Baseball, squash, wrestling shortlisted for 2020 Olympics
bySt. Petersburg: The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) here Wednesday recommended that baseball, squash and wrestling be proposed to the…
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Himachal notifies four schools for physically challenged
byShimla: Himachal Pradesh has notified four senior secondary schools in the state as inclusive institutions where the physically challenged will be provided education, Shimla-based public…
Working women help children develop: Study
byNew Delhi: Increasing participation of women in the work force, especially in the government’s flagship rural employment guarantee scheme NREGS, has reflected positively on the…
Girls outshine boys again in CBSE Class 12 exam
byNew Delhi: Girls once again outperformed boys in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 exams this year. The overall pass percentage…
A 78-year-old woman anchors Moplah food festival
byChennai, May 26 (IANS) Seventy-eight-year-old Ummi Abdulla, an expert in Moplah cuisine of Kerala, is still far from retiring, busy as she is with…
Women in this Uttarakhand village get a day off since 1956
byDehradun : Women in Uttarakhand have to do the majority of work, which is not limited to the domestic chores of cooking and cleaning…
Senate confirms Chandigarh-born as top US judge
byWashington, May 24 (IANS) Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan made history Thursday as the US Senate confirmed his nomination as a top…
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
byWashington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers…
Indian girl invents device that can charge phone in 20 seconds
byWashington: An 18-year-old Indian-origin girl in the US has developed a potentially revolutionary device that can charge a mobile phone in just 20 seconds, a…
Women cases getting top priority after Delhi gang-rape: Judge
byGurgaon: Supreme Court’s Justice P. Sathasivam, who is also the executive chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), today said that cases related to…