8 interesting ways to stay motivated during long study hours
Studying for long hours can feel exhausting and overwhelming, especially during exam season or when prepping for competitive exams like NEET, JEE, UPSC, etc. Whether you’re cramming for finals or working on a long-term project, staying motivated over extended periods is a challenge for almost every student. The key lies in finding creative and sustainable […]
ISRO conducts first successful rocket launching test with payload in U.P.
Space agency ISRO successfully conducted a rocket launching test here, marking the first time a payload was launched via a rocket from the soil of Uttar Pradesh, officials said. The test conducted on Saturday in collaboration with Thrust Tech India Limited saw the rocket ascend 1.1 km at 5:14:33 p.m., a complete success. Indian Space […]
Rajasthan BSTC Result 2025 Declared: Check how to download scorecard and counselling details here
The Rajasthan BSTC (Basic School Teaching Certificate) 2025 results were officially declared on June 14, 2025, by Vardhman Mahaveer Open University (VMOU), Kota. This year’s state-level Pre-D.El.Ed entrance exam was conducted on June 1 in two shifts, witnessing participation from over 5.49 lakh candidates out of approximately 6.05 lakh registered aspirants. The BSTC serves as […]
UGC NET June 2025 city intimation slip releasing soon: Check how to download and admit card details here
The National Testing Agency (NTA) is all set to release the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) June 2025 city intimation slip soon on its official website ugcnet.nta.ac.in. This important document will inform candidates about the city in which their exam centre is located, helping them plan their travel and accommodation in advance. […]
Who is Shubhanshu Shukla, the IAF officer heading to the ISS on Axiom-4 mission?
Shubhanshu Shukla | Photo Credit: Visveswaran V Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla of the Indian Air Force is set to be the first Indian in over four decades to travel to space and board the International Space Station (ISS), with liftoff scheduled for June 11 as part of Axiom Space’s Ax-4 mission. The flight, launching from […]
Andhra govt launches ‘Talliki Vandanam’ scheme, Rs 15,000 to be given for school-going child, ET Education
‘Talliki Vandanam’ is one of the ‘Super Six’ set of welfare promises made by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in the run-up to the 2024 polls. Amaravati, The TDP-led NDA government in Andhra Pradesh has launched ‘Talliki Vandanam’ scheme where Rs 15,000 will be given annually to every school-going child in a household, a top […]
Benchmarks in medicine: the promise and pitfalls of evaluating AI tools with mismatched yardsticks
In May 2024, OpenAI released HealthBench, a new benchmarking system to test the clinical capabilities of large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT. On the surface, this may sound like yet another technical update. But for the medical world, it marked an important moment—a quiet acknowledgement that our current ways of evaluating medical AI are […]
Cooking oils can help recover silver from e-waste
Vegetable oils of the kinds used in our daily cuisine contain organic fatty acids like linolenic and oleic acids. | Photo Credit: Joyce Romero/Unsplash In families across the world, silver is used as a precious metal, next to gold. Happy occasions in most families are celebrated with gold and silver garlands and rings. Silver is, […]
Is psychology’s replication crisis behind us?
To rebuild public trust, scholars at large have recommended research groups and journals adopt open-data policies and preregister studies. | Photo Credit: Dan Dimmock/Unsplash As if political broadsides weren’t enough to undermine public confidence in science, a deep-seated issue became apparent from within science itself in the 2010s: the replication crisis. Researchers began to realise […]
In a first, arc therapy beats tricky cancer while sparing nearby tissue
Lasers are used to position a patient model wearing a face mask in a CT scanner to obtain images of a tumour before radiation therapy. Representative image. | Photo Credit: USNCI A team of experts in the U.S. has successfully used a technique called step-and-shoot spot-scanning proton arc therapy (SPArc) to treat a patient’s adenoid […]