NTA’s public notice (Screengrab) The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced a series of candidate-friendly changes for the NEET (UG) 2026 examination, which is scheduled to be held on June 21. The agency said the changes have been introduced to make the examination process more comfortable for students while maintaining fairness and security.According to an…
New Delhi: IIT Delhi has retained its position as the highest-ranked Indian institution in the QS World University Rankings 2027, improving its global standing from 123rd last year to 118th in the latest edition released Wednesday.Published annually by global higher education analytics firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the rankings evaluate universities across a range of indicators…
President Donald Trump touring Ballroom construction around the outside the White House last month US President Donald Trump’s controversial White House ballroom project is now reportedly expected to cost as much as $600 million, far above his earlier estimates, with more than half of the funding likely to come from taxpayers.According to The Washington Post,…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka govt’s announcement on Thursday that street vendors will be evicted from near Bowring Hospital has rattled hundreds of traders, who are looking down the barrel with no assurance on allotment of kiosks in designated hawking zones.When TOI visited the spot on Thursday afternoon, the footpath which held 300 vendors was empty. Barricades…
Step-by-step guide to how rescue operations work NEW DELHI: When disaster strikes, be it a building collapse or an earthquake, the enormous pile of concrete and steel is the first hurdle between life and death. For rescue teams, extricating victims from the mounds of debris is a race against time.At a rescue site, operations shift…
Panaji: Drinking water minister Subhash Phal Desai said on Wednesday that if Goa does not receive rainfall over the next 15 days, the state would witness water shortage issues in some areas. Desai said that there has been no water shortage till now, and that there’s still enough drinking water for a month.“We will issue…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu alliance of resident welfare associations (TNARWA) urged the state govt to launch a transparent statewide audit of residential and commercial buildings. They claimed large-scale property tax evasion and corrupt assessment practices caused revenue losses worth hundreds of crores of rupees. The federation demanded regular inspections of properties owned by MLAs, councillors and…
Workers secure a giant 70-foot Lionel Messi statue with ropes in Kolkata as authorities assess structural safety concerns after reported wind movement/ Photo credit: AFP A 70-foot statue of Argentine football legend Lionel Messi in Kolkata is set to be removed after engineers reportedly found the structure unsafe following complaints from local residents that it…
Margao: GFP president Vijai Sardesai on Tuesday warned chief minister Pramod Sawant that if Gautam Khattar is not arrested before April 24, Sawant’s birthday, he would launch a public movement to unseat him.“If the CM doesn’t arrest him before his birthday, I will build a movement called ‘Goemche Projecho Avaz’ by bringing together all like-minded…
Panaji: Union ministry of information & broadcasting has appointed filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker as the festival director for the 57th edition of the International Film Festival of India (Iffi), to be held in Goa in Nov.“I feel privileged to have witnessed the evolution of this festival. From attending it in 1984 to continuing my association over…
