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New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who is facing demands for his resignation from protesters and the opposition over the NEET issue, is likely to remain in the Cabinet as the top hierarchy of the government is convinced that he cannot be blamed for the leak of the examination papers, a senior government functionary said.The government is also ready for serious engagement with the protesters led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and suggested that no one should be rigid about the “venue” of the meeting as insisted by CJP, the functionary said.Also Read: Pradhan meets Birla as govt…

Vijayawada: In the wake of Andhra Pradesh reporting sporadic covid cases across the state, the state government stepped up the Covid-19 preparedness by directing all government hospitals to remain on high alert.As part of the measures to handle the rising Covid-19 cases and ensure treatment for the patients at the government hospitals, the government has readied 255 dedicated beds in all 17 teaching hospitals, while secondary hospitals have also been instructed to earmark beds based on local requirements.Teaching hospitals currently have 6.78 lakh triple-layer masks, while another 5.26 lakh masks are available in central drug warehouses. In addition, 58,790 N95…

For this, a provision of Rs 5 crore has been made for the scheme in the 2026-27 financial year.Lucknow: The state cabinet approved the establishment of Indian Knowledge Tradition Research Chair in state universities and colleges to promote India’s rich intellectual and cultural heritage.According to the proposal, state universities and colleges that are over 50 years old and have a student strength of 5,000 and above will have research chairs named after eminent Indian thinkers, philosophers, scholars and visionaries.For this, a provision of Rs 5 crore has been made for the scheme in the 2026-27 financial year. The research chairs…

Shilpa Shetty’s premium restaurant chain, Bastian, has long been one of Mumbai’s most talked-about dining brands. The business grabbed widespread attention last year after author Shobhaa De claimed that one of its Mumbai outlets earned between Rs 2 crore and Rs 3 crore in a single night. While Shilpa later rejected those figures, her husband and businessman Raj Kundra has now opened up about the company’s growth, revealing that despite its success, neither of them takes money out of the business for personal use.During a conversation with Jai Madaan, Raj spoke about the role Vastu plays in their business decisions,…

RBI | Photo Credit: Reuters Indian economy has navigated well the external uncertainties and supply chain pressures, underpinned by healthy demand conditions and resilient performance of the industrial and services sectors, according to a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) bulletin.“The global economy is dealing with uncertain economic environment, supply chain disruptions and fragmented trading relationships. Amidst these uncertainties, India remains among the fastest growing major economies across the globe and has been able to sustain the momentum in economic activities through June,” senior officials said in RBI Bulletin July edition, which was released on Wednesday.Highlighting that both industrial and services…

Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, doubled down on his support for the international criminal court on Wednesday, a day after calling on federal authorities to execute the court’s warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest should he visit the city in the fall.“I call on the federal government to join the international criminal court and to execute both this warrant as well as any warrant the international criminal court holds,” Mamdani told reporters at a press conference on Wednesday.Those remarks came less than 24 hours after Mamdani called the Israeli prime minister a “war criminal” who is “not welcome in…

Hindi and Tamil differ in far more than just vocabulary. Languages differ in how they are organised, and these differences are not spread evenly around the world. In some regions, neighbouring languages like Basque and Spanish differ dramatically from one another. In others, they share many of the same features, like Tamil and Kannada.A new study by researchers from Europe and Japan has found human history itself gives shape to the pattern. After analysing thousands of languages alongside genetic data from populations around the world, the researchers found that places that were relatively isolated for a long time tended to…

The Speaker ordered Assembly marshals to remove Kunal Ghosh from the House NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Kunal Ghosh was suspended from the West Bengal Assembly for the remainder of Wednesday after he disrupted proceedings by interrupting rebel TMC Chief Whip Akhruzzaman during a debate on the Home and Hill Affairs budget.The suspension came after marshals forcibly escorted Ghosh out of the House when he refused to return to his seat despite repeated directions from the Speaker.The dramatic scenes unfolded amid an escalating power struggle between rival factions within the TMC legislature party.Marshals remove Ghosh after disruption in HouseThe…

The bus fare cap in England will revert to £2 from January, new prime minister Andy Burnham has announced.The government says the policy, which is expected to cost more than £500m, will “help with the cost of living and give people the breathing space they need”.At the start of last year, the England-wide bus fare cap rose to £3 under Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government, although in Liverpool and Manchester fares were held at £2.Burnham said affordable transport links were an essential, adding: “Lower fares will help people get to where they need to.”The measure gives people “a little bit…

A European naval mission boarded a Russia-linked oil tanker suspected of sailing under a false flag this week, the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas said Wednesday. Personnel operating under the Mediterranean naval initiative Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI boarded the MV South Star on Monday for “flag verification,” Kallas wrote in a post on X. “We’re turning up the pressure on Russia’s shadow fleet,” she said, referring to vessels with opaque ownership used to skirt Western sanctions against Russia. The EU’s naval force mission confirmed its crew boarded the sanctioned tanker in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Both Kallas and…