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India needs to focus on investment in education, job creation: UN expert

April 21, 2023

With India becoming the world’s most populous nation, a top UN expert said the big focus for the country now would be quick and effective investments in education, job creation and gender equality that will yield demographic dividend and enable its large population to boost economic growth. According to the...

Large villages at risk of losing out on development due to ‘rural’ label

April 21, 2023

India, the most populous country, will continue to live in its villages till the 2050s, even as a number of rural settlements now have more population than that required for them to be called a town, putting them at risk of missing out on growth opportunities, experts said on Thursday....

Rs 400 crore for MCD-run schools

April 21, 2023

The Delhi government on Thursday released Rs 400 crore for the development of MCD-run schools, Education Minister Atishi said. Addressing a press conference, Atishi said the Arvind Kejriwal-led government’s aim is to improve the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)-run schools. Around nine lakh students study in MCD schools, she said....

Delhi prison new rule: Now even undertrials will enjoy remission

April 21, 2023

In a first, inmates lodged in Delhi prisons will be granted remission based on their good conduct during the time spent as undertrials, according to an official statement. At present, only those inmates who have been convicted are considered for remission based on their conduct. A convict is a person...

Foreign varsities engaged in anti-India activities: Dhankhar

April 21, 2023

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said “dangers are emanating from outfits”, including some foreign universities doubling up as centres of subversive anti-India activities out to demolish the country’s civilisation ethos and sully and muddy its growth. He said disturbing insights in the hidden agenda of the so-called elites in...

Netizens are flocking to social media or hanging out with their best “buds” to celebrate 420

April 20, 2023

An unofficial holiday dedicated to celebrating and smoking marijuana. 420 Day is celebrated every year on 20 April, where people advocate celebrate and smoke marijuana. In the 1970s when a group of teenagers from San Rafael High School in Marian County would ritualistically smoke marijuana at 4:20 each day. The number 420...

Toddler crawls through White House fence

April 20, 2023

A curious toddler on Tuesday earned the title of one of the tiniest White House intruders after he squeezed through the metal fencing on the north side of the executive mansion, causing a brief interruption to access while Secret Service officers retrieved him and reunited him with his parents. The...

40 pound Virginia cat termed heaviest in the world

April 20, 2023

An Australian cat named Himmy held the Guinness World Record for heaviest cat when he weighed in at 46 pounds, 15.5 ounces before his death at the age of 10 years and 4 months in 1986. The record-keeping organization has since retired the title category to discourage owners from over-feeding their pets....

Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine in ‘Deadpool 3’ completely new, claims Ryan Reynolds

April 20, 2023

Hugh Jackman’s return as Wolverine in “Deadpool 3” will not affect the previous “X-Men” timeline, according to the film’s makers. While details about the movie remain under wraps, actor Ryan Reynolds has hinted that Jackman’s Wolverine character arc from the first “X-Men” film to “Logan” will not be connected to...

Satellite Data confirms alarming rate of ice sheet melting in Greenland

April 20, 2023

Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are melting at a rate more than three times faster than they were 30 years ago, according to a new international study. The combined melt from 2017 to 2020 soared to 410 billion tons a year, the human-caused climate change is clearly responsible for the...

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