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38,800 teachers will be hired for Ekalavya Model Residential Schools: FM

As many as 38,800 teachers will be hired for Ekalavya Model Residential Schools, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday. Presenting the last last full Budget of the second term of the BJP-led NDA government ahead of the general elections in 2024, she said a national digital library for children and adolescents will be set up for facilitating quality books.

Explore India's 10 Lesser Known Beaches

With clean blue waters and golden-white sands, these super beaches have a magic that is hard to keep away from.

Toyota considers petrol Innova to skip diesel ban

The company says if the ban on diesel vehicles continues, around 13% of its sales will be hit.

Smog chokes Delhi; worst post-Diwali AQI in 5 yrs

The neighbouring cities of Faridabad (469), Greater Noida (464), Ghaziabad (470), Gurgaon (472) also recorded 'severe' air pollution levels.

With Zepto Becoming First Unicorn of 2023, is Funding Winter About to Thaw?

Quick commerce startups hope to race towards better days. Can they crack the execution code?

No coercive steps against Delhi slum dwellers: Govt tells SC

The top court on August 31 had directed the removal of around 48,000 slum dwellings along the railway tracks in Delhi within three months and said there shall not be any kind of political interference in execution of the plan.

Wayanad May Not Be A Breeze For Rahul

Wayanad will continue to support Rahul but not to the same extent as in 2019, when his margin of victory had been enormous. Articulate, to the point and speaking in fluent Malayalam, CPI's Annie Raja, had the people who gathered to see her, listening in rapt attention, notes Shyam G Menon.

Too late to cancel Delhi T20 match, says Ganguly

Sunday's opening T20 International against Bangladesh can't be cancelled at the last minute despite deteriorating air quality in the capital, said BCCI president Sourav Ganguly.

Tremors in parts of North India after 6.5 quake in Hindu Kush

A moderate intensity earthquake, with epicentre in Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan, shook Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of North India in the wee hours of Saturday.

Kashmir is 'root of tension in region'

As mercury hovers above 40, rain likely to bring relief

The national capital, parts of which reeled under heatwave conditions for the past few days, had some relief on Wednesday with strong winds and partly cloudy skies witnessed during the day.

Bring law on MSP, sack MoS Mishra: SKM writes to PM listing 6 demands

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday seeking immediate resumption of talks with the government over their six demands, including a law guaranteeing minimum support price (MSP) for all farmers.