New Delhi: Bihar is India’s most backward state according to a report, the Centre has said in parliament, and it has set off a new political controversy in the state in which the ruling BJP is part of the Nitish Kumar-led government. The government was responding to a question in the Lok Sabha by Rajeev…
New Delhi: Medical and dental courses in the country will have a 27 reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), 10 per cent for Economically Weaker Sections under the All India Quota Scheme for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Thursday. This will apply to…
New Delhi: The assembly of Aam Aadmi Party-ruled Delhi has passed a resolution against the appointment of former CBI officer Rakesh Asthana as the Delhi Police Commissioner. The resolution has sought a reversal of the appointment from the Union Home Ministry, which controls the Delhi Police. Mr Asthana got the…
HIGHLIGHTS Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during an earnings call said that video accounts for almost half of all time spent on Facebook. Zuckerberg also spoke about his vision of transforming Facebook into a metaverse company. Facebook reported a revenue of over $29 billion, an increase of 56 per cent from last year.…
India and Pakistan have more often than not had daggers out. However, love is something that always transcends boundaries. This is what Hina Khan’s Lines is all about. What happens when a man from Pakistan and a girl from Kashmir fall in love and get married? It’s not an easy affair, especially since the film is…
HIGHLIGHTS Two Olympic Games-related staff hospitalized: Tokyo Olympics organisers The cases are 1st known Covid-19 hospitalisations at pandemic-hit Games Organisers declined to provide further details on the two cases citing privacy concerns Tokyo 2020 spokesperson Masa Takaya on Thursday said that two Games-related…
HIGHLIGHTS China’s win denies both Ledecky and Australia’s Ariarne Titmus another gold medal China managed a time of 7 minutes, 40.33 seconds while the Americans claimed silver in 7:40.73. After winning both the 200m and 400m free individual titles, Titmus led off for Australia in the relay. China…
New Delhi: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s charge that Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra called him a “Bihari Gunda” thrice during a meeting has seeded an ugly row within the parliamentary group for IT. Mr Dubey raised his allegation in the Lok Sabha today and said he had not experienced anything like…
New Delhi: Ahead of a crucial Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh in a few months, the BJP is planning an outreach programme involving the seven leaders from the state who were inducted into the union cabinet in this month’s much-hyped reshuffle. Each of them – six from the BJP and Anupriya…
HIGHLIGHTS Ravi Shastri said Simone Biles need not have to explain her decision to anyone Biles withdrew from major Olympic finals, citing mental health concenrs Messages of support have been pouring in for Biles at Tokyo 2020 Messages of support have been pouring in for star American gymnast Simone Biles who…