised by the administration to honour representatives of local bodies of Jammu and Kashmir for […]
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Former President Pranab Mukherjee in coma, vital parametres stable: Hospital
Former President Pranab Mukherjee is in a comatose state, but his vital parametres are stable, the Army’s Research and Referral (R&R) Hospital said on Thursday morning. Mukherjee’s condition remains unchanged and he continues to be on ventilatory support, it further said. The former President was admitted to the R&R hospital […]
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Australia on course for lowest one-day rise in Covid cases in more than 3 weeks
Australia was poised to post its lowest one-day rise in new Covid-19 cases in more than three weeks on Thursday, stoking hopes that a second wave of new infections gripping Victoria state is finally being brought under control. Australia, once heralded as a global leader in combating Covid-19, has struggled […]