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Medical and engineering entrance exams to be held twice a year: Javadekar

While Joint Entrance Examination (Main) will be held in January and April, NEET will be held in February and May

UK’s new visa scheme for scientists and academicians to increase opportunities for Indians

This will allow several research organisations to directly sponsor highly-skilled individuals, such as specialist technicians, to work and train in the UK.

‘Parliament not last word on validity of a law… people of India speak through this court’

SC judge A.K. Goel, who retired Friday, in his farewell speech says the court guided by dharma has protected people’s rights “against any arbitrary exercise of state power”.

Kejriwal govt says don’t have power to clear tree-felling requests, then reverses some

ThePrint had recently reported that the AAP administration had not rejected a single request to cut trees since assuming office in 2015.

BJP not worried if welfare schemes bring votes, don’t link them to polls: Minister

Narendra Tomar, whom PM Modi recently praised in an interview, is tasked with overseeing the NDA's pro-rural electoral strategy.

In SC, woman seeks abortion past 20-week ceiling, asserts right to privacy

Plea says privacy accorded to her by the August 2017 nine-judge bench challenges validity of MTP provisions

Hours after retirement, Supreme Court judge A.K. Goel appointed NGT chief

Justice Adarsh Goel was part of benches that issued guidelines to “prevent misuse” of SC/ST and domestic violence Acts

India to gain control of Mattala airport in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota

The $210 million facility, is dubbed 'world's emptiest airport', would be operated as a Sri Lanka-India joint venture.

India’s presence at Paris Peace Forum important, says French official

International relations strategist Justin Vaisse says India's presence important due to its World War I history and the fact that it represents a large...

Ashoka University accused of toning down sexual abuse complaint against prof to ‘misconduct’

Complaint was filed by a teaching assistant from another university. Now students and alumni of Ashoka have started an online drive seeking justice. 

On Camera

America’s out-of-control militarised police forces are a threat to democracy

The world watched aghast as police armed with tasers, tear-gas masks—and in one case backed up by snipers—arrested hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at universities across the United States.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.