NEWS DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA), on Friday introduced a set of revisions to the NEET (UG)-2026 examination framework, extending the exam window and modifying the question paper booklet design as part of what it described as candidate-friendly measures aimed at improving fairness and the exam-day experience.The examination is scheduled for June 21, 2026….
NEW DELHI: Congress Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan on Friday defended the information provided in her nomination papers, saying the dispute is over whether a legal notice should be treated as a pending criminal case under Form 26. She maintained that no criminal case is pending against her and that she had disclosed all relevant…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar took a swipe at the United State’s shifting stance and Western nations’ double standards, saying Washington imposes and lifts sanctions or tariffs based on its own interests and not on any fixed principle.Speaking at the Kultaranta Talks in Finland on Thursday, Jaishankar strongly defended India’s decision to buy…
Shah chairs meeting to review security preparedness NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday chaired a high-level meeting to review the security and operational preparedness for the upcoming annual Amarnath Yatra, officials said.The yatra is scheduled to begin on July 3.The meeting was attended by National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Jammu and…
Rivers are often treated as fixed features of the landscape. They bend, flood, and shift over long stretches of time, but they seem permanent enough that entire towns and economies are built around them. The Mississippi River, in particular, has long been regarded as one of North America’s defining geographical landmarks. Yet in the early…
NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Thursday launched a nationwide protest demanding the resignation of union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in competitive examinations and unveiled a five-point ‘exam manifesto’ aimed at protecting students.Leading a protest at the Savitribai Phule Pune University campus, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke accused the government of…
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reportedly ‘caught off guard’ after US President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled planned strikes against Iran and announced that a diplomatic agreement with Tehran could be signed within days.According to Axios, Netanyahu was not given advance notice before Trump publicly revealed that he had called…
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday (local time) that a possible operation to seize Iran’s key Kharg Island would be “off the table” if both sides sign an agreement to end the war, which he said could be reached “as early as this weekend.”Also Read | Invade baby, invade: Trump eyes Kharg Island, Iran’s…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has asked defence minister Rajnath Singh to rethink the government’s decision against expanding the INS Baaz runway, arguing it would be less ecologically destructive than building a new airport in Great Nicobar.In a letter to Singh on Friday, Ramesh said he first proposed the INS Baaz expansion alternative on…
Japan’s H3 rocket returned to flight Friday with the debut of a new low-cost variant, a badly needed success for the country’s new flagship rocket that has struggled with mission failures while facing an increasingly competitive space industry.The H3 rocket took off from the Tanegashima Space Center on a southwestern Japanese island Friday morning and…