Unicorns, but no wings for women: India’s startup boom is leaving female leaders behind
GCCs and technology consulting and services sectors lead the way in narrowing the gap for overall women representation, reveals an Aon survey on gender and pay equity India may be racing ahead in the global startup race, but it’s dragging its feet when it comes to gender equity at the top. Behind the glitter of […]
UAE had hottest April on record: Met office
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates endured its hottest April on record with an average daily high of 42.6 degrees Celsius (108.7 Fahrenheit), the National Center of Meteorology (NCM) said.That topped the average daily high of 42.2 Celsius (108 Fahrenheit) recorded in April 2017, said the centre, which has been keeping comprehensive figures since 2003.The oil-rich […]
Locked out or locked in? Visa worries keep international students stateside this summer
I stand on campus, visa revocation notice in hand. Anxiety and fear cloud my future. What happens now? For many international students, summer break is a time to recharge — a brief reprieve between rigorous semesters. But this year, for thousands studying in the United States, that freedom has been eclipsed by fear.A doctoral student […]
Ministry tells parliamentary panel of Namami Gange successes, gaps in waste management
NEW DELHI: The Namami Gange programme has led to the entire stretch of the Ganga, except two areas in Uttar Pradesh, meeting bathing water standards on three criteria, with no incidence of fish mortality reported in the river’s main stem since 2017, an official report has said. The Union ministry of environment, forest and climate […]
Texas governor signs landmark school voucher law, cementing conservative shift in education
Texas has rewritten the rules of American education governance. With the stroke of a pen, Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law the most expansive school voucher programme in the United States — one that makes more than 5 million children eligible to use public funds for private education. This sweeping move not only cements […]
GSEB to announce GUJCET and HSC results 2025 on this date: Check details here
The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) is set to declare the results for the Class 12 Science stream, including the Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GUJCET), and the General stream tomorrow, May 5, 2025, at 10:30 AM, according to an official notification. The announcement will cover students who appeared in the Higher Secondary […]
US paperless justice: How a spreadsheet became judge, jury, and executioner
The US government recently stripped thousands of international students of their legal status—not through courtroom deliberation or immigration hearings, but by relying on a spreadsheet. Behind closed doors, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) fed names from the FBI’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database into an administrative loop […]
Maharashtra State Board to announce HSC results on this date: Check details here
Maharashtra Board Class 12th result 2025: The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) is set to announce the much-awaited Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) results on Monday, May 5, 2025, at 1 PM according to an official notification. The results will be made available on the official websites of the MSBSHSE and […]
UPSSSC PET 2025 notification released, registration window opening soon: Check details here
UPSSSC PET 2025 notification released: The Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC) has officially released the Preliminary Eligibility Test (PET) 2025 notification on May 2. Aspiring candidates can now access the complete notification on the commission’s official website — upsssc.gov.in.This exam acts as a qualifying gateway for various Group C recruitments in Uttar Pradesh. […]
The mechanics of crowd control: anticipation, preparation, prevention
In his 1997 book ‘Dominance Without Hegemony’, historian Ranajit Guha recounted how Mahatma Gandhi, “perhaps India’s foremost ideologue of self-discipline”, created an “elaborate” set of rules about how people should behave around him as they travelled the country. To Gandhi, Guha wrote, a haphazard crowd was “unmanageable”, “uncontrollable”, “undisciplined”, and ultimately entailed a “mobocracy”. Gandhi […]