Banks will remain closed today, July 17, in selected regions of the country on account of Muharram/Ashoora/U Tirot Sing day, according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines. Banks will remain closed in Agartala, Aizawl, Belapur, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla,…
Mumbai: The government will need to inject more funds in the education sector to bring in more public-private partnerships, encourage apprenticeship programmes, establish centres which are focused on crucial skillsets like AI and rollout better infrastructure for a stronger impact of the National Education Policy. âThe current 3.5% of GDP spending will not be sufficient…
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The âCandelabraâ hydrothermal vent on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge 3.3 km underwater, seen on June 26, 2011. In the past, scientists have found evidence of ancient life-forms in the precipitates around such vents. | Photo Credit: MARUM (CC BY 4.0) The origin of life on the earth is one of the worldâs most enduring mysteries. There…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath | Photo Credit: ANI Emphasising that there cannot be any justification for putting red marks on houses in areas adjoining Kukrail river revival project, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on July 16 assured residents that those involved in such an act will be held accountable. Mr. Adityanath met…
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal | Photo Credit: ANI Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal announced on Tuesday that he would abide by an Akal Takht summons and appear before the highest Sikh temporal seat to answer allegations by a rebel group of the SAD that he âcompromised Panth (Sikh community)…
Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters A tunnel was discovered under the house of an alleged fake gold dealer in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. The police said that a gang led by Saddam Sardar had been selling fake gold idols to people over the past 15 years in…
Image used for representative purpose only | Photo Credit: The Hindu Tram enthusiasts in Kolkata are preparing to petition West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and intensify their public campaign after news emerged that her government wanted to shut down the tram except for one route for the purpose of tourism. While there is no…
Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule. | Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre BJP Maharashtra president Chandrashekhar Bawankule said on July 16 it is not clear whether Sharad Pawar and the Congress leaders support the reservation to the Maratha community under the Other Backward Class category. He said that State Minister and prominent OBC leader Chhagan Bhujbalâs initiative to…
Two more persons, including a key accused, were by the CBI on Tuesday in the NEET-UG paper leak case. The key accused allegedly stole the paper from a National Testing Agency`s trunk in Hazaribagh in Jharkhand. As per the PTI report, he has been identified as Pankaj Kumar alias Aditya, a 2017-batch civil engineer from…
