Remove 50 pc cap on reservation: Sharad Pawar to CentreSharad Pawar urged the BJP-led Centre to amend the Constitution to increase reservation in education and jobs beyond 50 per cent. He also m...
04 Oct, 2024, 05.44 PM IST
China's 'silver economy' is thriving as birthrate plungesIn response to China's declining birthrate, businesses are shifting focus from children to the elderly. Li Dongmei, who once ran kindergart...
17 Sep, 2024, 10.43 AM IST
China's demographic time bomb: Preschools turn into nursing homes as retirement age risesChina will raise its retirement age starting January 1, 2025, in a bid to combat an escalating demographic and economic crisis. The reform,...
14 Sep, 2024, 04.20 PM IST
Maharashtra Bandh: Bombay HC restrains any 'political party or person' from calling bandhMaharashtra Bandh on August 24: The Bombay High Court has restrained any political party or individual from calling a bandh in Maharashtra ...
23 Aug, 2024, 08.28 PM IST
Maharashtra Bandh: Why has MVA called for a complete bandh on August 24 and what to expectMaharashtra Bandh Tomorrow: The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra has declared a statewide bandh on August 24 to protest against the a...
23 Aug, 2024, 03.40 PM IST
Nursery schools across Tamil Nadu reopen amidst declining COVID-19 cases"Face masks have been made mandatory for children aged five and above," Medical and Family Welfare Minister Ma Subramanian said.
16 Feb, 2022, 12.53 PM IST
Pre-schools, anganwadis to reopen in Gujarat from Feb 17 after nearly 2 years as COVID-19 cases dip"This is for the first time in the last two years of the pandemic when pre-schools and anganwadis will be reopened," Education Minister Jit...
14 Feb, 2022, 05.18 PM IST
Greece bans gatherings ahead of uprising anniversaryNovember 17 is a treasured anniversary for many Greeks, recalling a crackdown that killed 24 people, including many students of the Athens ...
16 Nov, 2020, 12.13 AM IST
Greece shuts down all schools as COVID-19 surge threatens to overwhelm healthcare systemMost European countries have kept schools open during the second waves of cases that has hit the continent since September, unlike in March...
14 Nov, 2020, 04.50 PM IST
Billionaire Milner nears funding in Byju’s, making it India’s second-most valuable startupThe Russian-Israeli billionaire, one of the world’s best-known technology investors, is an early backer of the largest internet firms inclu...
04 Aug, 2020, 08.59 AM IST
South Korea virus total nears 6,000South Korea's total number of novel coronavirus cases -- the largest outside China stood at 6000 including 5,766 infection cases and 35 dea...
05 Mar, 2020, 12.32 PM IST
Dressing up demands: Evolution of robes and how they represented different purposesAs Indians started setting up their own institutions of higher education, they also tried to Indianise their academic robes. In 1919 at the...
09 Nov, 2019, 06.51 AM IST
Gaja Capital in final stages of discussions to invest $20 million in Kangaroo KidsThe deal, which is likely to be the fourth transaction by Gaja Capital from its latest fund - the $240 million Gaja Capital III, marks a bu...
22 Mar, 2017, 10.34 AM IST
China cracks down on factories as it battles pollutionA total of 72 Chinese cities including Beijing have issued yellow, orange and red smog alerts, official media reported quoting the Ministry...
03 Jan, 2017, 04.59 PM IST
China grounds flights as thick smog continues to chokeThe smog descended over Beijing and 40 other cities on October 17 and continued to get worse despite red alerts imposing odd-even rule for ...
20 Dec, 2016, 01.17 PM IST
Heralding social, financial change, China aims blow at iron rice bowlBut the order, part of a plan to reduce financial pressure on bloated and heavily indebted state-owned enterprises (SOEs), is likely to be ...
18 Dec, 2016, 07.47 AM IST
- Indian school in Beijing closed
The school was set up 30 years ago so that embassy employees didn’t have to send their children to Chinese schools during the Cultural Revo...
14 Jun, 2011, 11.49 AM IST