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Where are the grounds vanishing? Where are the schools with open play areas? Schools nowadays are being converted into multistoried concrete buildings with hardly any space for playgrounds. Most schools hardly have any space for play areas, let alone grounds for football, hockey, basketball, and other games. The bench of the Uttarakhand high court had…
The largest (left) and the smallest (right) skulls of Homo naledi found in the Rising Star cave system in South Africa. All specimens of H. naledi have been shown to be female. All known skeletons of the ancient human relative Homo naledi discovered in a South African cave system appear to be female, according to…
NEW DELHI: Political parties across Punjab on Monday criticised the removal of Diljit Dosanjh-starrer Satluj from streaming platform ZEE5, with leaders from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Congress calling for the film’s restoration and saying Punjab’s history should not be suppressed through censorship.The Honey Trehan-directed film, based on the life…
NEW DELHI: Following a high-level meeting in Ayodhya, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust released details of its finances, saying that out of Rs 3,264 crore, Rs 2,370 crore had been spent on temple construction and capital expenditure, while Rs 391 crore from devotees’ offerings had been used for operational expenses. It said the remaining…
Kota Srinivas Poojary, MP, Udupi-Chikmagalur Udupi: Udupi-Chikmagalur MP Kota Srinivas Poojary said it was “heartening” to see Congress leaders, including KPCC president BK Hariprasad, “overflowing with devotion for Lord Rama”, a sentiment he said was absent during the construction of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.“It is a positive development that the Congress party, which has…
Wall Street opened higher led by a rebound in artificial intelligence (AI) stocks Wall Street opened higher on Monday, led by a rebound in artificial intelligence (AI) stocks as investors returned to the sector after recent volatility, while markets also assessed a planned mega share sale by South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix and an increase…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Sanju Samson NEW DELHI: The national selection committee has decided to bench Sanju Samson for the three-match T20I series in Zimbabwe starting on July 23. Ishan Kishan will don the role of the lead wicketkeeper while Prabhsimran Singh has received a maiden call up. TOI understands that the selectors have only rested Samson…
Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino (AP Photo) US President Donald Trump has confirmed that he personally spoke to FIFA president Gianni Infantino and asked him to review the red card and one-match suspension handed to Team USA striker Folarin Balogun during the FIFA World Cup match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. The suspension was later lifted,…
California’s seabird crisis is a stark reminder that climate change is no longer a distant environmental issue (Canva) Thousands of seabirds washing up along California’s coastline have become a heartbreaking symbol of a marine ecosystem under extreme stress. Emaciated birds are turning up dead or starving in unusually high numbers, from brown pelicans and common…
St. George’s Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School Even before modern education boards, smart classrooms or online learning came into the picture, a few schools in India had already opened their doors. They saw colonial rule, Indian Independence and the dramatic changes in the way children learned over the next few centuries. They went on changing and…
