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Debates over grade inflation have resurfaced across several Ivy League campuses, but Princeton University has signalled that it will not alter its current grading framework despite a steady increase in top marks.A December 2025 grading report shows that 66.7 percent of grades awarded in the 2024 to 2025 academic year fell in the A range….
Amidst rising geopolitical tensions involving Iran, the US and Israel, several passengers were stranded at Dubai airport with flights being cancelled. Viral videos show Dubai’s iconic Palm Jumeirah hit by missile. Actress Sonal Chauhan who is currently in Dubai has now dropped a story seeking help from PM Narendra Modi. On Saturday night, The ‘Jannat’…
MUMBAI: The state govt on Friday suspended Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) member secretary M Devender Singh pending disciplinary proceedings. Panel Speaker Dilip Lande had on Thursday directed that Singh be suspended after environment minister Pankaja Munde said in the legislative assembly that the officer had not shown up for her ministerial briefings despite several…
Sagittarius, the week opens like a clean highway with a green signal. You feel capable, lucky, and ready. Jupiter’s supportive touch helps you believe in yourself again, and the Moon’s midweek rise brings public visibility. Things move. People respond. Even your home atmosphere feels brighter.Early week is marked by success across corners. Children do well,…
New York’s grand old Midtown landmark — owned by Pakistan’s national airline — has already pocketed hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to house migrants. Now, city officials say the same property has fallen behind on millions in unpaid property taxes and water bills, even as talk swirls of a redevelopment deal that could shield…
Photo credit- PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Micron Technology’s semiconductor facility at Sanand in Gujarat, asserting that India is now expanding its global identity beyond software into hardware manufacturing as it seeks a larger role in the global semiconductor value chain.The US-based company’s ATMP (Assembly, Testing, Marking and Packaging) plant, the first such facility…
New Delhi: In a major bureaucratic exercise, Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Saturday empanelled 41 IAS officers for appointment as secretaries or on equivalent-level posts, and another 28 IAS officers for additional secretary or equivalent-level positions.According to the list, 21 IAS officers from the 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1995 batches have been empanelled…
India’s exposure to oil procurement via Strait of Hormuz has increased in the last few months. (AI image) The growing tensions in the Middle East after Israel and United States’ strikes on Iran and the latter’s retaliation has implications for India as well. India imports approximately 90% of its crude oil and the tensions in…
Pakistan were eliminated from the T20 World Cup on Saturday despite a five-run win over Sri Lanka in their Super Eights match, as New Zealand progressed to the semifinals on the basis of a superior net run rate.Pakistan needed to hold Sri Lanka to 147 or fewer to move ahead of New Zealand in Group…
India’s role in the global semiconductor supply chain is “essential” as other countries in the neighbourhood seek to dominate legacy chip production, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said on Saturday at the inauguration of Micron Technology’s semiconductor facility in Sanand, Gujarat.Speaking at the event where Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the US-based company’s ATMP…
