I’ve always been too awkward, too self-conscious, to laugh out loud in theatres. But there were parts in Steven Spielberg’s The BFG that blew all reticence into smithereens, that inspired the sort of wide-eyed wonder and unabashed laughter we all promised our childhood selves we’d safeguard into adulthood. For those ... Read More »
It is probably not news to most that the red zone is important. I’ll spare you the clichés about it being the most valuable real estate in football and instead point out that we never hear about an organization adding an athletic receiver to serve as a “midfield specialist.” You ... Read More »
The government will come up with an action plan for revitalising the public education sector with a mission to bring back the State’s rich culture of secular education, Minister for Education C. Raveendranath has said. He was speaking after inaugurating a newly constructed building of the Karaparamba Government High School ... Read More »
Fresh violence, including attacks on Army camps, on Friday left 65 people injured in Kashmir as protesters defied curfew and restrictions in 10 districts on a day when separatists had called for a protest march towards the Jamia Masjid here. A Srinagar-based police spokesman said 70 incidents of stone-pelting were ... Read More »
Terming the Centre’s draft ‘National Education Policy 2016’ as an obvious attempt to subvert equity and secularism of India’s pluralistic society, the Samaththuva Kalvikkaana Koottamaippu (Confederation for Egalitarian Education) has appealed to the Union Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) to redesign its proposals by including outstanding educationists from various ... Read More »
The Islamic State has executed at least 24 civilians after seizing a village in northern Syria from a US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance, a monitor said on Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said IS executed 24 civilians “in the last 24 hours” after taking Buyir from the Syrian Democratic Forces. ... Read More »
Controversial former BJP leader Dayashankar Singh, who made derogatory remarks against the former Chief Minister Mayawati, was arrested by the UP police with the help of the Bihar police. Mr. Singh was arrested at Sugar Mill Colony in Buxar. Mr. Singh, who originally hails from Buxar district, spent his childhood ... Read More »
Sruthi Palaniappan, whose parents immigrated to the United States in 1992 from Chennai, was the youngest delegate to attend to the Democratic National Convention (DNC) that ended on Thursday night. The 18-year-old high school graduate is set to join the Harvard University to study government. She also spoke on behalf ... Read More »
Donald Trump launched a fresh takedown of Hillary Clinton on Friday, with the Republican presidential nominee leading the effort and dispatching his surrogates to join the attack. The real estate mogul maintained the blitz, even as Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, kicked off a post-Democratic National ... Read More »
HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar held a closed-door meeting Wednesday with senior functionaries of the RSS and representatives of several affiliated outfits on the new national education policy, making this his first formal interaction with the Sangh since he took charge of his new portfolio this month. According to sources, Javadekar ... Read More »
Keeping the guessing game going, SBI Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya on Friday stated that her name being considered for RBI’s Governor’s position is media speculation as she is “not saying anything” on it. Responding to a media query on the most talked about succession race to the Mint Street corner office, ... Read More »
New Delhi: On Wednesday, newly-appointed human resource development (HRD) minister Prakash Javadekar had a close door meeting with the BJP’s ideological fount, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and some of its affiliate organisations, to seek their suggestions on the draft national education policy (NEP). According to sources in the HRD ministry, the six-hour meeting was ... Read More »
