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High pass percentage, marks in SSC exams not enough to ensure quality education, says official

Quality in education will be ensured when the mean, median and mode of the marks obtained by the students of a school surpass 70%, says School Education Principal Secretary Praveen Prakash

20 May 2024 2:51 am
IPL-17: IPL Wash out pushes Royals into the Eliminator

Sanju Samsons men, who once looked set to finish the Group Stage at pole position, will now meet Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Eliminator on Wednesday.

20 May 2024 2:51 am
Juergen Klopp encourages fans to embrace future after emotional finale at Liverpool

Klopp bade farewell to Liverpool having won 305 matches since joining the Reds in 2015. The team won seven trophies including the Champions League in 2019 and its first English League title in three decades in 2020.

20 May 2024 1:51 am
20 May 2024 1:21 am
A minor girl victim support scheme that loses its way

There are many gaps in the Scheme for Care and Support to Victims under Section 4 and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act

20 May 2024 1:15 am
BJP uses tribals as vote bank, then ignores them: TMC

Abhishek Banerjee claimed that the BJP government in Delhi prevented their own MP from working for the development of various tribal communities

20 May 2024 1:11 am
A towering hazard, the height of poor enforcement

Policies and guidelines lay down safety requirements for outdoor advertising infrastructure, but periodic enforcement of these standards in India is weak

20 May 2024 1:08 am
A refreshingly different way to engage with the IFP repository

The exhibition is on view between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. every day till May 31

20 May 2024 12:51 am
Action plan needed to bring down stray dog population

Data from Health Dept. show that around 2,094 dog bite cases were reported in government healthcare centres in Puducherry during March this year

20 May 2024 12:45 am
Ordinary men: On the AAP and the need for introspection

AAP needs to go by what it demands of other parties

20 May 2024 12:30 am
In Tamil Nadu, time for Congress to answer wake-up calls

The party needs to reassert itself before its political space shrinks further

20 May 2024 12:15 am
Talking peace: On Ukraine and the Switzerland organised peace conference

India must push for a more inclusive peace effort against the Ukraine war

20 May 2024 12:15 am
Sanjay Raut, Sharad Pawar make new claims on history of wrangling over Maharashtra CMs post

Sanjay Raut claimed that top NCP and BJP leaders had objected to Eknath Shinde being the Chief Minister in 2019

20 May 2024 12:12 am
Mamata threatening Hindu religious organisation for her vote bank says Modi

The controversy erupted after the West Bengal Chief Minister accused some monksof working for the interest of the BJP; Banerjee under the influence of Muslim fundamentalists, says Modi

20 May 2024 12:08 am
19 May 2024 11:43 pm
The link between modes of garbage disposal and CO2 emissions

A study calculates emissions from high-duty vehicles transporting over 12 tonnes of waste each. It puts emissions from the vehicles at 0.7375 kg of carbon dioxide a kilometre. The figure is based on the emission value and the number of trips in all 15 zones of Chennai

19 May 2024 11:42 pm
Manchester City win historic fourth straight Premier League title

Manchester City, who have now won six titles in seven years, is the only English team to have won four straight top-flight titles

19 May 2024 11:30 pm
As fear of stray dogs persists, GCC looks at stepping up sterilisation

The number of attacks has increased since 2019. According to government data, in the Saidapet Health Unit District, 29,026 dog bites were recorded till October 2023. The number was 31,299 the previous year, 29,186 in 2021, 23,303 in 2020, and 21,044 in 2019

19 May 2024 11:29 pm
Sports complex, park in Porur to be ready by July: CMDA

Bids for the pilot project for the development of OSR lands, planned with the Tourism and Environment, Climate change and Forests Departments, were floated in May 2023

19 May 2024 11:28 pm
Velachery from being a village to a bustling town

S. Kumararaja settled in Velachery in the 1980s. He describes how the locality became an Assembly constituency, driven by the rapid development of infrastructure

19 May 2024 11:28 pm
Shed urban apathy, vote in large numbers: EC

Ahead of fifth phase of polling on Monday, poll panel urges the electorate to vote with responsibility and pride; 49 seats across eight States and union territories, including Rae Bareli and Amethi, will go to polls

19 May 2024 10:53 pm
Rahul, Akhilesh exit U.P. rally as milling crowds create ruckus

After their request to pacify the crowd went in vain and chaos persisted, the duo left in a helicopter without delivering any speech

19 May 2024 10:45 pm
Who is Ebrahim Raisi, Irans president whose helicopter suffered a hard landing in foggy weather?

Irans hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi has long been seen as a protg to Irans supreme leader and a potential successor for his position within the countrys Shiite theocracy

19 May 2024 10:30 pm
Inflation, joblessness force BJP supporters to question their choice in eastern U.P.

Voters say the Narendra Modi government had only done enough to prevent them from sinking into complete destitution, but fell far short of the aspirations built around the PMs two terms

19 May 2024 10:14 pm
Telangana Peasants Armed Struggle as inspiring mass movement against feudal oppression, says former health minister of Kerala KK Shailaja

Former minister of Kerala accused Prime Minister Modi of resorting to false narratives against the INDIA bloc and making communal speeches during the ongoing Lok Sabha election campaign in the country

19 May 2024 9:56 pm
Another twist to Prajwal Revanna sexual abuse case with new audio leak

In the audio clip, Congress leader Shivarame Gowda is purportedly heard trying to convince BJP leader Devaraje Gowda to distribute pen drives containing obscene videos allegedly involving Prajwal

19 May 2024 9:52 pm
SIT inspects poll violence spots in Chandragiri Assembly constituency

The probe team examines FIR copies related to violence on Sri Padmavathi Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam campus and CCTV footage

19 May 2024 9:24 pm