NEW DELHI: Even as it indicated a decline in underage marriage, data released as part of the National Family Health Survey-6 (2023-24) showed that 20.1% women – in the 20-24 age group – surveyed were married before 18 years, the legal age of marriage for women. This marks a decline of a little over three…
NEW DELHI: CBSE is planning to directly provide scanned answer sheets to Class 12 students through DigiLocker from 2027 along with the marksheets.This was stated by a senior official of the ministry of education on Friday, even as the national education board’s On Screen Marking (OSM) has come under scrutiny amid complaints of answer-sheet mix-ups,…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has turned down plea for fresh investigation into the international acquisition and transfer of animals to Vantara (Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre) at Jamnagar in Gujarat, saying the apex court appointed SIT, headed by retired SC judge J Chelameswar, had already given a clean chit and found no violation of…
NEW DELHI: In a bid to curb the “reserve and forget” habit among some high court judges, Supreme Court on Friday mandated a three month deadline for HCs to pronounce their verdicts, while also laying down that orders in bail cases must be passed immediately.After coming across a series of appeals against convictions in criminal…
NEW DELHI: Even as India faces energy disruptions due to the West Asia crisis, more trouble could be looming for the economy. IMD on Friday confirmed its forecast of ‘below normal’ monsoon rainfall this year while further downgrading the extent of rains during the June-Sept season, with a high probability of ‘deficient’ rainfall, also known…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh government’s Namami Gange and rural water supply department on Friday carried out large-scale transfers through a fully transparent and digital process aimed at eliminating corruption and human interference.Under the supervision of jal shakti minister Swatantra Dev Singh, officials and employees were allotted postings based on merit and preference in an open…
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday carried out searches at a dozen locations across four states in connection with the alleged smuggling of arms, ammunition and IEDs into the country from across Indo-Pakistan border, as part of a conspiracy to carry out terrorist attacks in Punjab, Delhi and other parts of India….
Rajesh Kumar Singh and Samir Kamat NEW DELHI: Defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh has been given additional charge of the posts of secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development, and chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) as the current DRDO chief Samir V Kamat is retiring.Singh will take over the additional responsibilities…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka’s soon-to-be chief minister DK Shivakumar‘s astrologer on Friday predicted that he would hold the top post for a long period of time.Astrologer Dwarkanath — on whom DKS relies heavily — said that he had given three dates for the Congress leader to take charge as the new chief minister.“I have given him…
NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) detected around 20 cases of answer-sheet mix-ups during the first-time implementation of its on-screen marking (OSM) system this year, while more than 13,000 answer sheets ultimately had to be evaluated manually due to scanning quality issues, government sources told PTI on Friday.The issue came to light…