Federal judge orders Trump administration to unblock pandemic relief money for schoolsA federal judge has mandated the Education Department to reverse its freeze on remaining COVID-19 relief funds for schools. Education Secre...
07 May, 2025, 10.26 PM IST
UNICEF says a year on from Pakistan's catastrophic floods, millions of children still need supportThe warning from UNICEF comes as authorities in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province are racing against time to evacuate people from areas af...
25 Aug, 2023, 02.10 PM IST
Bengal teachers scam: Cash, gold & property seized/frozen is Rs 111 crThe total recovery in the multi-crore teachers' recruitment scam in West Bengal so far in terms of cash and gold seized as well as bank acc...
20 Feb, 2023, 11.40 AM IST
Death toll tops 21,000 from Turkey-Syria quake as hopes fadeThe 7.8-magnitude quake struck early Monday as people slept, in a region where many had already suffered loss and displacement due to Syria...
10 Feb, 2023, 11.48 AM IST
Tools out to craft a flexing economySchool enrolment and dropout rates have reversed Covid setbacks and higher education is undergoing rapid capacity addition. Add governance ...
31 Jan, 2023, 10.44 PM IST
School jobs scam: CBI court reserves order on former Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee's bail pleaChatterjee, first arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on July 23 following recovery of a huge amount of cash, jewellery and proper...
12 Dec, 2022, 05.03 PM IST
WBSSC Scam: Woman throws a shoe at Partha ChatterjeePartha Chatterjee, who is a suspect in the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) scam, was attacked by a woman, who threw a shoe at h...
02 Aug, 2022, 06.33 PM IST
'Bachpan Ka Pyaar' star Sahdev Dirdo recovers after accident, first order of business - NFTsThe Internet sensation thanked the doctors, staff and his fans.
13 Jan, 2022, 05.03 PM IST
Highlights of the COVID-19 relief bill advancing in US CongressRepublicans are overwhelmingly against the bill, raising concerns that the spending is vastly more than necessary and designed to advance p...
27 Feb, 2021, 02.22 PM IST
Risk of reopening US economy too fast: A W-shaped recoveryNow, as President Donald Trump and many Republicans press to reopen the economy, some experts see an ominous risk: That a too-hasty relaxat...
11 May, 2020, 10.16 PM IST
Former US President Bill Clinton to travel to India this monthThe programme is part of a Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action made by NGO Akshaya Patra and the Deshpande Foundation.
04 Jul, 2014, 11.40 AM IST
World Bank to provide Haiti aid worth $100 millionThe bank's sister institution, the International Monetary Fund, said it also was ready to provide help to Haiti as quickly as possible.
14 Jan, 2010, 03.49 AM IST
- Stimulus package helped save 250,000 education jobs: WH
A massive 787-billion-dollar stimulus package passed by Congress earlier this year may have helped save at least 250,000 education jobs acr...
19 Oct, 2009, 03.43 PM IST
- Obama speeds up stimulus spending
Obama is ramping up the spending just as White House aides have sought to tamp down expectations of what impact his $787 billion stimulus p...
08 Jun, 2009, 08.45 PM IST
- Obama plans giant economic stimulus package of $850 bn
Obama's economic advisers are assembling a recovery plan and reaching out to members of Congress and their staffs. Obama: Person of the Year
18 Dec, 2008, 06.48 PM IST
- ADB, other donors to give Bangladesh $190 mn as cyclone relief
ADB and other aid agencies will give Bangladesh $190 mn in loans to assist in recovery from cyclone last year.
01 Feb, 2008, 01.20 PM IST
- Govt schools to levy fees soon
The UPA government’s renewed commitment to improving access to secondary education may come with a price tag.
26 Dec, 2007, 02.49 AM IST