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IITs' supernumerary seats scheme sharply boosts female enrolment: Study

India, Nov. 29 -- The Supernumerary Seats Scheme (SSS), introduced in 2018 to increase the share of women in undergraduate engineering programmes by creating 20% additional seats exclusively for femal... Read More


Rain triggered by Cyclone Ditwah lashes TN coastal, Cauvery delta districts

Chennai, Nov. 29 -- Rain triggered by Cyclone Ditwah, which entered the open sea inching towards Tamil Nadu coast, lashed the coastal areas and the Cauvery delta districts on Saturday. A tourist van g... Read More


Centre to spend rRs.r4,500 crore to modernise Mohali semiconductor lab

Mohali, Nov. 29 -- The Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali, is set for a major overhaul with the Centre announcing an investment of Rs.4,500 crore for its modernisation. This significant funding ai... Read More


With 'The Afrotods', Adeoye Lojede reimagines African children's Content

Nigeria, Nov. 29 -- Actor, writer, and filmmaker Adeoye Lojede has launched 'The Afrotods', a new children's book and multimedia project designed to give African and diaspora kids fresh, modern conten... Read More


Court orders insurance company to pay rRs.r66.5L to cancer patient

India, Nov. 29 -- The Mumbai Suburban District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered an insurance company to pay Rs.66.50 lakh to a city resident after ruling that the company wrongfully ... Read More


Where a bird warns a mountain: Wayanad's first avian festival and the message it cannot ignore

India, Nov. 29 -- The Banasura Chilappan is a mountain bird of few certainties. It keeps to the deep shadows of Camel's Hump, one of Wayanad's most fragile highlands, where patches of moss-covered sho... Read More


Delhi's air pollution crisis is brutal, but the way we talk about it is worse

India, Nov. 29 -- For nearly 40 years, Karmunisha has lived and worked in Delhi's Sundar Nagri, selling vegetables from a small handcart. A profession that has become progressively more challenging. F... Read More


Where a bird warns a mountain: Wayanad's first bird festival and the message it cannot ignore

India, Nov. 29 -- The Banasura Chilappan is a mountain bird of few certainties. It keeps to the deep shadows of Camel's Hump, one of Wayanad's most fragile highlands, where patches of moss-covered sho... Read More


Is Imran Khan dead? Pakistan is on edge as rumours swirl.

New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- Unrest seems to be brewing in the neighbouring country over rumours that former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, in jail since August 2023, has died in custody. Two developme... Read More


PM Modi leads high level deliberations on DG-IG conference in Naya Raipur

Raipur, Nov. 29 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined the second day of the DG-IG Conference at IIM Naya Raipur on Saturday, marking an intensive phase of discussions on India's internal security pri... Read More