New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has formed a task force to bring about a radical overhaul of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and reform the examination system. Led by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, the task force’s members come from a wide range of streams. Great care and deliberation have been taken in finalising the…
Born in the northern state of Haryana, she grew up in Bhiwani, a city synonymous with Indian boxing and widely nicknamed the country’s ‘Mini Cuba’. Her great-grandfather Hawa Singh was one of Indian boxing’s early giants. A heavyweight, he won successive Asian Games gold medals in 1966 and 1970 and was among those who established…
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hit his second international half-century for India as Zimbabwe lost the third and final Twenty20 match by 35 runs on Sunday and India swept the series 3-0. On a slow surface, opener Sooryavanshi scored 81 runs off 49 balls with four sixes and eight fours as India reached…
The prime minister’s announcement comes after the resignation of his education minister in the wake of student-led protests organized by the Cockroach Janta Party. Source link
New Delhi, India – Silence descended over Jantar Mantar and the adjoining Parliament Street in central New Delhi at midnight, hours after the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) called off its agitation following the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Thousands of students and youth protesters had occupied the protest site near the Parliament of India,…
NewsFeed India’s government has picked Pralhad Joshi as the new education minister after weeks of protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party over exam scandals forced Dharmendra Pradhan to resign. Days earlier, Joshi appeared to suggest that ‘despite best efforts, paper leaks can’t be prevented’. Published On 26 Jul 202626 Jul 2026 Click here to…
Pralhad Joshi has been appointed as India’s education minister after weeks-long protests over an exam leak scandal led to the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan. Pradhan’s departure, which came on Saturday, was one of the main demands of the youth-led demonstrations that in recent weeks had spread across India into a major challenge for Prime Minister…
Even the night before Narendra Modi accepted the resignation of his education minister, India’s prime minister appeared confident that the largest mass uprising to take place in his 12 years in power would do little to rattle his government. Addressing his “young friends,” in a late-night Instagram selfie reel on Friday, he thanked the people…
Ahead of the Glasgow meet, India won 564 medals at the Commonwealth Games across 18 appearances, making them the fourth-most successful nation in the history of the quadrennial meet after Australia, England and Canada. Glasgow 2026 marks the country’s 19th CWG participation with the first coming way back in 1934. Pistol shooter Jaspal Rana sits…
Singh’s arrival in Britain in the 1850s demonstrated how far back Punjabi history went in this country, Bance said. The couple had six children and Bance said his favourite princess was Catherine (1871-1942). “Her story was largely untold,” said the 52-year-old, speaking to the BBC as South Asian Heritage Month enters its final week. “She…
