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UGC approves 101 universities for online and distance learning in academic session 2025-26 The University Grants Commission (UGC) has officially recognized 101 universities and 20 Category-1 institutions to offer Open and Distance Learning (ODL) programmes for the academic year 2025-26, with the session beginning in July-August 2025. In addition, 113 universities have been approved to…
Accenture is cutting thousands of employees it cannot retrain for artificial intelligence work while simultaneously planning to grow its overall workforce, executives revealed during the company’s Q4 2025 financial results conference call, last week.“We are exiting on a compressed timeline, people where reskilling, based on our experience, is not a viable path for the skills…
Shaadi.com founder and Shark Tank India judge Anupam Mittal has shared two straightforward and powerful tips for aspiring enterprenures and founders. In a long post shared on LinkedIn, Mittal offered advice to those wondering, “How do I become a killer business guy?”—a question he says he’s often asked. Mittal’s answer? “Sell something. Anything.”The post titled,…
Taylor Swift clarified her absence from the Super Bowl halftime show, stating it wasn’t due to Travis Kelce but her intense focus on his games. She explained that her emotional investment in watching Kelce play makes her unable to consider her own performance during those moments. Swift also addressed rumors about Selena Gomez’s wedding, highlighting…
GURGAON: In a shocking incident, senior Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, holding the rank of additional director general of police (ADGP), allegedly died by suicide at his official residence in Chandigarh’s Sector 11 on Tuesday.According to preliminary information, Kumar reportedly shot himself at his government accommodation. The Chandigarh Police rushed to the spot after…
West Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee meets Khagen Murmu at the hospital (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday visited BJP MP Khagen Murmu at a private hospital in Siliguri, where he is being treated after being attacked in Nagarkata during his visit to flood and landslide-hit areas in north Bengal….
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Udit Raj on Tuesday said that Bihar opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav was not INDIA bloc’s chief ministerial face and the name for the top post would be decided collectively.“Tejashwi Yadav may be CM face for RJD but INDIA bloc’s CM face will be decided collectively,” he said.Tejashwi Yadav has not commented…
Ashwini Vaishnaw holds press briefing after Cabinet meet NEW DELHI: In a boost for nation’s infrastructure, the cabinet on Tuesday approved four railway projects worth Rs 24,634 in a meeting chaired by Prime minister Narendra Modi.The four projects, spanning 18 districts across Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Chhattisgarh, are set to expand the Indian Railways…
NEW DELHI: Popular folk singer Maithili Thakur is in the news ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, hinting at a possible political debut from her hometown Benipatti in Madhubani district. Thakur, who turned 25 this July, recently met BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde and Union minister Nityanand Rai, sparking speculation that she may contest…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission of India to provide it with details of 3.66 lakh excluded voters from the final electoral poll prepared under the Bihar special intensive revision (SIR). During the hearing, the poll body told the apex court that most of the names added to the final…
