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JEE-Main result: 44 candidates score 100 percentile, 18 share top rank

3:28 am September 15, 2021

New Delhi: A total of 44 candidates have scored 100 percentile in the engineering entrance exam JEE-Main this year while 18 candidates have shared the top rank, Ministry of Education (MoE) officials said on Tuesday midnight. The first rank holders included Gaurab Das (Karnataka), Vaibhav Vishal (Bihar), Duggineni Venkata Paneesh (Andhra Pradesh), Siddhant Mukherjee, Anshul Verma and Mridul Agarwal (Rajasthan), Ruchir Bansal and Kavya Chopra (Delhi), Amaiya Singhal and Pal Agarwal (Uttar Pradesh), , Komma […]

Twitter unlocks Rahul Gandhi’s handle

2:06 pm August 14, 2021

New Delhi: A week after temporarily suspending his account, Twitter restored Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s handle Saturday, but not before the principal opposition party accused it of bias. Gandhi’s account was temporarily suspended last week after he tweeted pictures of the family of a nine-year-old victim of alleged rape and murder in Northwest Delhi. Twitter […]

Ladakh reports 9 new coronavirus cases

2:02 pm August 14, 2021

Leh: Ladakh recorded nine fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 20,436 while the active cases in the Union territory has gone up to 73, officials said on Saturday. Ladakh has registered 207 COVID-related deaths — 149 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. A total of […]

Kerala court allows Sister Lucy to stay at FCC convent

1:56 pm August 14, 2021

Wayanad(Ker): A court here has allowed sister Lucy Kalappura to stay at the convent of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC) until the case regarding her eviction is decided. Sister Kalappura told PTI that the Munsiff court at Mananthavady on Friday allowed her prayer to stay at the convent till the matter before the court is […]

Amid pandemic, women bards meet globally to recite poetry online

1:07 am August 14, 2021

Aditya Vikram Singh/NEW DELHI: In a time of global pandemic like Covid-19 when people prefer to stay indoors to ward off any chance of the pandemic gripping them, approximately four dozen women poets (women bards), crossing boundaries of their respective countries, came together on an online platform to recite poetry and share their life experiences […]