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NEW DELHI: The performance gap in school education between India’s top and bottom-ranking states and Union territories has narrowed from 51% in 2017-18 to 42% in the 2023-24 cycle, according to the education ministry’s latest performance grading index (PGI) 2.0, suggesting that many states are catching up with the better performers.Yet, the report underscores a…
File photo: UP CM Yogi Adityanath (Picture credit: ANI) GORAKHPUR: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other dignitaries performed Yoga in Gorakhpur on Saturday on the occasion of the 11th International Yoga Day. He welcomed everyone and said that Yoga Day is being celebrated not only in the country but also around the world….
PM Modi on 11th International Yoga Day, left, and Neeraj Chopra at Paris DL Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the 11th International Yoga Day in Visakhapatnam, calling yoga a “pause button” for peace in a tense world. Israel launched new strikes on Iran’s missile sites, while Iran accused the US of backing the attacks and…
MUMBAI: A joint team of forest department and BMC officials inspected actor Shah Rukh Khan’s bungalow, Mannat, at Bandra Bandstand, on Friday following a complaint about coastal regulation zone (CRZ) violations during renovation of the property.The property comprises Mannat, a heritage structure, and an annex structure, a multi-storey building. As Khan and his family have…
Defence minister Rajnath Singh (Image credits: PTI) NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday issued a strong warning to Pakistan, saying that ‘Operation Sindoor’ is not over yet and any future act of terrorism against India would invite severe consequences.“Any terror attack on the soil of India will prove disastrous for Pakistan. India is…
NEW DELHI: The city will likely welcome the southwest monsoon by June 24. According to the India Meteorological Department’s forecast, given the pace at which the monsoon is advancing, it is likely to arrive three days before the normal onset of the rainy season in the capital.Happily, the forecast is for a normal monsoon this…
Indian students sitting in first evacuation flight from Iran (File Image) NEW DELHI: India’s Operation Sindhu launched earlier this week to evacuate Indians stranded in Iran picked up steam with two more special flights expected to land in Delhi on the intervening night of June 20 and 21. As a “special gesture”, Tehran agreed to…
NEW DELHI: Faced with criticism, Enforcement Directorate Friday said it issued summons to senior advocate Pratap Venugopal as part of its ongoing investigation against Care Health Insurance Ltd (CHIL) in which Venugopal was an independent director. ED’s Mumbai zonal office is conducting a money laundering investigation in which it has been alleged that shares of…
IMPHAL: An indefinite shutdown was observed Friday in Manipur’s Churachandpur and a 24-hour closure in Kangpokpi over the death of a tribal woman in crossfire the previous day between security forces and unidentified gunmen. Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU) called the shutdowns, supported by civil society organisations in both districts. Deceased Hoikholhing Haokip was the…
PURULIA: Nine people, including two brothers, returning from a wedding died when the SUV carrying them collided head-on with a truck on Dhanbad-Jamshedpur stretch of NH-18 in West Bengal’s Purulia early Friday. All victims were from Jharkhand, reports Tanuja Singh Deo.The group had hired an SUV from Nimdih village in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharsawan to attend a…
