A Ranchi-based commerce student has emerged as one of the biggest beneficiaries of the CBSE Class 12 re-evaluation process. After challenging her marks in English and Business Studies, Avani Kejriwal saw her score rise by 24 marks, taking her overall result from 95.2 per cent to a flawless 500 out of 500. The Central Board…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only JAIPUR: A senior teacher, Saraswati Meena, at the Government Senior Secondary School in Liwali village of Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district, was suspended by the state education department following serious complaints against her. Officials said locals had alleged that students were strip-searched after the teacher found that Rs 500 was…
Society loves to hand out strict timelines on when and how a family should start. Preity and Gene tossed that rulebook right out the window. In 2021, they welcomed their twins, Jai and Gia, via surrogacy. Beyond bypassing traditional timelines, they’ve been fiercely protective of their kids, strictly keeping their faces away from the flashing…
The National Testing Agency has cancelled the NEET-UG 2026 examination. NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented move affecting over 24 lakh aspirants, the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Tuesday cancelled the NEET-UG 2026 examination conducted on May 3, citing evidence gathered from multiple states that suggested significant overlap between pre-circulated “guess papers” and the actual question…
NEW DELHI: India and the US remained locked in a tense stand-off over attacks on vessels in Gulf of Oman, with US signalling no relief for Indian mariners caught in the crossfire of the US-Iran conflict.After having twice summoned the American envoy over US military strikes on foreign-flagged ships carrying Indian mariners, India further escalated…
MUMBAI: Even as IPO-bound startups are pitching their high growth models to investors to seek higher valuations, the latter are in no rush to buy into their proposals. In fact, investors are increasingly becoming choosy on the valuation front, said bankers, a dampener for startups such as Zepto which had been targeting a valuation of…
Oil markets opened sharply higher, surging past the $100 per barrel mark once again after US President Donald Trump announced that a blockade of Iranian ports would begin from Monday (local time).US crude oil or WTI skyrocketed 8% to $104.24 per barrel, while Brent crude, the global benchmark, soared 7% to $102.29 in early trading.The…
A Florida restaurant has launched one of the country’s most unusual food promotions, offering customers a free ‘python pizza’ if they bring in an invasive Burmese python captured during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge. The giveaway, introduced by Wildman’s Pizza in Everglades City, is designed to support efforts to remove the destructive snakes from the…
One thing we’ve realised is that couples don’t break because they disagree. They break because they stop feeling respected. It’s very easy to say something hurtful when you’re angry. And honestly, most of us have. We’ve all thrown in an unnecessary comment just to win the argument. The problem is, you may win the fight…
In a remote stretch of Ethiopia’s Afar Rift, something quietly unsettling has begun to emerge from the ground. Fragments of bone, scattered within ancient sediments, are being studied for what they might represent rather than what they obviously are. Among them are remains attributed to early Homo sapiens, dated to around 100,000 years ago, and…