WHO published its World health statistics report 2025, revealing the deeper health impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on loss of lives, longevity and overall health and well-being. In just two years, between 2019 and 2021, global life expectancy fell by 1.8 years—the largest drop in recent history— reversing a …
The record-breaking SSC results demonstrate the widening gap between urban and rural education standard as most urban schools put on outstanding performance, while the bulk of failure goes to rural institutions. As many as 2,272 schools made 100 percent success and 52,500 students secured GPA-5 (grade point average) in this …
The Delhi Urban Arts Commission was reconstituted on Friday, ending a long tug-of-war between the city government and the heritage watchdog. The urban development ministry notified the new panel which has K T Ravindran as the chairperson and Mohammad Shaheer, Nayanjot Lahiri and Ratish Nanda as its members, putting an …
TRANSFORMING CAPITALISM Business Leadership to improve the world for everyone By Arun Maira Nimby Books Mentor Series, Pages: 211; Price: Rs 595 In 2006, when the dow jones was reaching heights never reached before as was the Indian Sensex, a recent multi-country survey by an international management consultancy showed that …
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Wednesday said no child will be denied admission in primary schools run by it due to non-submission of birth certificate. Provisional admission is being granted to every child seeking admission in primary schools after accepting an affidavit by the guardian, subject to submission of …
ASI has invited a team of epigraphy experts from Nagpur to study the inscriptions carved out on red sandstone Atop a small hillock off Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, the neglected but magnificent ruins of 14th century Tughlaqabad Fort rarely catch anybody's attention. But of late the fort surrounded by 10-15 metre high …
National Knowledge Commission chief Sam Pitroda pointed out last week that we have 370 universities when we need 1,500. But Arjun Singh is more focused on implementing quotas There are usually two reasons why governments appoint commissions. One, because they genuinely want to make changes and need information on how …
Reeling under highly dilapidated conditions due to sheer negligence, the Belapur Fort might just be on the verge of getting the deserving facelift. Speaking to the newspersons, the Thane civic chief Nandkumar Jantre has said that the Belapur Fort will be declared as a heritage site. Anyone visiting the Belapur …
Gene M130 is a marker of the first human migration out of Africa. R M Pitchappan, who teaches immunology at the Madurai Kamaraj University in Tamil Nadu, tells Narayani Ganesh that he found this in the DNA of members of a community in a village near Madurai: Are Indians the …
With chances of conventional war becoming rare, the Centre has mooted a proposal to change the character of civil defence by giving its volunteers the responsibility of tackling disasters in addition to protecting people and property from external aggression or internal disturbances. Currently, the activities of civil defence is to …
An overhead water tank has suddenly sprung up near the Taj complex and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which looks after the monument, says it is clueless as to who built the
Bent on exploiting the full tourism potential of the ancient heritage sites of the State, the Directorate of Archaeology, Government of Assam has undertaken a project on protection, preservation and development plus survey and documentation of some selected historical sites under the aegis of the 12th Finance Commission. At the …
The Chhattisgarh state, in the heart of India, is very rich in biodiversity as well as in the forest cover. Forests of Chhattisgarh have a number of dye yielding plants which produce different colours. The tribal folks of this region locally use different colours obtained from plants for different purposes …
Malcolm Turnbull, Australia's environment minister, has become the target of a campaign from Western Australia's Pilbara region. The Friends of Australian Rock Art is worried about recent vandalism of artwork in the region's Burrup Peninsula. The group has called on residents to demand an enquiry from the minister. The panel …
Metropolitan slums in diverse nations like India have always been homes to rural migrants from a variety of linguistic, religious and regional backgrounds and reflect a unique cultural dynamism. This paper seeks to address some of these issues through a brief report of the author's findings regarding the changing patterns …
Even as tourist inflows to Rajasthan registered a 17 per cent increase during April-June 2006 compared to the corresponding period in 2005, the Rajasthan Government's 'Adopt a monument' scheme finds takers among sponsors and corporates.
The Centre has set a target of adding about 15,000 MW of hydroelectric capacity during the Eleventh Plan period, the Union Power Minister, Mr Sushilkumar Shinde, has said. Hydro capacity of 5,980 MW has been added during the current plan period so far, he said at a meeting of the …
India has singed a memorandum of agreement with Unesco for setting up a regional centre for education and training in the field of biotechnology. Considered first of its kind in the country, the centre will conduct research activities in the field of social relevance like nano-technology, stem cell research, biosensors, …
Mediaeval crusader castles in Syria and ancient irrigation systems in Oman were among 18 new cultural and natural sites added to the UN's World Heritage list this week, officials said. UNESCO, the UN environmental and cultural body, also added the Vizcaya Bridge in Spain and the mining landscapes of Cornwall …
Unesco has removed the ancient ruins of Hampi from its list of endangered monuments after the ASI, Karnataka government and the ministry of tourism and culture addressed the concerns raised by the cultural body, including the problem of encroachments on the world heritage site.
The oversight group of the Sardar Sarovar Project appointed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has portrayed a mixed picture in its report after taking into account the report of the field verification report of 86 such sites in Madhya Pradesh. "The development work done by the Madhya Pradesh government is …
