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Bengaluru: Cipla Foundation Wednesday announced a partnership with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to set up the Cipla Foundation Centre for Pulmonary Medicine at the Tata IISc Medical School. The facility will provide diagnostics, outpatient and inpatient care, a dedicated intensive care unit, and high-dependency services for the treatment of respiratory illnesses.The Centre for…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PTI image) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed shock over the deadly school shooting in Canada that claimed 10 lives and offered condolences to the victims’ families.In a post on X, PM Modi wrote, “Deeply shocked by the horrendous shooting in Canada. I extend my heartfelt condolences to…
Nine people were killed, and dozens were injured after a shooting at a school in Canada’s Tumbler Ridge. Police further confirmed that the gunman died from a “self-inflicted” injury.The Tumbler Ridge Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said officers responded to a confirmed active shooter situation at the school early Tuesday afternoon.In a press release issued…
UK police on Tuesday arrested a teenage suspect after two boys were stabbed at a school in northwest London, with counter-terrorism officers taking charge of the probe amid concerns over the circumstances of the attack.The suspect, believed to be 13, was arrested several hours after fleeing Kingsbury High School, where the stabbing took place just…
Joan Vassos, known from ‘The Golden Bachelorette’, revealed her daughter once dated NFL star Stefon Diggs. She shared they were close in high school, with Diggs frequently visiting her home. This comes as Diggs is reportedly dating rapper Cardi B, with whom he has a child and hints at a potential engagement. ‘The Golden Bachelorette’…
Aadhaar custodian UIDAI has completed mandatory biometric updates (MBU) for over one crore school children across 83,000 schools nationwide, according to an official statement.A child below five years can enrol for Aadhaar using photograph, name, date of birth, gender, address and birth certificate. However, fingerprints and iris biometrics are not captured at this stage as…
The latest UDISE+ series tabled in the Lok Sabha records a net fall of 18,727 government schools over five academic years — from 10,32,049 in 2020–21 to 10,13,322 in 2024–25. Taken at face value, this can be read as a simple contraction. It is not. The year-wise pattern is uneven and state-driven: The big shifts…
HM Sindhu S Nair staged a sit-in protest in front of the school KOLLAM: An aided school headmistress was barred from entering her workplace allegedly for wearing a churidar, prompting police intervention and protests by teachers’ organisations on Wednesday.The incident occurred at EVHSS, Neduvathur, in Kottarakkara, around 8.45 am when headmistress Sindhu S Nair was…
GHAZIABAD: The three sisters who died by suicide on Wednesday lived a childhood marked by deep isolation. The eldest, aged 16, was studying in Class 4, while her two half-sisters, aged 14 and 12, had also stayed away from school for years and were not homeschooled either.The girls rarely stepped out to play and had…
New Delhi: A promising gymnast from Madhya Pradesh, Ujair Ali, died after suffering a neck injury during the School Games Nationals in Kolkata, prompting his family to allege negligence and accuse officials accompanying the state contingent of abandoning the 16-year-old boy after admitting him to a West Bengal govt-run medical facility.Ujair, from Ujjain, died on…
