The CBSE had announced that it had rationalised the syllabus for Classes 9 to 12 for the 2020-21 session by up to 30 per cent to make up for the academic loss caused due to COVID-19. However, it was the decision to drop topics related to Social Sciences which drew sharp reaction from opposition parties like the Congress, Left, Trinamool Congress, Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena.
Nobody does ethnic chic as well as D-Pad!
Shooter Shweta Chaudhry gave India their first medal on the opening day action of the 17th Asian Games after the Faridabad girl clinched bronze in the Women 10m Air Pistol Finals, in Incheon on Saturday.
'A budding career ends before seeing a complete bloom.' Bollywood reacts to Labh Janjua's sudden passing.
Mira's films are alive, rocking and so true to the reality I know. They are gifts that I keep revisiting, and I cannot wait for what more she will share with us, notes Aseem Chhabra.
Pratmesh Prabhu also did well at the IIT-JEE.
The border personal meeting was marked by saluting the national flags by both the delegations members.
Taher Poonawala, 20, a student of IIT-Madras from Mumbai reveals his study secrets.
The other accused in the case was acquitted by the court.
Bihar education minister asked if the 'media person who posed queries to the topper is himself a great musician?'
How many of these have you appeared for?
Union Minister Farooq Abdullah on Monday backed the Bharatiya Janata Party's demand for according the Bharat Ratna to former prime minister and veteran leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
'What Super 30 really wants to say is Hrithik Roshan can be an action hero without showing off his sculpted torso,' says Sukanya Verma.
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board will declare the results for the WBJEE held on April 22, 2018.
A historic Hindu temple in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi is facing demolition to make way for barracks for soldiers, outraging the minority community in the country.
Musicians pick favourite songs of 2015!
This was India's second match following their 2-1 victory over hosts Japan on Thursday.
The Kashmiri youth who cracked IIT entrance receives help from the Army.
Choudhary also posted on his Twitter account, a letter written by Union minister for Labour Bandaru Dattatreya to Irani using "dear", and accused her of "double standards" on this count.
The toll in the killer nor'wester in Bihar rose to 54 as reports of 12 more deaths came from the 12 ravaged districts on Thursday.
When Khayyam talked about his favourite singer, the song he can never forget and the film that won him the National Award.
Ajit Balakrishnan decodes the angst-ridden discourse of the day.
The Congress's share has almost halved, down from 12 in 2014 to six now.
Here are some interesting facts you may not know about the AAP chief.
Abhishek has been posting fond memories and interesting anecdotes on Instagram, recapping his #RoadTo20.
Anup Raaj, 23, describes how Super 30, a free IIT-JEE coaching institute located in Patna, Bihar, changed his life.
With a saffron-coloured cloth covering his head, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday offered prayers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, where he was presented with a traditional robe of honour. The Punjab leg of Trudeau's visit comes after he mingled with Bollywood stars in Mumbai and a visit to the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad and a trip to Taj Mahal in Agra. Here are glimpses from Day 4 of the Trudeau India visit.
Sukanya Verma salutes the legend and celebrates some of the finest soundtracks of his career.
The SC said it appeared that the entire test and the system was tainted.
The agonising wait for justice notwithstanding, the former navy captain soldiered on, doing low-paying jobs for Rs 20,000 a month and even ploughing farms owned by others to sustain his family. He has lost many jobs because of his past.
'Low-hanging ambitions and straightforward conflict between negotiators of harm and reform renders Lucknow Central a surprising watchability,' says Sukanya Verma.
Omission of the name and photograph of former chief minister Nitish Kumar from the site of NTPC power plant at Barh, where a unit is being dedicated to the people on Saturday, triggered a war of words between rival parties.
When Bollywood stars opted for bicycles.
'Kriti Sanon is a superb actress, she looks Maharashtrian, and has not done a historical either.' 'Sanjay Dutt has gone to another level of persona. He hasn't done a historical either.'
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
The company hires postgraduate and PhD students from A+ grade institutes to be part of its research team.
Their families are poor and do not know what IIT is but their sons dream of IIT and working for ISRO and NASA one day. One man is helping them towards their dream. As Bihar goes to the polls, Archana Masih salutes its greatest success story.
