NEW DELHI: Swinging into action, the government on Tuesday transferred the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) two top officials amid a row over the board’s new On-Screen Marking (OSM) system.CBSE chairman Rahul Singh and secretary Himanshu Gupta have been transferred, while a committee has been constituted to probe the procurement of the OSM facility.(This…
NEW DELHI: With fuel prices seeing a third hike within just 10 days, Congress on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dubbing him “Mehengai Man” Modi and accusing the Centre of prioritising oil companies over ordinary citizens.The attack came after petrol, diesel and CNG prices were raised again early Saturday.In a…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni shared a light-hearted moment at the G7 summit that quickly went viral, with Meloni saying that they are “the most famous couple on Instagram.”As leaders assembled for the traditional group photo, Meloni greeted Modi with “Nice to see you again.” When Modi appeared…
Children absorb far more from what parents do than from what they say. If parents want calm, honesty, empathy, and resilience, they have to live those qualities in daily life. They need to show how to apologize, how to handle disappointment, how to disagree without cruelty, and how to recover after a hard day. This…
Sometimes, all it takes is one photo. This week, Zoho co-founder and Chief Scientist Sridhar Vembu found himself at the centre of an online conversation after a picture of him travelling on Japan’s Shinkansen bullet train went viral. There were no flashy headlines attached to it. No product launch. No keynote speech.He was simply sitting…
TCS chairman N Chandrasekaran made it clear at the company’s 31st Annual General Meeting (AGM) that India’s largest software company has no layoff plans. He also stressed that the company will continue to hire, but yes, days of massive campus hiring may be over. “There is no downsizing of staff. That is not planned at…
Africa’s top public health agency has declared an Ebola outbreak in the eastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with 246 cases and 80 deaths reported so far, mainly in the gold-mining towns of Mongwalu and Rwampara.The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said preliminary laboratory tests conducted at…
Chennai Super Kings (LSG) registered their third straight win in IPL 2026 after defeating Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by five wickets at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday, with Urvil Patel leading the chase through a 23-ball 65.Urvil’s innings included the joint-fastest fifty in IPL history, as he reached the landmark in just…
The most emotional moment of Wimbledon 2026 did not occur during the final, but at the trophy presentation ceremony. Linda Noskova, the new tournament champion, could barely hold back tears as she remembered her mother, who passed away in 2024 after a long battle with cancer. Her words moved the entire Centre Court, bringing tears…
Representative image (AI generated) BENGALURU: Industry’s growing role in scientific publishing is helping researchers generate novel ideas across a range of disciplines, but it may also be steering science away from “blue skies research”, curiosity-driven investigations pursued without immediate commercial objectives, which have historically produced some of science’s most unexpected discoveries.From Zorawar tank to laser…