New Delhi: Delhi govt has constituted a five-member committee to review the functioning of self-financing colleges affiliated with Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, following repeated complaints over admission delays and alleged irregularities.In an order issued on April 27, Directorate of Higher Education said the committee would examine the admission and affiliation framework for these colleges…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday found no intention to hurt religious sentimenta in a comedy TV show dialogue “Ya Allah! Rasgulla! Dahi Bhalla!” and quashed a 2010 FIR against actors Shekhar Suman and Bharati Singh. The HC cautioned against casual invocation of criminal law against artists.The dialogue was in a TV show broadcast…
Bengaluru: From a science high scorer who took up the subject accidentally to a commerce topper who loves pressure and learning, the cohort of high scorers in ICSE/ISC examinations is an interesting mix. TOI caught up with a few of them after the results were announced.ISCScience streamSt. Joseph’s Boys High School – Victor Manoj –…
Chennai: India’s challenge lies in developing jobs that are not affected by artificial intelligence, and the emphasis needs to be placed on trade skills, India’s chief economic adviser V Anantha Nageswaran said in the city on Thursday.“There is a lot of emphasis on what AI can do to India’s IT sector, which employs five million…
Hyderabad: The rising temperatures have led to sharp uptick in Telangana’s power consumption —45% of which is being recorded by Greater Hyderabad alone. According to official records of the Telangana Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TGSPDCL), the state’s current average demand stands at 10,000 MW (approx) per day. Of this, Greater Hyderabad’s consumption is about…
Vansh Rakesh Jagtiani scored a perfect 100% Students and teachers celebrating ICSE result at Lt Atul Katarya Memorial School in Gurgaon – Students and teachers celebrating ICSE result at Atul Kataria school in Gurgaon Students and teachers celebrating ICSE result at Lt Atul Katarya Memorial School in Gurgaon Students and teachers celebrating ICSE result at…
Kolkata: Writing to-the-point answers and becoming accustomed to application-based, critical-thinking questions reflected in ICSE results, highlighted several school heads after CISCE declared its class 10 boards results on Thursday. This year, the pass percentage stood at 99.18, a 0.04% rise from last year’s. In Bengal, 44,410 students took the exam, out of whom 43,897 passed….
Residents of Prateek Wisteria in Sector 77 check the society’s fire equipment on Thursday Noida: A day after a highrise fire in neighbouring Ghaziabad exposed the vulnerability of firefighting equipment in NCR, residents of 7x sectors — among the dozens of densely packed residential areas in the city that have risen, floor by floor, over…
Panaji: A new study has found that the shipping industry is the biggest contributor to lead pollution in Goa’s air, raising concerns about environmental and public health. Researchers from the School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University, report that oil used by ships accounts for 32–34% of airborne lead in the state, making it the single…
Varanasi: A labourer died after falling from the sixth floor during construction work at the G-12 building located in the Police Line on Thursday. According to reports, the labourer, Mohammad Iftikhar (22), a resident of Araria in Bihar, lost balance while loading sand and fell from the sixth floor.He was taken to the DDU Hospital,…
