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Students' well-being dips sharply in senior classes in India: Report

MUMBAI, Aug. 22 -- Well-being among school students in India plummets sharply as they move into the senior classes, with the number of students reporting high overall well-being dropping from 62% in G... Read More


Top court relaxes judicial service entry norms, introduces structured training

New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- The Supreme Court on Friday revised its eligibility criteria for selection of judicial officers at the lowest rung by reducing the three-year mandatory legal practice rule to jus... Read More


SC seeks permanent mechanism to fix OSM evaluation glitches

New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to file a response by Monday regarding a permanent mechanism to fix On-Screen ... Read More


The promise and peril of the global city in our times

India, Aug. 22 -- In 1972, S Rajaratnam, Singapore's first minister of foreign affairs, delivered a prescient speech entitled "Singapore: Global City". Drawing on Arnold Toynbee's Cities on the Move (... Read More


State of southern discomfort

India, Aug. 22 -- Government-to-government meetings are typically sober affairs focussed on the minutiae of administration. But in recent years, meetings of the southern zonal council have grabbed hea... Read More


A new playbook for sports governance

India, Aug. 22 -- The enactment of the National Sports Governance Act 2025 and the subsequent notification of the National Sports Board (NSB) and National Sports Tribunal (NST) Rules in 2026 mark a co... Read More


Democratic transmission of street-to-statute is breaking

India, Aug. 22 -- This summer, across India, the same pattern of protest emerged with almost nothing but method in common. Marina Beach in Chennai filled with NEET protesters, aspirants gathered at pu... Read More


UP Cong vows to take Ram Temple donation case to villages

LUCKNOW, Aug. 21 -- The Uttar Pradesh Congress on Thursday announced to take the Lord Ram Temple donation theft case across villages in state under a campaign "Jo Ram ke na huye wo aap ke kya honge" (... Read More


Auto driver murdered over honking; four SUV-borne men arrested

LUCKNOW, Aug. 21 -- The death of a 25-year-old auto-rickshaw driver under suspicious circumstances triggered a protest at Kumhravan crossing in the Mahigawan area on Thursday, with his family alleging... Read More


Affordable power critical as state's demand on steep rise: Goel

Lucknow, Aug. 21 -- State's peak demand could cross 40,000 MW by 2030 and 50,000 MW by 2034, making reliable and affordable power a key priority, said Ashish Goel, IAS, additional chief secretary, Add... Read More