JEE Advanced 2026: For the first time, over 10,000 girls qualify for IITs, highest pass rate on record

Nearly 1 in 4 female JEE-Advanced candidates cleared the exam in 2026, with qualifying numbers up 89% since 2019 ...

4 dead as Russia launches major attack across Ukraine, authorities say

Russian attacks across Ukraine killed four people in Dnipro and damaged two apartment buildings in the capital Kyiv early on ...
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US: 6 dead in Iowa shooting; suspect dies by suicide during confrontation, say cops

Six people lost their lives in a string of shootings at several locations in the US’s Iowa. The incidents were reported from the city of Muscatine. Investigators indicated the violence appears to have ...
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Mahayuti, MVA file council poll nominations amid rebellion, seat-sharing tensions

After days of negotiations and intense seat-sharing discussions, both the ruling Mahayuti alliance and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Monday filed nominations for elections to 17 ...
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Bank loan fraud case: Court allows CBI to arrest Anil Ambani’s former aide Jhunjhunwala

The Special Court on Monday allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to formally arrest Amitabh Jhunjhunwala, a former top executive of the Reliance-ADAG group, in connection with a probe ...
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‘Blue micromoon’ to be visible tonight: The science behind the phenomenon, explained

On Sunday (May 31), an astronomical event known as a “micromoon” will be visible in the night sky, and it will also be a “blue moon”. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) stated ...
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Students mourn ‘Parvati Aunty’, she went back to help those trapped in debris

Parvati Ojha (50) had managed to escape in time before a building near Delhi’s Saket metro station collapsed on Sunday. But eyewitnesses say she went back in, hoping to save some students trapped in ...
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Why PNB must refund UP man Rs 6.6 lakh payout for ‘fraud’ done by own employee

PNB news: Holding that banks cannot evade responsibility for fraud committed by their own employees, the Uttar Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed Punjab National Bank ...
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Alia Bhatt envisions an athletic future for daughter Raha, prioritizing team spirit and personal grit.

Actor Alia Bhatt is already thinking about the kind of future she envisions for her three-year-old daughter, Raha Kapoor, and it may not follow the expected path of films. In a recent interview with ...
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Opinion Can workers be protected from new forms of exploitation within the expanding platform economy?

Food and grocery delivery platforms claim they are no longer pushing workers to complete deliveries within 10 minutes. Yet the larger question remains unresolved: Can delivery workers truly escape the ...
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Why court called police constable ‘pawn in hands of enemy’ while upholding his dismissal

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently restored the dismissal of a police constable accused of maintaining links with a Pakistani militant, arranging a hideout for him, and possessing ...
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Seat sharing deals are done but alliance parties yet to declare all candidates

Even as the ruling Mahayuti and Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) have finalised their respective seat sharing agreements for the upcoming legislative council polls, most of the parties in both ...