Dharmendra Pradhan (File photo) NEW DELHI: Dharmendra Pradhan, who stepped down as Union education minister on Saturday after a five-year tenure, leaves behind an education system more standardised, digitally connected and centrally regulated than the one he inherited — but also questions over examination credibility, institutional autonomy, data privacy and the Centre’s capacity to implement…
Donald Trump at White House correspondent’s dinner (Image/AP) TOI correspondent from Washington: It was as though a bull had been invited to hand out prizes at a china convention. The White House Correspondents’ Association’s rescheduled annual dinner on Friday night produced one of those deliciously improbable scenes that remind the world why American democracy is…
Sharad Pawar and PM Modi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said he had personally met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to initiate a dialogue over the NEET-UG paper leak controversy. He said he had appealed to PM Modi to either accept Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation or…
New details emerge about NYC staber Raul Morales. The 51-year-old man, Raul Morales, who stabbed a Jewish man and an Asian man on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, was charged with hate crime. New details emerged Saturday as his Amsterdam Avenue shared apartment was searched and writings of Marx were found. New York Post reported that…
“Unwavering commitment to ethical values”: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta praises Dharmendra Pradhan following resignation Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday lauded Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation from the Cabinet and his tenure and principled stance, describing his decision to step down as a testament to his dedication to public ethics and national interest.In…
England gymnast Gabriel Langton A terrifying accident involving England gymnast Gabriel Langton cast a shadow over the men’s team gymnastics final at the Commonwealth Games 2026, with a video of the horrific head-first fall quickly spreading across social media.The 19-year-old suffered the sickening crash during his high bar routine in the final rotation at The…
Essex County Fire chief Rick Hylton 20 firefighters were taken to hospital after a massive fire at an industrial unit in Essex triggered a fertiliser explosion, destroying three fire engines and two fire service vehicles.Authorities said four firefighters suffered minor injuries while the rest were treated as a precaution before being discharged, Sky News reported….
zebra mussels (Representative image by Canva) In the late 1980s, an aquatic invader quietly entered North America through an unlikely route: a ship’s ballast water. That species was the zebra mussel, and within a decade it had spread across all five Great Lakes, triggering one of the most notorious invasive-species stories on the continent. More…
Twisha Sharma death case (File Photo) NEW DELHI: A special court in Bhopal on Saturday rejected the bail plea of retired judge Giribala Singh, an accused in the alleged dowry death of former model and actor Twisha Sharma, observing that the charges against her were “serious.“Giribala Singh, Twisha’s mother-in-law, is accused in the case after…
Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan. (Photo/BCCI) India sealed the three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe with a 90-run win in the second match on Saturday, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead.Half-centuries from Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma, followed by a disciplined bowling effort, helped India outplay the hosts after posting 219/5.The victory also gave new T20I captain Shreyas…