Students prepare for years to take high-profile competitive tests, pinning life paths on the results. That national exams are conducted in a watertight manner and with utmost integrity is the basic remit of NTA. There should be no scope for inefficiency. Even a small mistake affects lakhs of India’s young.
Ministers, MPs refusing to work for non-voters must know cancel culture has no place in democracy
Minister Giriraj Singh’s and JD(U) MP Devesh Thakur’s remarks about not working for those who didn’t vote for them are deplorable. Going by their perverted logic, PM Modi shouldn’t work for majority of Indians who’re non-NDA voters. It is intolerant and narrow-minded. Cancel culture has no place in democracy.
Heatwave deaths show how unprepared India is. Only 2 cities have heat action plans
Over 110 people have died in extreme heatwave in India until now—likely an underreported figure. Only two Indian cities have heat action plans. Doctors still don’t have a standard protocol to determine heat deaths. These deaths have, once again, spotlighted India’s unpreparedness and vulnerability to combat this climate crisis.