NEET SS 2024 group-wise qualifying scores out; ENT and OBGYN see highest cut-offs, check here
NEET-SS 2024 cut-off scores released; Respiratory Medicine tops the list NBEMS declares NEET-SS 2024 results: The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), New Delhi, has officially declared the result of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Super Specialty (NEET-SS) 2024. The exam was conducted on March 29 and 30, 2025, for admission […]
University of Hyderabad team basks in glory as LHC wins Breakthrough Prize
A scientist walking in a tunnel inside the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) Large Hadron Collider, during maintenance works on July 19, 2013, in Meyrin, near Geneva. File | Photo Credit: AFP The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment at CERN — Europe’s premier research centre for particle physics and home to the world’s largest […]
US Department of Justice reverses visa revocations for dozens of Utah students
Dozens of Utah students have their visas reinstated after federal reversal The US Department of Justice has reversed its decision to revoke the visas of nearly two dozen international students enrolled in Utah colleges and universities. The action comes after the federal government’s controversial revocation of student visas affected at least 50 students across the […]
Underwater heavyweight mantis shrimp also packs a natural energy shield
The mantis shrimp is a colourful, 10-cm-long resident of the ocean whose appearance belies its reputation as one of the most fearsome predators on the planet. These unassuming crustaceans use a hammer-shaped appendage called the dactyl club to strike their prey at a blistering 23 m/s (about 50-times faster than the blink of an eye), […]
One lakh people to be trained to converse in Sanskrit in Uttarakhand, ET Education
The move will help link Sanskrit, the second official language of the state after Hindi, with employment opportunities and encourage the youth to communicate in it, officials said here on Friday. Dehradun, One lakh people in Uttarakhand will be trained to converse in “simple” Sanskrit as part of state government’s efforts to promote the use […]
Protesters accuse Harvard of complicity with Trump over pro-Palestine censorship
Harvard protest links Zionism to Trump’s fascism, claims university suppresses academic freedom. (AI Image) More than 100 protesters gathered at Cambridge Common on April 19, 2024, for a demonstration accusing Harvard University of suppressing pro-Palestine speech and scholarship, even as it resists certain demands from the Trump administration. The protest was organized by several unrecognized […]
Study finds high-altitude winds and dry soil conditions caused heatwaves in 2022
Bike riders passed through the parched forest area near Kulapully in Kerala’s Shoranur where trees are drying due to a lack of water and extreme weather conditions. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu In the early spring of 2022, South Asian countries including India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan experienced back-to-back extreme heat waves in the […]
UP CM calls for reforms in madrasa education model, says ‘they mustn’t end up as mere religious centres’, ET Education
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, on Friday pressed for initiating ‘reforms’ in the Madrasa education system and bringing them at par with the modern education standards to ensure that the students are not left out and remain abreast with the latest ‘upgradations’ in curriculum. The Chief Minister, […]
Trump administration backs down in legal fight over international student records
Trump administration reverses SEVIS record terminations amid US legal backlash The Trump administration has backed away from an aggressive legal push to revoke the immigration records of thousands of international students in the US, following mounting legal challenges and growing public scrutiny. The decision was announced during court proceedings on April 26, 2025, after a […]
Science Quiz | The world’s oldest lifeforms
Science Quiz | The world’s oldest lifeforms Name this micro-animal. It’s renowned for being able to survive harsh conditions, including outer space, and evolved around 500 million years ago. Credit: Kiosya Y., Vončina K., Gąsiorek P. (2021) START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | Scientists widely believe X are the first lifeforms on the earth […]