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Maha may give weightage to Class 12 marks for engg admission from ‘27-28Mumbai: The state govt is considering giving weightage to Class 12 marks in engineering and pharmacy admissions following a series of allegations over discrepancies between students’ Class 12 and CET scores.In a letter to the higher and technical education department, the state’s CET Cell has urged the govt to constitute an expert panel to review the eligibility criteria for the admissions based on MHT-CET scores. An official from the cell said they had pointed out to the department that the current criteria used to draw the merit list…
TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains a mention of deathThe Punjabi entertainment industry has been left shocked by the death of singer and lyricist Baljeet Singh. The artist was reportedly found dead at his residence in Ludhiana, with police launching an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death. The incident has sent shockwaves through the local community and the regional music fraternity.Police investigation underwayAccording to a News18 Punjab report, police were alerted on Thursday, September 3, after residents reported a foul smell coming from the artist’s house in Sudhar Patti Dhaliwal village in Ludhiana.After entering the residence, police reportedly found Baljeet…
Jake Dyson today, at the Dyson Unveiled event in Berlin, on the sidelines of IFA 2026, unveiled the next generation of Dyson products. The new range includes the brand-new Dyson CameraJet that has been making waves on Instagram lately, new HushJet air purifiers, the Dyson W1 PencilWash, Corrale CoolShine, Airsmooth and more. Here’s everything you need to know about Dyson’s latest products.Dyson CameraJet is a smart toothbrush with a built-in camera that detects gaps and delivers targeted mouth rinse for better cleaning. (Shaurya Sharma – Hindustan Times)Shaurya Sharma is the Technology Editor at Hindustan Times Digital Streams, where he oversees…
India’s latest Gross Domestic Product numbers seem impressive. Growth exceeded RBI’s own estimate of 7% for the April-June quarter. How did this happen? Aren’t ongoing wars, tariffs, geopolitical uncertainty having an impact? Let’s dive in. Source link
Quote of the day by Stephen Hawking Few questions have occupied the human mind for quite as long as why the universe exists, and whether human life actually has any real purpose. For centuries, people have approached these questions through religion, philosophy and science, often arriving at genuinely very different conclusions. Stephen Hawking, one of the world’s best-known theoretical physicists, approached them through his own understanding of cosmology and the laws actually governing the universe. This particular passage appears in his final book, Brief Answers to the Big Questions, published in 2018 shortly after his death, compiled from a lifetime…
Donald Trump’s portrait has made its way on to a US coin – the latest move by the president to put his personal stamp on American institutions.On Wednesday, the US Mint launched the $1 (£0.74) coin with a portrait of Trump alongside the words “Liberty” and “In God We Trust”, to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary.The Mint said the coins, which are being marketed as a collectable, were not being put into circulation for daily use.The law bans living presidents from appearing on US currency, but a design clause in legislation for the anniversary was used to overcome this.The coins -…
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins evaluates the AstroRad vest onboard the International Space Station, July 17, 2022. | Photo Credit: 2s0ckz (CC BY-SA) Despite their best efforts to settle the moon and later Mars, humans may never become a spacefaring species, more than a few experts have said over the years. An important reason for this view is radiation. The earth has a magnetic field that keeps harmful radiation at bay, but astronauts who fly beyond this field are at risk of developing cancer and other serious health problems.A common fix for this problem has been to add more shielding for…
Nestled in the Wet Mountains of Colorado, at an elevation of 9000, is the world’s largest one-man project, The Bishop Castle. From 1969 to 2019, the monument was constructed by one man, all by himself, James Roland Bishop, also known as Jim Bishop, the Castle Builder, according to the website.Laying the foundationJim Bishop had always been captivated by the majestic mountains rising up to the southwest of Pueblo, where he grew up. One fine day in 1959, while he was riding bicycles with friends along a mountain road in the San Isabel National Forest, Jim found a small slice of…
Donald Trump has hinted he would not come to the UK’s aid in a potential future conflict with Argentina over the Falkland Islands.In an interview with GB News, the US president said that Britain had “not been there to help me” with his country’s war with Iran, despite later saying his military did not need any support.Trump’s latest remarks come after he previously said the US could revise its neutral position on the islands’ sovereignty if the UK failed to increase defence spending.Argentinian President Javier Milei is due to make a televised statement on Thursday night about what he describes…
The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) will lift restrictions on Russian riders and officials starting Oct. 5 and once again allow international competitions to be held in Russia, the governing body has said. Russian and Belarusian riders have been barred from representing their countries under their national flags at FEI events since March 2022, though some have competed as neutral athletes. The FEI said the decision followed the International Olympic Committee’s move in July to provisionally lift its suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC). Russia’s equestrian federation said Wednesday that the FEI Council had approved the move after what it described as extensive negotiations between…