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Education is a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and majority of schools are under the jurisdiction of the State/Union Territory Governments and it is for the respective State/Union Territory Government to take a decision regarding inclusion of Yoga in the teaching curriculum for their schools. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has made Health and Physical Education ...

India and Russia held high-level talks here to elevate bilateral cooperation to the next level in the field of space, including assistance in India’s maiden human space flight mission ‘Gaganyaan’, according to Ministry of External Affairs. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Russia’s space agency ROSCOSMOS, led the two sides in the meeting held Thursday. ...

A 32-year-old Jawaharlal Nehru University employee was Thursday stabbed multiple times by her former live-in partner who suspected her of being in a relationship with someone else, police said Friday. Pooja, a resident Kishangarh, was attacked by Varun Pandey (36) in front of J D Tytler School in south Delhi’s Munirka area where she had gone to pick up her ...

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019. It will replace the banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Ordinance, 2019. The banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019 will replace the Ordinance promulgated on 21st February, 2019, which will otherwise cease to operate after six weeks after reassembly of ...

A Bill to set up an independent and autonomous regime for institutionalised domestic and international arbitration was passed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday. The New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC) Bill, 2019, seeks to replace an ordinance issued in March this year by the previous government. It provides for setting up of an independent and autonomous body for institutional ...

A 14-year-old student of a government school was injured after a ceiling fan allegedly fell on his head in east Delhi’s Trilokpuri, police said on Wednesday. A senior official from the Directorate of Education said the blade of the fan fell on the student’s head. According to the police, the incident took place on Tuesday afternoon and the teenager was ...

A moderate intensity earthquake with 3.1 magnitude shook Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla district on Wednesday evening. There was no report of any casualty or damage to property, the meteorological department said. The quake’s epicentre was at a depth of 10 km northeast in Shimla, the department said, adding that tremors were felt in and around the district at 7.55 pm.

With less than 20,000 seats left to be filled in Delhi University, the principals of colleges affiliated to the varsity Sunday said the cut-offs for admission to courses will see a marginal decline in the third list. According to the data shared by DU, 43,854 admissions have taken place after 778 withdrawals since the beginning of the process. The number ...

The government has made income tax return filing mandatory for high spenders even if their taxable income is below the threshold exemption limit of Rs 5 lakh. Those mandated to file returns include people spending more than Rs 2 lakh on a foreign trip or depositing Rs 1 crore in a year in a bank account or paying electricity bill ...

In yet another landmark achievement, India’s nomination of the Jaipur City, Rajasthan got inscribed today on the World Heritage List of UNESCO during the 43rd Session of the World Heritage Committee held at Baku, Azerbaijan.  The nomination of Jaipur City has successfully been done by complying with the various UNESCO guidelines of 2017. With Successful inscription of Jaipur City,  India ...