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Pune varsity drops 'Voice of Devendra' contest after protest

The Savitribai Phule Pune University has withdrawn the notification for an elocution competition under the title Voice of Devendra after the National Students Union of India, the Congress's student......

Coaching Classes Makes Rs 300 Billion A Year!

The 2023-2024 figures showed that the size of the industry could be Rs 30,652 crore, assuming no tax evasion. Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph:......

Border states hold mock drills simulating air raids, drone attacks

Mock drills were conducted on Saturday in states and Union territories adjoining the western border -- from Jammu and Kashmir to Gujarat -- to enhance wartime emergency preparedness and response......

What Wednesday's mock security drill will cover

Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan will on Tuesday review the preparations for strengthening civil defence mechanisms that include conducting mock drills on air-raid warning sirens, training......

India to conduct mock drills on May 7 amid escalating tension with Pak

The Union Home Ministry has asked all states to conduct mock drills on May 7 amid rising tensions with Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack. IMAGE: File image of NSG jawans conducting a......

Number of people averse to govt surveys rises over 2x in 5 yrs

The number of people averse to the surveys by the National Statistical Office (NSO) has more than doubled over the last five years between the 75th National Sample Survey (NSS) round (July 2017-......

Big relief in TDS deduction on rent from Rs 20K to Rs 50K per month

In a major relief for taxpayers, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced an increase in the threshold for Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) on rent from Rs2.40 lakh per annum to Rs6......

Govt dissolves Pronab Sen-led panel on statistics, cites 'overlap' in work

Formed in July 2023, the SCoS was supposed to advise the Union government on survey methodology, including sampling frame, sampling design, and survey instruments. With the dissolution of former......

22% of India is poor: NSS

Fewer Indians were living in poverty in 2004-05 than in 1999-2000, with official data showing poverty declined by 4.3 per cent during the period but there were still 238.5 million people living in......

Employment in informal sector below pre-Covid level, shows NSO data

After adding 11.7 million workers in the October 2022-September 2023 period from the pandemic lows in April 2021-March 2022, total workers employed in the vast informal sector in India — at......

Suresh Gopi shown the door by NSS

A lowdown on all the goings-on in the Malayalam film industry. Actor Suresh Gopi has been hogging the headlines after his recent appointment as chief of the National Film Development Corporation......

Singer Ayiroor Sadasivan dies in road accident

Playback singer and music director Ayiroor Sadasivan, who has given many hit songs in Malayalam, was today killed in a road accident at Manakkachirayil on the Alappuzha-Changanassery......

Review: Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham disappoints

Tamil film Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham is a pathetic first attempt, according to S Saraswathi.K Chandru, who was mentored by ace comic directors C S Amudhan (Tamizh Padam) and Venkat Prabhu,......

What's New for Indian Sports in This Year's Budget?

Sports budget raised by over Rs 350 crore, Khelo India gets biggest share IMAGE: Overall, the Ministry for Youth Affairs and Sports was designated Rs 3,794.30 crore, an overall jump of Rs 351.98......

Delayed Asian Games a blessing for silver-medallist Neha

IMAGE: Had the Asian Games been held as per schedule last year, silver-medallist Neha Thakur wouldn’t have been part of the squad! Photograph: Aurag Thakur/X When the Asian Games was......

Mumbai chess prodigy Kush creates history in UAE

Creating history, Mumbai prodigy Kush Bhagat won all three gold medals on offer in the 1st Western Asia Youth Chess Championship that concluded in Al Ain Chess Club, United Arab Emirates, on......

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