In a significant development, the Supreme Court intervened to suspend the Calcutta High Court's order instructing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate alleged irregularities in teacher recruitments in West Bengal. This decision comes as a relief for the Mamata Banerjee-led government, which faced immense scrutiny and challenges following the high court's directive.
In the middle of May, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is anticipated to release the results of the board exams for Classes 10 and 12. The students will be able to check their results on the official website of the CBSE.
The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2024 results for Paper 1 (BE/BTech) of the January and April sessions were made public by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Sixty-six candidates, most of whom were from Telangana, passed the engineering entrance exam with a perfect score of 100. There were two exam sessions for the JEE Main 2024; the first was held on January 28, 29, 30, 31, and Februa...
The Hindu festival of Hanuman Janmotsav (Sanskrit: हनुमज्जयंती, romanized: Hanumajjayantī) commemorates the birth of Hanuman, a Hindu god and one of the main characters in the Ramayana. Every Indian state celebrates Hanuman Jayanti differently, depending on the period and customs. The holiday, known as Chaitra Purnima, is celebrated on the full moon day of the Hindu month of Chaitra in the majo...
Mohamed Muizzu, the president of the Maldives, may become more pro-China if his party, the People's National Congress (PNC), wins resoundingly in yesterday's parliamentary election on the island nation. 66 of the 86 seats for which results have been announced have been won by the PNC, which ran for 90 of the 93 seats in the Maldivian parliament, Majlis. In the House, this is more than a two-thi...
More than two years after signing a USD 375 million contract to provide the weapon systems to the Southeast Asian nation, India is scheduled to send the first batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to the Philippines on Friday, according to sources familiar with the situation. According to them, the missiles and launchers would probably be transported by an Indian Air Force military transp...
In today's hearing, the Supreme Court emphasized the paramount importance of maintaining the sanctity of the electoral process. Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta urged the Election Commission of India to elucidate the meticulous measures taken to uphold the integrity of elections. The court deliberated on petitions advocating for cross-verification of votes cast via Electronic Voting Ma...
Authorities in Alappuzha, Kerala said that there has been a report of a bird flu epidemic in two locations. They said that ducks raised in wards 1 and 3 of Edathva Grama Panchayat and Cheruthana Grama Panchayat, respectively, had been found to have bird flu. After samples of the ducks exhibiting bird flu symptoms were sent to a lab in Bhopal for analysis, the disease was officially identified.
The Ruang volcano in the region has erupted many times, spewing ash and lava clouds into the sky for days, forcing at least 800 people to be evacuated from the province of North Sulawesi in Indonesia, the country's volcanology service said on Wednesday. Almost 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Manado, the province seat, the volcano is situated on Ruang Island.
The Ayodhya Ram temple will be open for business for nineteen hours, commencing on Wednesday at 3.30 a.m. with Mangala Aarti and ending at 11 p.m. The temple's curtains will be drawn for five minutes for each of the four "bhog" offerings to the Lord. This is being done in honor of Ram Navami and in anticipation of the large number of worshippers that are anticipated in Ayodhya following the con...
In ancient Olympia, the place of the ancient Games, the sacred flame for the Paris 2024 Olympics will be kindled on Tuesday. The torch relay will be an epic journey that will take it from the Acropolis to the South Pacific.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha found herself in the judicial spotlight as a Delhi court extended her custody until April 23 in connection to a money laundering case linked to an alleged excise policy scam. Kavitha, daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, faced the court after the conclusion of her previous Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody.
The Supreme Court will hear Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's appeal against his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate today, with less than six weeks till the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi. In a case involving money laundering connected to Delhi's since-cancelled alcohol policy, the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was taken into custody on March 21. This comes after Kejriwal was refused reli...
The BJP's manifesto for the next Lok Sabha elections was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Known as 'Sankalp Patra', the manifesto titled 'Modi's Guarantee 2024' emphasizes the empowerment of women, youth, and the impoverished. GYAN, or schemes for the "Gareeb" (poor), "Yuva" (youth), "Annadaata" (farmers), and "Nari" (women), is the focus of the manifesto.
PM Modi shared a post on 'X', and he expressed serious concern about the stone-pelting attack on CM Jagan.