NEET row: NTA DG shunted out; Centre orders CBI probe

Facing flak over alleged discrepancies in competitive exams, the Centre on Saturday shunted out National Testing Agency (NTA) Director General Subodh Singh and handed over the probe into......

Centre cancels UGC-NET amid NEET fiasco

Amid a raging row over the medical entrance exam NEET, the Union education ministry on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of the UGC-NET following inputs that the exam's integrity may have been......

Is The Congress Doomed?

The Congress needs to reorganise itself at the grassroots, infuse younger blood, and have more boots on the ground.Just offering freebies is not the answer anymore, argues Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: A......

'How would America respond if China invades India?'

'India will want a lot of help from the US, but it's not going to want US troops.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi and US President Joe Biden at the White House, June 22, 2023. Photograph:......

Businessmen suicides outnumber farmers' for 2nd year in a row

The states recording the highest number of such deaths include Karnataka (14.3 per cent), Maharashtra (13.2 per cent), and Madhya Pradesh (11.3 per cent). Tamil Nadu (9.4 per cent) and Telangana......

Centre should privatise all PSBs, except State Bank of India: NCAER

The Centre should privatise all public sector banks (PSBs), except the State Bank of India (SBI). Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters This is because private banks have emerged as a credible......

3 Americans win Economics Nobel 2021

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2021 with one half to David Card “for his empirical......

In Covid times China reports Q1 GDP growth of whopping 18.3%

China's GDP jumped a record 18.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2021, riding on strong domestic and foreign demand and aided by recovery from a low base in early 2020 when Covid-19 stalled the......