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New Delhi: All but two textbooks for classes I to IX developed as per the new curriculum are now available, according to NCERT officials, who said the two pending ones will be released by next month. Part 2 of the class 9 social science and...

New Delhi: Google Wednesday unveiled the 2026 cohort of its Google for Startups Accelerator: India programme, selecting 20 AI-first startups from nearly 2,500 applications as it marks the 10th anniversary of its accelerator initiatives in the country. The new cohort reflects the rapid evolution of...

Jaipur: The Head of the Department (HoD) of Forensic Medicine at Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Medical College, Jaipur, Dr N.L. Disania died by suicide at his residence in the city's Khatipura area. He was a senior professor and one of the most respected faculty members...

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), along with police and central security forces, is conducting simultaneous raids at 20 locations across Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Bihar, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Gujarat, Telangana, and West Bengal in connection with a terror conspiracy case, officials said...

New Delhi: Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi have developed a fully operational Landslide Early Warning System (LEWS) for the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR), aiming to improve disaster preparedness by providing daily forecasts of landslide risks during the monsoon season through a...

Srinagar: A self-styled Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander was killed Wednesday in an anti-terror operation by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said. Security forces had launched the search operation in a dense orchard in the Meemandar area, which comprises seven villages, in the...

New Delhi: Enrolment in government schools fell by nearly 86 lakh between 2023-24 and 2025-26 while private unaided recognised schools added more than 88 lakh students during the same period, according to the UDISE 2025-26 report released by the Ministry of Education. UDISE+ (Unified District...

Kolkata: One of the key accused in the alleged rape and murder of a girl was killed in an encounter early Wednesday after he tried to "escape from police custody" during a crime scene reconstruction exercise, a senior officer said. The accused was taken to...

Washington: US has charged Lawrence Bishnoi, a gangster imprisoned in India, and his aide Satinderjeet Singh alias Goldy Brar for ordering the assassination of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada in November 2023. According to a federal indictment unsealed in Los Angeles Tuesday, Bishnoi...

New Delhi/Rayagada: Experts have written an open letter to various authorities raising concerns regarding the proposed Sijimali bauxite mining project by Vedanta in Odisha, saying it will have irreversible impacts on forests, biodiversity, wildlife habitats, water systems, and forest-dependent communities. The project, which involves mining...