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More women in STEM is great news. But policy has to look at why most of them don’t make it to the top That over 10,000 girls have cracked JEE Advanced exam to study in IITs, NITs or IIITs, is no ordinary milestone. It demonstrates – more than any hifalutin platitudes – the impact of…
Jabari Brown and MrBeast (Image Via Getty) Jabari Brown, the young pilot who became famous online after winning a private jet in a MrBeast challenge video, has now been arrested in Paraguay in a major drug trafficking investigation. Paraguayan authorities said Brown was detained in Asunción after investigators allegedly found around 261.6 kilograms, or nearly…
NEW DELHI: The tendering process behind CBSE’s massive on-screen marking (OSM) project has come under sharper scrutiny after procurement records showed that Hyderabad-based Coempt Eduteck Pvt Ltd narrowly edged past Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in the technical evaluation before securing a decisive advantage through a sharply lower financial bid.The scoring pattern has triggered questions among…
New Delhi: In search of a new expansive definition of ‘Aravali hills and ranges’ after dropping the earlier court-accepted controversial 100m height criteria, Supreme Court has entrusted the task to a five-member high-powered committee that’ll include experts from Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education, Forest Survey of India and Geological Survey of India.A bench…
Magnus Carlsen, R Praggnanandhaa, Divya Deshmukh, and D Gukesh (Photo by Michal Walusza for Norway Chess) NEW DELHI: If you turn the pages of an English dictionary to find the meaning of the word “cliché”, it will tell you that a cliché is nothing but a phrase or an idea that has been so overused…
NEW DELHI: Nearly two decades after a working group was formed to compile producer price index (PPI), govt Tuesday finally laid out a road map for its introduction. On June 15, govt will unveil the revised wholesale price index, with 2022-23 base, and along with it will come PPI.In five years, govt intends to phase…
CBSE reports DOS attack on re-evaluation portal, says system remains operational NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday said its re-evaluation portal came under multiple cyberattack attempts even as thousands of students accessed the platform to apply for verification of answer books and re-evaluation of marks.In an update posted on X,…
The legal battle between actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni isn’t quite over yet.Just a month ago, the two announced a settlement that avoided a trial over Lively’s claims that Baldoni led a campaign to smear her reputation after she accused him of sexually harassing her on the set of their 2024 film “It Ends…
Nowadays, when our minds are constantly overwhelmed with different digital stimuli, many parents try to find effective solutions to foster concentration, discipline, determination, and good habits in their children.As practice shows, several Japanese concepts aimed at fostering productivity and promoting self-development can be adjusted for children too. Using such concepts as Kaizen, Ikigai, and Ganbaru…
A multi-disciplinary sports complex will come up Mysuru: A multi-disciplinary sports complex will come up on the sprawling 17 acres at Hanchya Sathagalli in Mysuru. A decision to sanction this land identified by the Mysuru district administration was taken by the state govt at the recently held cabinet meeting. Assistant director of youth empowerment and…
