NEW DELHI: Government school enrolment for children aged 6-14 in rural India has dropped significantly from 72.9% in 2022 to 66.8% in 2024, according to the Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) 2024, released on Tuesday. While overall enrolment for this age group...

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SRIHARIKOTA: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) reached a major milestone on Wednesday, successfully launching its 100th rocket from Sriharikota. The GSLV-F15 rocket carried the second-generation navigation satellite, NVS-02, into orbit. The launch took...

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NEW DELHI: Eyewitnesses have recounted the terrifying moments of a stampede that broke out early Wednesday morning at the Sangam during the Maha Kumbh, leaving numerous people injured. One witness described the harrowing scene, including the moment when a family...

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HYDERABAD: A crackdown on illegal kidney transplants in Sri Lanka has prompted agents involved in the trade to shift operations to Hyderabad, according to police investigating the multi-state kidney racket recently uncovered in the city. Police revealed that these...

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CHANDIGARH: A special CBI court in Chandigarh sentenced Zahur Haider Zaidi, a 1994-batch IPS officer and Himachal Pradesh Inspector General of Police, along with seven other policemen to life imprisonment on Monday in the Kotkhai custodial death case. The court also...

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MEERUT: A 16-year-old Class 11 student at a govt school in Bareilly was allegedly denied a sanitary pad by the principal after she got her period during an examination on Friday. Her family said she was made to stand outside the exam hall and, despite waiting for over...

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