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Nagpur: After a gap of 12 years, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to once again start On-Screen Marking (OSM), which could mean early and almost error-free evaluations. OSM is a digital system in which scanned answer sheets are evaluated by teachers on computers, with marks calculated automatically by software. CBSE, which has always pushed boundaries when it comes to adopting technology in its ecosystem, experimented with OSM in 2014 for Class 10, even though internet speed and connectivity were major issues back then. In Nagpur, the OSM centre was established at an educational institute in Wanadongri,…
Koderma: Two men from Bihar were arrested as police dismantled a spurious liquor manufacturing unit operating out of a closed poultry farm under Chandwara police station limits on Wednesday night.The raid, carried out by a team led by Shashi Bhushan Kumar, the officer-in-charge of Chandwara police station, was based on a tip-off. “The raid uncovered an organised syndicate involved in the large-scale production, bottling, and smuggling of spurious alcohol by copying prominent IMFL brands,” SP Anudeep Singh said on Thursday.The arrested men were identified as Kanhaiya Kumar and Gopal Singh. Kanhaiya is a resident of Patna while Gopal is a…
Varanasi: As part of a nationwide strike, power employees under the banner of Vidyut Karmachari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti, UP staged a protest at the office of the managing director of Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) in Bhikharipur area on Thursday.The employees protested against the proposed Electricity Amendment Bill 2026 and privatisation of the power sector. Addressing the gathering, union leaders said that handing over power distribution to private companies could lead to a reduction in subsidies and lifeline tariff benefits, making electricity unaffordable for poor and rural domestic consumers. They warned that granting new distribution licences to private players…
Kolkata: Unmapped voters across the state are set to have a last chance to submit documents before Saturday hearing deadline. But, 72 hours before the deadline, confusion prevails over the same.The problem arose on Thursday morning with BLOs of several constituencies reportedly receiving a form for field entry reports from supervisors meant for unmapped voters having no EC-notified documents to make it to the electoral roll. But in the evening, CEO Manoj Agarwal said he was in the dark about the form, which he termed “illegal”. The BLOs across the city and suburbs said EROs and AEROs asked them to…
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The setting: M.A. Chidambaram Stadium. The protagonist: Tim Seifert.Two chases, two wins, and two Player-of-the-Match awards — the common thread in New Zealand’s victories over Afghanistan and the UAE in Chennai has been its daredevil wicketkeeper-opener’s ballistic brilliance.True to his nickname ‘Bam Bam’, the 31-year-old muscled his way through the Afghan and Emirati bowlers in his first two outings of the ongoing T20 World Cup.While his 42-ball 65 against Rashid Khan’s men came when his side was under the pump (following Mujeeb Ur Rahman’s double-wicket second over), his unbeaten 42-ball 89 against the Middle Eastern nation made a 174-run chase…
Star Indian midfielder Hardik Singh has been appointed as the captain of the HIL Governing Council team for the men’s Hockey India League beginning in Chennai on January 3. HIL Governing Council will begin their campaign on January 5 against SG Pipers at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai. “I am grateful for this opportunity and I am looking forward it. It is always exciting to be in a leadership role and take the team along in both highs and lows through the season,” Hardik said in a release. “We have a strong mix of young players who had…
Armand Duplantis, of Sweden celebrates his victory and world record in the final of the men’s pole vault at the 15th Gyulai Istvan Memorial Track and Field Hungarian Grand Prix in the National Athletics Center in Budapest, Hungary, on August 12, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record with a clearance of 6.29 metres at the Hungarian Grand Prix meeting in Budapest on Tuesday, the 13th time he has set a new world mark as he continues to defy gravity.The double-Olympic champion maintained his tradition of improving on his previous record by…