The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked whether there is any authentic figure regarding the dropping out of students from educational institutions in Karnataka because of the hijab ban and the subsequent judgment by the high court on the issue.
The relative ranking of castes can vary across regions and localities and depends on a number of factors including control over land, wealth, and political power. Castes have often tried to 'upgrade' themselves (a process sociologists refer to as Sanskritization), and sometimes get 'downgraded'. A revealing excerpt from Upinder Singh's Ancient India: Culture Of Contradictions.
The incident comes against the backdrop of a raging debate on lack of scrutiny of the curriculum and content taught in schools.
Don't view the mobile phone or tablet as a shut-up toy while a parent is busy, highlights Dr Aarti Bakshi.
Text messages for Rahul; Uma Bharti gets cold feet; Mamata snubs Jairam; Congress find its Lokpal...Tales from Raisina Hill, a new column from New Delhi's political power hub.
By the time they turned 40, Prithviraj Kapoor had done about 50 films, Raj Kapoor about 46 films and Rishi Kapoor about 80 films. As Ranbir Kapoor turns 40, Deepa Gahlot explores the Kapoors cinematic landscape to find out where the young actor stands in comparison to his great grandfather, grandfather and father.
'Now, no one can stop me from making music till the day I die.'
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
'It's not fair to your husband that you don't love him and before things get worse, like maybe you becoming pregnant, I would suggest you end the marriage soon,' says Love Guru.
The Centre has shared a set of parameters with all states and UTs to enable service providers and monitoring teams under the national COVID-19 vaccination programme to identify any fake COVID-19 vaccines so that they are not administered in the country.
'Goddess Laxmi doesn't come just by praying to her.' 'You have to make yourself attractive to Laxmi for her to come to you.'
'Today, when I look back, our journey together ajooba lagta hai.'
When a trial for a murder is going on -- with no end in sight -- more than ten years after the crime took place, it will not feel like the murder happened yesterday.
A K Chopra, a retired DGCA official, had flagged concerns regarding engineering, flight safety, operations, and training standards in the airline and subsidiaries, thus warning the management of grave safety risk. He also called for the replacement of the chief of flight safety Harpreet A De Singh, who, he said, did not meet the regulatory requirements for holding the post.
Eight eminent personalities have appealed to people to "introspect and audit" the working of the Constitution.
'A Colourful World is for every child, telling them that like the different coloured crayons in a box, they should also appreciate their differing identities, shine and live peacefully with other human beings in our colourful world.'
'Farewell to the unique artist who loved like a mother and taught many things like a teacher.'
The TMC, which is keen to leave a mark in its outing in Goa, had suggested a broad alliance but not much has moved on the proposal due to competing interests and apparent lack of faith between the opposition parties.
'There is enough proof of science-driven research in the India of early centuries,' argues Kumar Abhishek.
'It's time to change this system of randomly giving stars and the right to bad critics to run down our products.' 'Two films, even if both get three stars, are very different from each other.' 'I can understand if these stars indicated a level of enjoyment or engagement, but the current rating system is flawed because there are no parameters.'
'I was not sure whether such a big player would come to my house but he was quite happy to visit my place... which was just unbelievable!'
One way to begin would be to access the material of our own culture, meaning the literature of India, recommends Aakar Patel.
New Zealand Cricket has banned a spectator from attending international and domestic games in the country for two years after he admitted racially abusing England fast bowler Jofra Archer.
Imagine this scenario. Pyarelal Shankar a grocery store owner in Haryana is not computer literate. Yet, he manages to regularly update his inventory online.
Anxious? Stressed? Upset? Veenu Sandhu has a handy list of apps that promise mental peace.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
The submission was made by the UN Special Rapporteurs on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Irene Khan; on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Clement Nyaletsossi Voule; and the right to privacy, Joseph Cannataci.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
Following is the text of the letter that the BCCI has written to the ICC in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
'Whether you think you're better off as friends, or whether you want to give things a try with him, you need to talk things out with him.'
Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among the earliest in existence.
Morocco are demanding an apology from midfielder Adel Taarabt for insulting the national team coach, who left him out of the African Nations Cup.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
The Delhi government on Thursday tendered an apology for the error and ordered a probe to ascertain if any "mischief" was involved.
Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of targetting her for raising a voice against alleged electronic voting machines tampering and said she was not averse to shaking hands with other parties in her fight against the saffron party on the issue.
Do you agree with the CBSE definition of a modern girl?
The Congress picked Charanjit Singh Channi as the next chief minister of Punjab, making him the first Dailt to hold the post in the state, a day after Amarinder Singh resigned following a bitter power tussle in the party.
Boston Celtics' Kanter sparks backlash in China after comments on Tibet, Xi.
'We like to look at a screenplay as a spiral staircase.' 'You never know what awaits at the next turning.'
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