Fear at the school gates: Los Angeles students return amid immigration crackdown
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho speaks at a news conference about the upcoming school year at Roybal Learning Center in Los Angeles, Monday, August 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jaimie Ding) Los Angeles students and teachers returned to classrooms on Thursday under the weight of anxiety, as the city’s immigrant communities grapple with heightened […]
Trump meets Putin in Alaska today: 10 critical insights for UPSC aspirants
In a development that could recalibrate global geopolitics, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US leader Donald Trump are meeting today in Anchorage, Alaska, a rare face-to-face engagement between the heads of two nuclear powers locked in opposing camps over the war in Ukraine. The summit, scheduled to begin at 11:30 A.M local time (3:30 p.m. […]
Creative approaches to teaching math can help fill AI talent gap
Key points: Not surprisingly, jobs in AI are the fastest growing of any in the country, with a 59 percent increase in job postings between January 2024 and November 2024. Yet we continue to struggle with growing a workforce that is proficient in STEM. To fill the AI talent pipeline, we need to interest kids […]
CSBC Bihar Constable answer key 2025 expected to release soon: Check details here
CSBC Bihar Police Constable answer key 2025: The Central Selection Board of Constables (CSBC) is set to release the provisional answer key for the Bihar Police Constable Recruitment Examination 2025 in the coming days. Candidates will be able to download it from the official website — csbc.bihar.gov.in — once it is published.The written examination, conducted […]
Nine solitary bee species discovered in Kerala for the first time
representational image only | Photo Credit: AP In a remarkable addition to Kerala’s biodiversity records, researchers from the Shadpada Entomology Research Lab at Christ College (Autonomous), Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, have identified nine species of solitary bees from the subfamily Nomiinae (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) – all documented for the first time in Kerala. Unlike the social honeybees that […]
Independence Day 2025: Inspiring quotes and timeless messages for students that define 79 years of freedom
India today stands draped in the tricolour, marking 79 years since it cast off the yoke of British colonial rule on August 15, 1947. The anniversary of freedom is not merely a date on the calendar — it is a reminder of the long, arduous struggle waged by freedom fighters and ordinary citizens who dreamed […]
NEET MDS 2025 cut-offs revised after Health Ministry order; percentiles lowered by 19.863 across all categories
NEET MDS revised cut off list released: The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has officially revised the cut-off marks for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Masters of Dental Surgery (NEET MDS) 2025, following a directive from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). The move comes after the Health Ministry ordered […]
SSC SI and CAPF answer key 2025 released at ssc.gov.in: Direct link to download here
SSC SI and CAPF answer key 2025: The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has issued the final answer keys for the Sub-Inspector (SI) in Delhi Police and Central Armed Police Forces Examination, 2024 (CAPF, Paper-II), along with candidates’ response sheets which is also called CPO. Aspirants can access both documents on the official SSC website, ssc.gov.in, […]
Only united action can stop the hyacinth’s invasion
Every monsoon, a quiet menace surges across India’s waterways, turning glistening rivers, backwaters and lakes into green deserts. This threat is the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), an innocuous-looking aquatic plant which has delicate lilac flowers that belies its destructive power. Nowhere is its impact more pervasive than in Kerala — a State renowned for its […]
PM Modi announces ₹99,446 crore PM-VBRY scheme, how it will boost the job sector
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Independence Day Speech Independence Day speeches often stir emotion; this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address also carried a clear, data-backed economic intent. From the Red Fort, beneath the sweep of the tricolour, he unveiled the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY), a ₹99,446 crore national jobs drive that could […]