GUWAHATI: Assam’s education minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, said on Friday that since the government-run madrassas will be turned into general schools, students studying in these institutions will not suffer. The state government has decided to close all provincialized madrassas by November. Himanta told the Sivasagar media that since the madrassas …
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New Delhi / Karnal / Chandigarh: This year, stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana has not decreased mainly due to the reluctance of the local administration to act against violators due to continued protests by farmers in the two states. The result: Delhi and its neighboring areas are grappling with …
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The high school teacher stabbed to death on the street in a Paris suburb on Friday showed his teenage students a cartoon satirizing the Prophet Muhammad as part of a class on free speech earlier this month, the parents said. Nordine Chaouadi told Reuters that he was the father of …
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For the first time in many decades, Kashmir’s regional parties have come together to pressure the Center to roll back last year’s measure to withdraw J & K’s special constitutional status. The announcement of the formation of the Declaration of the Popular Alliance for Gupkar, a six-part conglomerate, came as …
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The country has the highest prevalence of “wasted children”; even Bangladesh and Pakistan perform better India has the highest prevalence of children under five years of age with wasting in the world, reflecting acute malnutrition, according to the Global Hunger Index 2020. The situation has worsened in the period 2015-19, …
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Written by Anjali Marar | Pune | Updated: October 17, 2020 7:47:11 am A man struggles to stay afloat in a torrent of water after heavy rains in Hyderabad, on October 14 (Photo: PTI) Earlier this week, three days of extremely heavy rains caused massive flooding that killed more than …
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The Mathura district court on Friday admitted an appeal against the dismissal of a civil lawsuit seeking ownership of the 13.37 acres. Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi land and removal of a 17th century Shahi Idgah mosque. The appeal filed on Monday by a lawyer and five others on behalf of the …
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Navratri, the 9-day festival is here! It is one of the most auspicious festivals celebrated by Hindus that honors the goddess Durga. Devotees celebrate the nine days by fasting and offering prayers to Maa Durga and her nine avatars. Make this special festival even more joyous by greeting your family …
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Soyeb Aftab, who topped NEET on Friday with a perfect score of 720, credited his parents for the success and said he never expected to get first place on the entrance medical exam despite being optimistic. Also read: NEET 2020 | Two score perfect 100; more than 57% qualify as …
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As daily cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India continue to decline, states such as Kerala, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have bucked the national trend, data analyzed by HT shows. All of these four states have rapidly increasing case numbers, increasing positivity rates, and the last three …
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