Nearly 24,000 students have moved from private to government schools in Himachal Pradesh this academic year, the state government has said, attributing the increase to the introduction of the CBSE curriculum and ongoing education reforms. The government also announced plans to expand postgraduate medical seats and modernise healthcare facilities across the state. Around 24,000 students…
In the early 2000s, Charlie Burrell and his wife Isabella Tree faced a difficult choice. After seventeen years of trying to farm 3,500 acres of heavy clay soil at Knepp Castle Estate in West Sussex, they were roughly 1.5 million pounds in debt, with intensive farming simply failing to turn a profit on land that…
NEW DELHI: “It felt really unreal. I felt like I was dreaming. I still feel like I’m dreaming.” That’s how Anahat Singh described the moment the Indian flag went up after she became the first Indian ever to win the World Junior Squash Championship.She carried that same disbelief during the virtual media interaction facilitated by…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday dismissed Benjamin Netanyahu‘s accusation that he was “fomenting hate”, saying he was “not interested in getting into a back-and-forth” with the Israeli prime minister over his past support for the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant against him.Mamdani made the remarks while addressing reporters at a press…
‘Umrao Jaan’ has never left me’: Rekha states the character lives in her memories, in silences ahead of its IFFM 2026 screening Veteran actress Rekha will be seen as the guest of honour at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2026, with her iconic 1981 film ‘Umrao Jaan’ set to be screened at the…
University of Florida students have unearthed a nearly 400-year-old clay pot at the site of a 17th-century Spanish mission in Gainesville, and remarkably, it survived completely intact. The pot was likely made by a member of the Indigenous Potano Timucua tribe while the mission was still active, and its discovery is considered highly unusual since…
A C-130J of the Indian Air Force takes off. (Image credit: IAF) The Ministry of Defence has moved a step closer to finalising the Indian Air Force’s Medium Transport Aircraft (MTA) programme, completing technical evaluations of proposals submitted by three foreign vendors. The exercise comes against the backdrop of an AN-32 crash that claimed five…
‘Jana Nayagan’ UPDATE: H. Vinoth confirms SIX DELETED scenes may be added to theatrical version of Thalapathy Vijay’s film While fans are emotional after watching Thalapathy Vijay‘s ‘One last dance’ in theaters, director H. Vinoth shared an exciting update regarding ‘Jana Nayagan’. The filmmaker revealed in a recent event that six scenes removed from the…
Two Ohio YouTubers who built an online following by sharing hunting videos have been sentenced after admitting to dozens of wildlife offences linked to illegal deer hunting. William Bethel, 28, and Justin Booth, 23, the creators behind the Creek Kings Outdoors YouTube channel, pleaded guilty to a combined 40 deer poaching-related charges following a lengthy…
Justin Greaves scripts Test history (Agency Image) Justin Greaves etched his name into Test cricket history with a sensational spell against Pakistan, becoming the first bowler in recorded Test history to deliver five consecutive wicket-maidens during the opening Test in Tarouba, Trinidad. The West Indies all-rounder produced a devastating burst on Day 3 at the…
