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Dr Kasturirangan said the NEP provides an integrated yet flexible approach towards education and emphasis is given in the policy to the aspect of holistic, multi-disciplinary education as a foundational component at all levels of education.

Tope also urged the Centre to carry out free COVID-19 vaccination in the country.

Ahead of the key meet on Saturday, all members of the IICF and the architect who made the map of the mosque have been called to Lucknow. Hussain informed that those who will not be able to come to Lucknow for the meeting will be connected virtually.

Singhu, which has emerged as the centre of the agitation, has had a constant influx of resources both in cash and in kind. Over the days, good samaritans, gurdwara committees and NGOs have made large donations as well as pooled technological resources to...

The crime bureau chief said that Yuvraj had allegedly taken Rs 10 crore from an educationist-turned politician from north Karnataka on the pretext of promising him to help procure a ticket to contest the upcoming Belagavi bypolls.

Officials said a slew of measures taken up by the Railways ensured that despite the nationwide lockdown, operational services remained undisrupted.

>An organisation of the teachers of Visva-Bharati on Wednesday alleged that its Vice-Chancellor Prof Bidyut Chakraborty made baseless comments against economist Amartya Sen that the Nobel laureate urged him to stop hawker eviction drive from near his Sant...

Asserting that the government was there to protect the interest of the labourers, the minister, however, said such incidents may have an adverse impact on investment and job creation prospects in the state.

The court also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on him. According to the prosecution, the girl, a third standard student, was staying at the house of her aunt and uncle here.

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Zoom Video Communications Inc said on Wednesday it would expand its presence in Singapore by opening a research and development centre and will immediately hire hundreds of engineering staff for the new operations.

New York, Dec 15 (AP) Urban helicopter taxi company Blade will become public company after a merger with Nasdaq-listed Experience Investment Corp, the companies announced Tuesday. The deal, expected to close in the first half of 2021, will give the comp...

With 19 more deaths due to the viral infection and co-morbidities, the statewide toll mounted to 3,135, a health official informed.

The Bangladesh Liberation War was going on for months as the Bengali nationalists and Mukti Bahini guerrillas in East Pakistan fought to break away from the dominance of West Pakistan.

The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Tuesday it has formally joined an international group of central banks working to understand and reduce climate change risk, a signal that the Fed could move to incorporate the impacts of global warming into its regulatory...

Twenty men were gunned down on February 14, 1981 allegedly by Phoolan Devi and her gang seeking revenge for her rape by upper caste men in Behmai village, less than 100 km from Kanpur.