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A view of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) campus. Photo used for representation purpose only | Photo Credit: The Hindu         The scandal involving Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (KLEF) in Andhra Pradesh, as part of which bribes were offered to the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) for favourable ranking has prompted significant changes … Read more

In 2021, at COP-26 in Glasgow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the ambitious target of India achieving net zero emissions by 2070. However, challenges are aplenty for the country which is a rapidly growing economy and a major victim of rising temperatures, resulting in massive energy requirements. Climate Action Tracker’s latest rating (as of September … Read more

Twenty-two-year-old vocalist Siddharth Pulleri, a native of Kannur in Kerala, did his high school education in a school in Mangaluru. It was at this time that he developed an interest in Hindustani Music. He has since then been regularly attending concerts organised by Mangaluru’s Sangeet Bharati Foundation and other organisations in Mangaluru by taking off … Read more

Treatment for rare diseases is often very expensive. Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Rare Diseases are defined as those that affect a small number of individuals: fewer than 1 in 2,000 people. They are often chronic, debilitating and at times life threatening, and require long-term and specialised treatment. With … Read more

For 26-year-old M. Shalini, the choice between working from home and the office is not just about convenience; it is also about safety. After a hectic Monday at her office housed in a gleaming corporate tower in Hyderabad’s Gachibowli, she dreads the next day at her paying guest (PG) accommodation, where unease lurks behind every … Read more

Twenty-five-year-old Madhuri L., mother of a baby barely two months old, taking shelter under the stairs of a private building in the dry winter month of January at Tarihal village in Belagavi in north Karnataka became one of the defining images of the plight of those who borrowed from microfinance institutions (MFIs) and defaulted on … Read more

Leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union Friedrich Merz and Bavaria’s State Premier and leader of the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) Markus Söder The story so far: On February 23, Germany held its federal elections with a new record of 82.5% turnout. According to the Federal Electoral Committee, the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) along … Read more

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the deadliest diseases worldwide, causing over 10 million new infections each year globally. It is estimated that around 28% of the world’s new TB cases occur in India. An estimated 5 lakh deaths occur due to TB each year in the country, which is about one TB death every minute. … Read more

A party of American tourists, eighty in number, arrived in Madras this morning from Calcutta, en route to Colombo, where they are to board the “Empress of France” on return to America. These, along with about two-hundred others, who are taking steamer to Colombo from Bombay, have, during the past fortnight, visited a number of … Read more

New Delhi, Feb. 27: All branches of nationalised banks and the branches and subsidiaries of the State Bank of India have been asked by the Government to exchange soiled currency notes tendered by the public. Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of State for Finance, disclosed in the Lok Sabha to-day that orders to this effect had … Read more