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New Delhi: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has decided to translate online courses taught on its platform into eight regional languages — Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, Telugu, Gujarati and Malayalam.…

New Delhi: The country’s COVID-19 tally has surpassed China to reach at 11th spot with 85,940 total infections. As many as 3,970 fresh cases and 103 deaths were reported on Friday, according to the Health Ministry. While the recovery rate…

New Delhi: Food delivery giant Zomato is preparing to fire about 13 per cent of its staff in the next 6 months, according to a note by CEO Deepinder Goyal. Goyal has stated that the number of restaurants in the country is expected to…

New Delhi: To protest against the suspension of labour laws by some states during the lockdown period, 10 Central Trade Unions (CTUs) on Friday announced a nationwide strike on May 22. A day-long hunger strike will be observed that day by…

New Delhi. The government has been evacuating Indians stranded in different countries by flights and ships as part of their Vande Bharat Mission. However, South Korea has been missing from their rescue operation list. Around 200 Indians,…

New Delhi: Over 2.10 lakh stranded passengers travelled back to their home states in 145 Shramik Special trains on May 14 alone. On the first day of their mission, on Labour Day (May 1), the Ministry of Railways had operated just four…

New Delhi: The Central government will create a Rs 1 lakh crore Agri-Infrastructure Fund for farm-gate infrastructure for small and medium farmers, most of whom are marginalized. This was the highlight of the third tranche of ‘Atmanirbhar…

Mumbai: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly hinted at pay cuts for players if the Indian Premier League (IPL) cannot be held this year. “Not hosting the IPL will cause losses to the tune of Rs 4,000 crore…

Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court (HC) has ruled that azaan can be recited by a muezzin from minarets of the mosque only by human voice, without using any amplifying device or loudspeaker. Such recitation -- Islamic call to ritual prayer…

New Delhi: Digital education has become the need of the hour at a time when institutions are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Shedding light on the future of school education, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal in his live interaction…