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Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices for domestic airlines rose by around 10 per cent on Tuesday as state-owned oil marketing companies rolled out a government-backed price stabilisation scheme that will allow carriers to lock in fuel rates for up to three years.Under the new regime, airlines opting into the scheme will pay a fixed ATF…
CBSE receives over 1.6 lakh re-evaluation requests as post-result verification process concludes NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has said that more than 1.6 lakh students successfully submitted applications through its verification and re-evaluation portal during the post-result grievance redressal process, marking the conclusion of a phase that had attracted significant public…
Astonishing research reveals bumblebees possess spontaneous problem-solving skills, a trait previously thought exclusive to a few advanced species. In a groundbreaking experiment, these insects ingeniously used a ball as a tool to reach a reward, demonstrating a remarkable understanding of cause and effect without any prior training or observation. This finding challenges long-held beliefs about…
NEW DELHI: India and the UK on Tuesday agreed to resolve the gaps so that the bilateral trade agreement can be implemented at the earliest.Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal held talks with UK secretary of state for business and trade Peter Kyle on addressing the ticklish issues as India has concerns over the steel…
NEW DELHI: Heads are likely to roll in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) as the education ministry has initiated an internal crackdown over alleged irregularities in a controversial tender process for the board’s digital evaluation ecosystem which was found to have vulnerabilities.Explanations provided by the CBSE, so far, on the tender issue have…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to carry out a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, ruling that the exercise fell within the constitutional and statutory authority of the poll body and was intended to safeguard the integrity of the electoral system.A Bench comprising Chief Justice…
Netizens have called out striking visual similarities between the new Body Roll music video and the acclaimed 2022 Netflix animated episode ‘Jibaro, from Alberto Mielgo’s ‘Love, Death + Robots’ Season 3. Just days after its release, the music video for ‘Body Roll’, a new collaboration between dancer-actress Nora Fatehi and rapper Honey Singh, has landed…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced the rollout of the proposed “Annapurna Bhandaar” scheme in the state, under which eligible women may receive Rs 3,000 per month directly into their bank accounts, as the party promised ahead of polls.The decision was taken during the first cabinet meeting of the new…
KOLKATA: BJP has gained in seats that have seen sizeable SIR deletions, irrespective of whether the quantum was higher than 25,000 people or lower.There were 169 assembly constituencies that went to the polls after the deletion of more than 25,000 names. In the 2021 assembly elections, Trinamool had bagged 128 of the 169 seats and…
NEW DELHI: Six passengers onboard SWISS Delhi-Zurich flight LX 147 of Sunday morning have been hospitalised after everyone on the aircraft had to be evacuated on the runway at IGIA using emergency slides. The Airbus A330 was on take off roll at about 1.08 am when its engine number one fails and then had a…
