Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh retained its last year’s position in the govt school performance index, scoring 579.9 out of 1,000 in 2025-26 as against 569.1 scored last year.States with scores ranging from 521-580 achieved the Akanshi 1 grade. Chandigarh became the first State/UT in the PGI 2.0 series to enter the top (Uttam) range, scoring 766…
Ahmedabad: Two RTO inspectors helped save the life of a seriously injured accident victim on the Limbdi-Ahmedabad Highway near Katariya village by ensuring he received medical attention during the crucial golden hour.RTO inspectors N D Upadhyay and S B Vaghasia were on duty when they came across the victim, who had suffered severe injuries, including…
Students take out rally till Collectorate in Sikar from Thedi village demanding a proper school building Jaipur/Sikar: Sikar district offers an unusually sharp before-and-after of what govt schooling in Rajasthan can look like — sometimes within the same week. At one end sits a village school built in 1957 that has never been repaired and…
NEW DELHI: BJP president Nitin Nabin Saturday reprimanded three Delhi MPs – Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, Yogender Chandolia and Kamaljeet Sehrawat – for visiting the residence of anti-Sikh riot convict Sajjan Kumar, who died Aug 20, to pay their condolences.The move comes amid the party’s preparations for the Punjab assembly elections.Kumar was a serving life sentence…
FBI lowers the hiring bar for the agency. The FBI used to reject anyone if they admitted that they had hired sex workers in the past, stolen from an employer, or engaged in acts of bestiality. But now, these factors are not immediate deal-breakers, CBS reported. The FBI is willing to give candidates a pass…
Diamond is celebrated as one of the hardest materials known, but new research shows that even its famously rigid structure can be dramatically altered by an impact travelling at hypersonic speed. Scientists have found that diamond particles embedded in a specially engineered ceramic composite can undergo a near-complete transformation into graphite during a collision lasting…
Walk carefully today, in body and in speech. The Sun provides you with pride and strength, however the Moon’s erratic position could cause the day to feel uncomfortable like a single unwise move could create unnecessary tension. Do not rush through the streets and don’t fumble to use tools or fumble with your opinions.There could…
New Delhi: A few months after multiple fire tragedies left dozens dead in the city, Delhi govt has tightened fire-safety checks by amending the related rules, which seek to end duplication of work between the fire department and the building plan sanctioning authorities.Govt has segregated structural and non-structural parameters for granting fire safety certificates (FSCs),…
Mumbai: The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) organised the ‘Futures of Mumbai’ symposium on Aug 29 at the Nalanda Learning Centre. The symposium examined if the city will endure its urban anxiety, climate pressures and transformation. Cyrus Guzder, the chairperson of the board of trustees at CSMVS told TOI, “A museum should be a…
Bengaluru: A two-year-old girl who unknowingly walked away from home while playing was rescued and reunited with her family by city police. The incident took place at Vrushabavatinagar in Kamakshipalya, west Bengaluru, Friday morning.Passersby noticed the child playing outside a hotel and, after realising she was alone, called police control room. “Assistant sub-inspector Prakash G…
