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Volodymyr Zelenskyy (AP photo) TOI Correspondent from Washington: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said in an interview to Fox News that he thinks “India is mostly with us” and that he hopes US President Donald Trump will be able to convince New Delhi to stop purchasing Russian oil. “Yes, we have these questions with energy,…
NEW DELHI: The central govt brass is of the opinion that Wednesday’s violence in Ladakh was premeditated and deliberate, and not a natural outburst.The violence, which left four people dead, came even as Centre had already scheduled a meeting of the high-powered committee on Oct 6 with the Apex Body, Leh (ABL) and Kargil Democratic…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission now requires an applicant seeking fresh enrolment or inclusion/exclusion of a voter from the electoral roll via online mode to mandatorily verify his identity through OTP-based Aadhaar authentication.While online applications related to the electoral roll – through Form 6 (fresh enrolment), Form 7 (objection to inclusion/exclusion of voter in roll) and…
NEW DELHI: CBSE will conduct class X and XII board exams from February 17 next year, officials announced Wednesday, unveiling a tentative date sheet for the country’s largest school-level examination exercise. In a significant first, the class X exam will be held twice in the same academic year.CBSE examination controller Sanyam Bhardwaj said the class…
NEW DELHI: With Supreme Court scheduling day-to-day final hearing from November 12 on petitions seeking lowering of age of consent from 18 to 16 years, amicus curiae and senior advocate Indira Jaising said on Wednesday adolescents, who are attaining puberty sooner than ever, can give mature consent for sexual relationships.With a host of interveners supporting…
Canadian foreign minister Anita Anand NEW DELHI: After PM Narendra Modi’s meeting with counterpart Mark Carney in June this year, India and Canada seem set take another decisive step forward to normalise the relationship in the form of a likely visit next month to New Delhi by Canadian foreign minister Anita Anand. This will be…
Ghulam Nabi Azad (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Wednesday announced biennial polls to four Rajya Sabha berths from J&K and bypoll to a seat from Punjab. Polling for these seats will be held on October 24.The four RS seats from J&K have been vacant since Feb 2021. The UT was under President’s…
NEW DELHI: India’s medical education system is set for its biggest expansion yet, with the Cabinet on Wednesday approving the creation of 5,000 new postgraduate seats and 5,023 MBBS seats in govt institutions. It also cleared the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research’s (DSIR) Capacity Building and Human Resource Development scheme with an outlay of…
NEW DELHI: A new batch of 8-10 cheetahs will arrive in India either from Botswana or Namibia in Dec while another batch equal in number is expected from Kenya next year, environment ministry officials said on Wednesday.They said though govt has been in talks with all three countries, Botswana and Namibia are in the priority…
Abhishek Sharma’s blazing 37-ball 75 powered India into the Asia Cup final with a 41-run win over Bangladesh in Dubai. (ACC Photo) TimesofIndia.com in DUBAI: After the match vs Pakistan, India captain Suryakumar Yadav had called Abhishek Sharma “selfless” and pointed out one of his qualities — that he also knows how to score runs…
