New Delhi, 1/9: Referring to NIOS’ claim of coming up with the first virtual school already in 2021, the Delhi government on Thursday said that its Delhi Model Virtual School which will teach classes 9 to 12 will be strictly online with no parallel or hybrid approach to it. The National Institute of Open Schooling…
New Delhi, 1/9: India’s unemployment rose to a one-year high in August, as the economy’s world-beating growth failed to translate into increased employment opportunities, according to a private research firm. Jobless rate increased to 8.28 per cent last month, data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt. showed Thursday. That’s the highest since…
New Delhi, 1/9: Since the very beginning of Twitter, users have been praying for the ‘edit’ feature. Millions of users have faced the embarrassing situation due to phone keypads’ autocorrected words in their tweets hurting their reputations on social media platforms. Even President Donald Trump too was in a similar spot over the infamous typo…
Ranchi, 1/9: A UPA delegation on Thursday told Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais that it was shocked over “selective leaks” on Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s disqualification as a legislator. The UPA delegation, in a representation to Bais, said such leaks created chaos, confusion, and uncertainty. It also asked the governor to clear the…
New Delhi, 1/9: As the G-23 or change-seekers plan to step up pressure ahead of Congress presidential polls, demands for taking action against senior leaders Bhupinder Hooda and Prithviraj Chavan have been made for their meeting with Ghulam Nabi Azad, days after the latter quit the party, and attacked the leadership. Hooda on Thursday…
New Delhi, 1/9: An Indian-American man has been racially abused by a compatriot in the US state of California who hurled racist slurs that he is a “dirty Hindu” and a “disgusting dog,” days after another hate crime was reported against four women from the community in Texas. Krishnan Jayaraman was verbally attacked by…
New Delhi, 1/9: A few months ago, when India restricted wheat exports following a heatwave, rumbles ran through the world’s food markets. Still, while India is a giant consumer of wheat, it’s not as big an exporter. The real fear was that New Delhi might cut off rice shipments as well: India is the world’s…
New Delhi, 1/9: A SpiceJet flight that took off for Nashik in Maharashtra from the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on Thursday morning returned midway to the city due to an ‘autopilot’ snag, a DGCA official said. The Boeing 737 aircraft landed safely, he said. “SpiceJet B737 aircraft VT-SLP, operating flight SG-8363…
Beijing, 1/9: The United Nations released a bombshell report into serious human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region late Wednesday, saying torture allegations were credible and citing possible crimes against humanity. The report, in the making for around a year, was released in Geneva at 11:47 pm (2147 GMT) on Wednesday — just…
