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Saturday, July 19, 2025
TopicMinistry of HRD

Topic: Ministry of HRD

CBSE plans to make it easier for class 10 students to pass board exams

At present it’s mandatory to secure 33% in class 10 board exam and 33% in internal assessment but CBSE wants to change that.

All-women teams bag top 3 positions in Smart India Hackathon at IIT

The teams devised innovative prototypes for the agriculture sector such as smart drip irrigation, mechanical harvesters and soil testers.

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Fauja Singh’s death shows Indian roads remain a national emergency—474 lives lost every day

Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Joys of Trumplomacy: India & the world are learning US President’s 99 moods and 1 goal

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.