Will examine if cut-off reduction for NEET-PG affects quality of education: SC

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday said it would examine whether the sharp reduction in the qualifying marks for NEET-PG 2025-26 affects the standard of postgraduate medical education. A bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe made the remarks while hearing a batch of petitions challenging the reduction in the percentile cut-off for the current academic year. "Adversely affecting the quality of education is what we are concerned about...

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Bangladesh President alleges Yunus bid to oust him

Muhammad Yunus

Dhaka: Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin has alleged that former interim government head Muhammad Yunus attempted to remove him from office several times, days after the new Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) administration took charge. In an interview with leading Bangla newspaper Kalerkantha published Sunday, the President said during the past 18 months of interim government rule, he was "nowhere in discussion, but several plots were hatched against me". Shahabuddin said he received...

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Keeping watch on development around IDFC First Bank fraud; ‘not systemic issue’: RBI Guv

Sanjay Malhotra

New Delhi: Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra Monday said the central bank is keeping a watch on the development around Rs 590-crore alleged fraud at IDFC First Bank, and assured “it was not a systemic issue". Private sector IDFC First Bank had Sunday disclosed a Rs 590-crore fraud committed by certain employees and others at a particular branch in Chandigarh in a specific set of Haryana state government accounts. "We are...

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EC to discuss sharing tech, EVMs, rolls with state poll panels

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New Delhi: The Election Commission will discuss sharing technology with state poll panels, mandated to hold municipal and panchayat elections in states, at a conference here Tuesday. The conference is being held after a gap of 27 years. The last such conference was held in 1999. State Election Commissioners of all states and Union Territories will participate along with their legal and technical experts. At the round table conference EC is...

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Nadda inaugurates liver transplant unit at AIIMS Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: Union Health and Family Welfare Minister JP Nadda Monday officially inaugurated the Liver Transplant Unit and formally launched the Advanced Robotic Surgery System at AIIMS Bhubaneswar. During the virtual launch, Nadda said these new facilities would significantly strengthen the healthcare infrastructure and elevate the quality of healthcare delivery, enabling access to advanced, world-class, life-saving treatments for...

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Bangladesh President alleges Yunus bid to oust him

Dhaka: Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin has alleged that former interim government head Muhammad Yunus attempted to remove him from office several times, days after the new Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) administration took charge. In an interview with leading Bangla newspaper Kalerkantha published Sunday, the President said during the past 18 months of interim government rule, he was...

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Armed group in Nigeria kills 38 people, abducts others during attack

Abuja (Nigeria): Police in Nigeria say 38 people were killed and others were abducted in an attack last week in northwestern Zamfara state. Authorities received intelligence before the attack Thursday, but a lack of road access prevented police from reaching the area in time, state police spokesperson Yazid Abubakar told The Associated Press. "By the time we...

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EC to discuss sharing tech, EVMs, rolls with state poll panels

New Delhi: The Election Commission will discuss sharing technology with state poll panels, mandated to hold municipal and panchayat elections in states, at a conference here Tuesday. The conference is being held after a gap of 27 years. The last such conference was held in 1999. State Election Commissioners of all states and Union Territories will participate...

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T20 World Cup: Zimbabwe opt to bowl against West Indies

Mumbai: Zimbabwe skipper Sikandar Raza won the toss and decided to bowl first against West Indies in their T20 World Cup Super Eights fixture Monday. Richard Ngarava replaced Wellington Masakadza in the playing eleven, while Romario Shephard came back in place of Roston Chase in the West Indies team for this game. Teams: West Indies: Brandon King,...

India launches its first counter-terrorism policy ‘Prahaar’

New Delhi: The government Monday unveiled the country's first counter-terrorism policy, ‘Prahaar’, setting out a multi-layered strategy based on "zero tolerance", intelligence-led prevention and disruption of extremist violence that aims to deny terrorists, their financiers and supporters access to funds, weapons and safe havens. The policy unveiled by the home ministry is based on seven key pillars...

 

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