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SCERT announces PAT 2025 schedule for Classes 1 to 8

India, Sept. 25 -- The Maharashtra State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) has announced the schedule for the Primary Assessment Test (PAT) 2025. The exams will be held on October 1... Read More


Gov't preparing for bureaucracy reform to support sports ecosystem

Jakarta, Sept. 25 -- Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Rini Widyantini and Youth and Sports Minister Erick Thohir plan to boost bureaucracy reform that responds to the needs of the young... Read More


India witnessed sharp 26.4% surge in cancer incidence rates over the past 3 decades

India, Sept. 25 -- India has witnessed a sharp 26.4% surge in cancer incidence rates over the past three decades, climbing from 84.8 cases per 100,000 people in 1990 to 107.2 in 2023, a landmark study... Read More


Legendary MiG-21 retires: Indian Air Force to hold decommissioning flypast in Chandigarh on September 26

New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- After six decades of service as the Indian Air Force's legendary workhorse, the Russian-origin MiG-21 fighter jet is set to be officially retired. A decommissioning ceremony wil... Read More


Minister Umar calls for public role in improving free meals program

Tangerang, Sept. 25 -- Indonesian Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar has appealed to the public to contribute to the betterment of President Prabowo Subianto's Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) prog... Read More


LTIMindtree launches BlueVerse RightAction to strengthen AI governance in enterprises

New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- LTIMindtree has launched BlueVerse RightAction, a governance framework designed to regulate the use of autonomous AI agents in enterprises. The framework is part of the company'... Read More


Das Potato! Meet the man who made Mehsana Asia's french fries capital

Mehsana/Ahmedabad, Sept. 25 -- Can one make a fortune growing or selling potatoes? The question may appear as one loaded with irony to a farmer from Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal or Bihar, the top produc... Read More


Mint Explainer | How India plans to fight the menace of counterfeit seeds

New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- India's prized basmati rice and other GI-tagged crop varieties face a new kind of threat-not from pests or climate but from counterfeit seeds. Seeds not approved by the agricult... Read More


Indian forests' health in decline: IIT paper shows carbon sequestration dropped by up to 12%

India, Sept. 25 -- Warming and drying cut India's forest carbon sequestration by 5-12 per cent IIT Kharagpur study shows greening does not equal healthy forests Eastern Himalayas, Western Ghats and ... Read More


ICAR asks universities to include agriculture as eligible subject for UG courses

India, Sept. 25 -- The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has directed agricultural universities to include agriculture as a mandatory eligibility subject for admission to B.Sc. (Hons) in ... Read More