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…
Pune: Two boys, aged 12 and 8, drowned in a farm pond at Ballalwadi in Junnar taluka, about 95 km from Pune, on Tuesday.The bodies were brought out from the pond by a rescue team and Pune Rural police. They were later sent for post-mortem. The deceased have been identified as Soham Navale (12) and…
Dorset Osprey. Credit: Birds of Poole Harbour In 2017, conservationists began moving young ospreys from Scotland to Dorset. Five years later, the birds bred in southern England for the first time since 1847. A long-term study led by Bournemouth University (BU) has now shown why the project worked and how similar methods could help birds…
Shimla: Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu will address the people of Himachal Pradesh in a special Independence Day message to be broadcast on All India Radio, Shimla, at 8pm on Aug 14.The message will also be aired on FM Shimla, FM Hamirpur, FM Dharamshala and all relay centres of AIR Shimla.Sukhu’s recorded message will be…
9 years of Yogi government: How rural Uttar Pradesh was transformed into self-reliant villages Over the last nine years, the Yogi Adityanath government has pursued one of the most ambitious rural development programmes in Uttar Pradesh‘s history. Guided by the vision of “Atmanirbhar Gaon” (Self-Reliant Villages), the government has focused on improving rural infrastructure, expanding…
Bengal CM promises strictest action against those responsible for Murshidabad train accident KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday promised the “strictest possible action” against those responsible for the Murshidabad train tragedy that claimed three lives, including those of two school students, while asserting that negligence in the discharge of duty would not…
NEW DELHI: As the number of households benefiting from rooftop solar installations under the Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSG:MBY) nears 50 lakh, govt has begun deliberations to accelerate adoption and enhance the scheme’s impact in its second phase.The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) held a stakeholder consultation on Thursday, acknowledging…
Long before R Madhavan became an actor, he spent time in Canada as an exchange student — an experience that exposed him to a way of life vastly different from the one he had grown up with in India. From living with families who “slaughtered cows for a living” despite being a strict vegetarian to…
Sikkim recorded the highest incidence among Northeast states, with 374 dengue cases in 2024. Using the state’s revised population estimate, the dengue incidence was 57.9 per lakh. NEW DELHI: Climate change, deforestation, unplanned urbanisation and poor drainage are creating conditions for mosquitoes and other disease-carrying vectors to spread into new areas of the Northeast, a…
Sanjay Dutt has approached Rajkumar Santoshi to direct ‘Khalnayak Returns’, the sequel to his iconic 1993 blockbuster ‘Khal Nayak’. Santoshi confirmed that talks are underway, saying a collaboration is very much on the cards. Original director Subhash Ghai, who was moved by Dutt’s heartfelt letter from jail, will stay on as creative guide. ‘Khalnayak Returns’…
