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Bhubaneswar: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the results of Class 10 examinations Tuesday. The examinations were earlier cancelled due to the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. This year, a total of 20,97,128 students had appeared for the exams and a total...

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has declared 24 ‘self-styled’ institutes fake. The UGC has also found two more in violation of norms, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Monday in the Lok Sabha in response to a written question. “Based on the complaints...

Tokyo: The Indian women's hockey team made history Monday as it stormed into the semifinals of the Olympic Games hockey tournament for the first time. India defeated world No. 2 Australia 1-0 in the quarterfinals for their maiden entry into the medal rounds of the...

Tokyo: Reigning world champion P V Sindhu Sunday became only the second Indian and the country's first woman to win two Olympic medals, securing a bronze after a straight-game win over world no.9 He Bing Jiao of China in the badminton women's singles third-place play-off...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Saturday announced further relaxations to Covid-induced partial lockdown which will remain in force from August 1 till September 1. Briefing about the unlock process, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Jena said since as many as 27 districts have been reporting far less...

Tokyo: Debutant Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) assured India of their first boxing medal at the ongoing Olympic Games when she upstaged former world champion Nien-Chin Chen of Chinese Taipei to enter the semifinals here Friday. The 23-year-old Assam boxer prevailed 4-1 to make the last-four where...

New Delhi: The government Thursday announced a 27 per cent quota for OBCs and 10 per cent reservation for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in the All-India Quota scheme for undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental courses from the current academic year, 2021-22. Prime Minister...

Washington: A massive earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale jolted Alaska and prompted authorities to issue a tsunami warning for parts of the state, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at around 10.15 p.m. on Wednesday night and was located 91...

New Delhi:  The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved amendment to the DICGC Act to provide account holders access to up to Rs 5 lakh funds within 90 days of a bank coming under moratorium to ensure timely support to depositors. Last year, the government raised insurance...

Barabanki (UP): At least 18 people were killed and 25 injured after a truck hit a double-decker bus here, police said Wednesday. The incident took place under Kotwali Ramsanehighat area late Tuesday night. The private bus was on its way to Bihar from Ludhiana in...