India

New Delhi: Over three crore students of Bihar’s government school students will have to mark their attendance through facial recognition to curb attendance “fudging” and “corruption” in mid-day meal schemes...

Bhubaneswar: Following backlash on social media, popular e-commerce platform Meesho on Tuesday removed t-shirts, featuring the image of notorious gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. “We have taken immediate action to deactivate the...

New Delhi: India has taken the first step in its attempt to host the 2036 Olympics by shooting off a Letter of Intent to the Future Host Commission, International Olympic...

New Delhi: In a recently released guidelines, the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) has clarified that that a daughter’s name cannot be deleted from the list of family...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that states are not empowered by the Constitution to take over all privately-owned resources or properties to serve the “common good”. A...

New Delhi: The central government has sent a notice to Wikipedia—which endorses itself as a free online encyclopedia—citing several complaints of bias and inaccuracies on its web page. In the...

New Delhi: In a big relief to about 16,000-odd madrasas in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutional validity of Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004...

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Salman Khan has once again received a threat allegedly from the Larence Bishnoi gang. In the latest threat, the actor had reportedly been asked to either visit...

Thailand: In Thailand’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo, a pygmy hippo—Moo Deng—‘predicted’ that Republican candidate Donald Trump will win the 2024 US presidential election and defeat Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris. Believe...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Tuhin Kanta Pandey, 1987-batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre, was on Monday assigned the additional charge of Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). This comes almost two...