Sadio Mané scored the winning spot kick to start the celebrations and make up for missing a penalty in the seventh minute of the game Senegal players celebrate after winning the Africa Cup of Nations | Photo Credit: Reuters Sadio Mané scored the winning spot kick to start the celebrations and make up for…Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: The first Central University Common Entrance Test (CUCET) for admissions to 42 central universities will be held in 13 languages between June and July. The exam — being held for the first time — will be based on the existing senior secondary syllabus of various boards. The ministry of education will issue the…Continue Reading
New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed setting up a digital university on the ‘hub-and-spoke’ model and expansion of ’one class-one TV channel’ programme through 200 channels for providing supplementary education in regional languages in schools. The overall financial allocation for the education sector for 2022-23 has increased to Rs 1.04 lakh crore — said…Continue Reading
NEW YORK: Oil touched $90 a barrel for the first time in seven years on Wednesday, supported by tight supply and rising political tensions in Europe and the Middle East that raised concerns about further disruption in an already-tight market. Brent crude rose $1.67, or 1.9 per cent, to $89.87 by 10:40 a.m. EST (1540…Continue Reading
Soon, the Jammu and Kashmir Police will become the first police force in the country to be equipped with American assault rifles and pistols. In a bid to modernise the cops in Kashmir Valley, the Jammu and Kashmir Police recently floated tenders on the online GeM portal. It issued tenders for 500 Sig Sauer-716 rifles and…Continue Reading
WhatsApp notifications are all set to get interesting. In 2022, the instant messaging application is all set to release its latest feature for Apple iOS beta users. The new feature will allow users to view the sender’s profile pictures in the system notifications. It is likely to be implemented for all at a later stage.…Continue Reading
By 2025, 5G networks are expected to cover one-third of the worlds population, and South Korea, China and the US are the countries which would lead the world in developing and deploying 5G technology. Will India be finally able to join the global 5G bandwagon this year? Reports surfaced late last month that 5G spectrum…Continue Reading
The new variant of coronavirus, Omicron, has begun to take its toll on India as first case of death related to it seems to have been detected in the state of Maharashtra. The victim, who is a 52-year-old man, had died of a heart attack on Tuesday at Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s Yashwantrao Chavan…Continue Reading
For the first time in the last 30 years, the number of active terrorists has come down to less than 200, security forces in Jammu and Kashmir claimed on Thursday. They also said that out of those active terrorists, 86 are local, while the rest are foreigners. The Jammu and Kashmir Police informed that 128…Continue Reading
It’s longstanding tradition for first ladies to visit Children’s National Hospital at Christmas time, but Joe Biden’s visit on Friday was a surprise. It marked the first time that a sitting president had joined the fun, the White House said. It wasn’t the only tradition that the president joined in on Friday. Jill Biden answered…Continue Reading