NEET prep material chiefly in English; Gujarati loses ground | Ahmedabad News

Ahmedabad: Seven years ago, 60,000 students in Gujarat sat NEET in Gujarati. This year, fewer than 50,000 did. Educators attribute the trend to the growing preference for English-medium education, the dominance of English medical terminology, and the lack of Gujarati reference books and study material.Coaching institutes also report a shortage of teachers capable of teaching…

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‘Rajesh Khanna abused me, I was very upset,’ recalls veteran actor Tej Sapru: ‘I think his downfall came earlier because of that arrogance’ | Hindi Movie News

Veteran actor Tej Sapru has opened up about a memorable incident involving Rajesh Khanna, revealing that the Hindi cinema legend once unexpectedly abused him on a film set. He also clarified that Rajesh later apologised and made amends. Sapru described Khanna as a man of contradictions, someone who could be arrogant at the peak of…

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Sudden drop in altitude: Flyers injured as Air India’s Phuket-Delhi flight encounters turbulence | India News

Air India flight from Phuket to Delhi experienced turbulence-related event during cruise. (Photo: TOI) NEW DELHI: Some passengers and crew members onboard Air India’s Phuket-Delhi flight (AI 2379) suffered injuries when the aircraft encountered turbulence during descent at the destination on Tuesday morning, causing a sudden drop in altitude.An AI with medical support received the…

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Small tea growers seek devpt board | Kolkata News

Kolkata: The Confederation of Indian Small Tea Growers’ Associations (CISTA) has written to CM Suvendu Adhikari, urging him to set up a small tea growers’ development board. It has suggested that the board should have representatives from Tea Board, department of industry, commerce & enterprises, district administrations, and small tea growers. It has also requested…

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After months of tracking, volunteers found five leopard cats breeding in Changi’s forest, but Terminal 5 construction is forcing them to relocate |

For months, the forest around Changi was being watched after dark. More than 50 volunteers, working with conservation groups and Singapore’s National Parks Board, set up cameras, collected evidence and searched for signs of one of the country’s most elusive wild cats. What they found was more significant than a handful of fleeting sightings. By…

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‘BJP ignores Punjab’: CM Bhagwant Mann on high court chief justice appointment without state nod | Chandigarh News

“The BJP government at the Centre does not give any importance to Punjab,” CM Mann said BATHINDA: Expressing anger over the appointment of the chief justice of Punjab and Haryana high court without waiting for the Punjab government’s permission, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday said the state government had been asked for its…

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HC dismisses Om India Trust appeal against asset sale restraint order | Hyderabad News

Hyderabad: Telangana high court has dismissed an appeal filed by Operation Mobilization (OM) India Trust against an interim order that restrained the organisation from alienating its movable and immovable properties.A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice GM Mohiuddin, dismissed the appeal on the grounds of maintainability, ruling that the matter fell…

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