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EU proposes new one-year delay to anti-deforestation rules |
European Union flags (Pic credit: AP) BRUSSELS: The European Union will seek to postpone by another year the implementation of a sweeping anti-deforestation law opposed by some businesses and trading partners, the bloc’s environment chief said Tuesday.The bill, which bans imports of products driving deforestation, is currently set to take effect at the end this […]
Assam’s first lady pilot flies again at 85!
#thebetterindia In 1940, Dhira Chaliha was a little girl climbing trees to chase the skies. By 21, she became Assam’s first woman pilot—defying every norm. Decades later, at 85, she soared again in a Tiger Moth, wrapped in muga silk, proving one truth: dreams don’t expire. “If you have focus, courage, and belief in yourself, […]
Tropical Storm Humberto forms in Atlantic as Hurricane Gabrielle takes aim at Azores
Tropical Storm Humberto in the Atlantic Ocean (Image credits: AP) MIAMI: Tropical Storm Humberto formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday at the same time Hurricane Gabrielle was racing across the ocean toward the Azores islands, forecasters said. A hurricane warning was in effect for the volcanic archipelago which could experience dangerous conditions from Gabrielle […]
How 14-YO Vasundhara Made to India’s Squash Team
The first time Vasundhara Nangare stepped onto the gleaming squash courts of Bombay Gymkhana, she stopped in her tracks. The polished wooden floors shone under the floodlights, the glass back wall glistened, and the ball snapped crisply against the surface — sharp, precise, and nothing like what she had known before. Back home in Kalamb, […]
Kerala rejects UGC draft framework & seeks review, ETEducation
The structural flaws in the draft framework are incompatible with a critical, creative and pluralistic higher education system T’puram: Higher education minister R Bindu informed that Kerala will not adopt the draft learning outcome-based curriculum framework published by University Grants Commission (UGC) in its current form and state govt has formally communicated its decision to […]
Will AI help fix India’s energy demand or will its own needs surge?
As artificial intelligence (AI) and its attendant data demand continue to expand in India and worldwide, a curious dilemma has arisen: will AI help transform energy delivery for the better or will the data centres crucial to its operations impose a new burden on the world’s power grid? In a 2024 report, the International Energy […]
Change in principal promotion eligibility rules unfair: Teachers’ body, ETEducation
Candidates from the general category must now have at least 50% marks in their master’s degree Chandigarh: The Democratic Teachers’ Front (DTF) Punjab has strongly opposed the changes made by the education department in the Punjab Education Services (School and Inspection) Group-A Service Rules, 2018. The front demanded the immediate withdrawal of the amendment, which […]
Establishing student-centric education system top priority, says Kerala general education minister V Sivankutty, ETEducation
Students who completed higher secondary revaluation but have not yet received their certificates should be provided with them at the earliest T’puram: Minister V Sivankutty said the govt would do everything possible to improve the efficiency of the general education department, with the topmost priority being the establishment of a student-centric education system. The general […]
Teachers’ associations claim political agenda behind mass transfers, ETEducation
As district-level teachers’ conferences are set to take place on Sept 27-28, the issue of long-overdue transfers for Grade-III teachers is expected to be a focal point Jaipur: Teachers’ associations across Rajasthan have expressed opposition to the transfer of 4,527 school principals announced Monday. The associations argued Tuesday that the transfers appear to be politically […]