Mixed schoolbag: Attendance up, but digi-learning uneven | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: India’s education landscape in 2024 showed mixed progress in key areas such as school attendance, digital literacy, and the reduction in underage enrolment, according to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2024. While overall school attendance had improved marginally, digital literacy among students remains uneven, and there was a noteworthy decline in…

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How many triple talaq FIRs filed on Muslim men: SC | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Terming the practice of instant divorce through triple talaq as indefensible after a five-judge bench in 2017 declared it unconstitutional, Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would examine the validity of the post-judgment legislation providing for up to three-year jail term for Muslim men persisting with the practice of abruptly ending their marriages…

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SC: Prosecutors’ quality bad, don’t make political picks | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over “deteriorating standard” of public prosecutors, Supreme Court Wednesday said state govts should refrain from appointing them solely based on political considerations.SC said that the office of a public prosecutor is a public office, and only capable and competent lawyers with strong reputation and prestige should be appointed to it. Noting…

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SC: Can’t disqualify anyone from outside state for PG medical seats | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Observing that there is no concept of state domicile in the Constitution, which only recognises domicile of India, Supreme Court on Wednesday said domicile-based reservation in specialised and higher studies like postgraduate (PG) medical courses is not permissible and quota for residents of states could be extended to a certain degree in undergraduate…

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Grap-3 back as Delhi’s air worsens to ‘very poor’ | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The city’s air quality worsened to ‘very poor’ on Wednesday morning because of mist, smog and low wind speed, prompting CAQM to impose Grap-3 restrictions with immediate effect, reports Kushagra Dixit. Grap-3 bans construction activities and plying of BS-3 diesel and BS-4 petrol cars across Delhi-NCR.The air quality index (AQI), on a scale…

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Maha Kumbh stampede: ‘As panic struck, people scattered, cries for help replaced holy chants’ | India News – The Times of India

Photographers Basabdatta Sarkar and Krishna Roy recount their experience at Prayagraj’s Mauni Amavasya where an incident led to panic. Amid holy chants, a sudden pushback and screams marked the tragic scene at the sacred riverbank, highlighting the dangers of overcrowding during such massive gatherings. At 1am, we joined the flow of humanity. We were 30m…

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Security personnel & seers moved swiftly, prevented further chaos | India News – The Times of India

PRAYAGRAJ: The swift intervention and coordinated efforts of central forces, police, NDRF, and seers helped prevent the situation from escalating after a stampede broke out on Mauni Amavasya at Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj.As panic spread, NSG, BSF and NDRF personnel quickly created safe passages for devotees and ambulances. More than 3,500 BSF troopers, along with…

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