NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday removed CBSE chairperson Rahul Singh and secretary Himanshu Gupta from their posts with immediate effect and ordered a one-member inquiry into the procurement of the digital evaluation (on-screen marking) system.The appointments committee of Cabinet approved the appointment of Lokhande Prashant Sitaram, additional secretary in the ministry of home affairs,…
NEW DELHI: Fuelled by unusually warm waters in the Pacific, El Nino is rapidly developing and is set to impact global temperature and rainfall patterns, increasing risk of extreme weather in coming months, World Meteorological Organisation warned on Tuesday in an update that points to an “80% likelihood of El Nino forming in June-Aug”.This makes…
NEW DELHI: Foreigners who enter India on a visa valid for 180 days and wish to stay back beyond this period must now register with the competent authority prior to expiry of their visa, instead of the earlier norm which allowed them to register within 14 days of visa expiry, reportsThe Immigration and Foreigners (Amendment)…
NEW DELHI: Soon after the overhaul of index of industrial production (IIP) for the formal sector, govt machinery is preparing to enter the statistical blind spot of the vast informal economy. The statistics ministry is finalising plans to launch an entirely new index designed to measure monthly industrial production, specifically for the country’s vast informal…
NEW DELHI: India and the UK on Tuesday agreed to resolve the gaps so that the bilateral trade agreement can be implemented at the earliest.Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal held talks with UK secretary of state for business and trade Peter Kyle on addressing the ticklish issues as India has concerns over the steel…
Rupi Kaur (Image: Wikipedia) Few modern quotes circulate as widely as this one from Rupi Kaur. It appears in motivational posts, graduation speeches, recovery stories and personal reflections, often because it expresses something many people recognise from experience. The wording is simple. There is no complicated philosophy behind it, no long explanation attached. Yet it…
MUMBAI: On Tuesday, India slipped to the seventh spot in terms of stock market valuation as South Korea marched to sixth. In the last two years, India has slipped three places in the rankings after Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea overtook it, historical data showed.Nearly unabated foreign fund selling since Sept 2024 (when the…
Who is Jakub Mensik, a 20-year-old Czech star who got special tips from rival Novak Djokovic? Meet his girlfriend and coach ahead of French Open 2026 QF (via Josefina Catino/Instagram) Jakub Mensik continues his impressive run at the French Open 2026. The young Czech star is moving closer to one of the biggest milestones of…
MUMBAI: Billionaire banker-entrepreneur Uday Kotak on Tuesday prodded India Inc to invest for India’s future. Kotak’s warning came as the country is being looked at as a laggard in AI technology investments. This is the primary reason that India’s stock market has turned from being one of the most favoured among emerging markets to one…
Popular fighting game streamer LowTierGod, also known as LTG, has reportedly received a restraining order against the mother of his child after a recent civil court hearing. Reports say the streamer attended the hearing without a lawyer and was still able to convince the judge to grant the order. The news quickly spread online and…