The Chhattisgarh government used a helicopter to transport the board examination question papers to an exam centre located in an interior pocket of Naxalite-hit Sukma district in the state,......
The National Testing Agency (NTA) is at the centre of controversy over alleged irregularities in competitive exams conducted by it. Amid the raging row over the recently conducted NEET-UG and......
The CPI-M leader was fluent in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Bangla, and also Malayalam. He was also well-versed in Hindu mythology, and often used those references in his speeches especially to attack the......
The Uttar Pradesh board of secondary education has included biographies of Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar, Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji and tribal leader Birsa Munda in the curriculum for......
Uttar Pradesh government schools will adopt from this academic session the National Council of Educational Research and Training's (NCERT's) new Class 12 history textbooks in which portions about......
These are the highlights of the Union Budget 2025-26 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Saturday. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com DIRECT TAX No personal......
'The government should come back as a job creator as it did in the 1960s and the 1970s.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE),......
Byju Raveendran, chief executive officer (CEO) and co-founder of Byju’s, along with its nearly 51 investors, are responsible for the beleaguered edtech firm’s current predicaments, said......
Asserting that quality of education will energise the youth, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday unleashed measures to revamp the country’s education system, including setting up......
In an effort to attract investors to the Social Stock Exchange (SSE), the bourses have reached out to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and the government with the industry’s......
''My respect for Irrfan has grown 100 times now when he is no longer with us.' IMAGE: Sutapa Sikdar with Irrfan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Babil Khan/Instagram On April 29, 2020, Irrfan Khan moved......
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Aamir Khan created quite a furore on Twitter by sharing the first official poster of his new film Dangal. Kunal Kohli was one of......
The abundance of talent is complemented by a confident approach which the likes of Manu Bhaker, Mehuli Ghosh, Anish Bhanwala and Anjum Moudgil IMAGE: India's Manu Bhaker and Om......
IMAGE: Kagiso Rabada celebrates the wicket of Australia captain Steve Smith. Photograph: Mike Hutchings/Reuters South Africa have added seamer Duanne Olivier and bowling all-rounder Chris Morris......
Delhi player banned by BCCI for age fudging Delhi cricketer Prince Ram Niwas Yadav has been banned by the BCCI from domestic cricket for the next two seasons after being found guilty of fudging his......