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NEET-UG: Digital exams offer stronger safeguards and faster processing, officials tell House PanelIn a presentation before the Parliament Standing Committee on Education, Women and Youth Affairs, the officials argued that CBT offers sign...
Demographic changes due to illegal migration not limited to border areas: MHAIndia's Home Ministry has formed a High-Level Committee on Demographic Changes. This committee will study the effects of illegal immigratio...
Ministry of Home Affairs issues 'Resolution' on forming high-level committee on demographic changesIndia's Ministry of Home Affairs has formed a High-Level Committee on Demographic Changes. This committee will scientifically study populat...
Why Contractors Are Putting Aluminum Foil Behind Radiators, And Does It Actually WorkHomeowners facing high heating bills are exploring new efficiency methods. Covering radiators with aluminum foil is a scientifically backed...
India accounts for 25% of global groundwater use, says committee, flags over-extractionIndia faces a critical challenge with excessive groundwater extraction, contributing 25 percent to global withdrawals. A parliamentary comm...
IIT Madras’ professor B Ravindran joins United Nations AI Scientific PanelProfessor B Ravindran from IIT Madras has joined the United Nations Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence. ...
UN approves 40-member scientific panel on the impact of artificial intelligence over US objectionsThe UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a 40-member global scientific panel on the impacts and risks of artificial...
From 2026, new food products will face stricter checks: FSSAI requires companies to back every claim with scientific evidenceStarting January 1, 2026, FSSAI will demand scientific proof for food safety. Submissions for new products or standard changes must include...
ESPN Star Sports gets tax breather, ITAT not to add ₹752 crore to its income for AY15The company had declared income of ₹90 crore for AY 2014-15. Its income-tax return came under scrutiny and the assessing officer sought to ...
Earth’s Ozone layer is recovering as damaging chemicals phased out
Continued loss of biodiversity and ecosystems will undermine ability for poverty reductionThe ongoing deliberations are expected to provide the basis for a rescue plan for life on the planet that experts hope will be used by gove...
NGT junks AOL's plea for acceptance of fine as bank guaranteeA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar rapped the AOL foundation for not depositing the amount despite assurance granted...
Centre backs Supreme Court panel's judicial hour proposalGowda told RS that committee has proposed a “weighted” disposal approach, based on the nature and complexity of cases in local conditions, ...
- UN's climate science panel gets South Korean boss
South Korean climate economist Hoesung Lee has been elected to head the UN's climate science panel, replacing Rajendra Pachauri of India, w...
Pachauri: IPCC future not tied to Paris climate dealThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the leading UN body for the assessment of climate change, will continue its work, no ...
Global warming is unequivocal, the slowdown is not a trend: IPCCIPCC puts end to controversy says slowdown in the rate of warming in the 15-year period between 1998 and 2012 doesn’t reflect long-term cli...
- Supreme Court reserves order on plea against soft drinks
A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra reserved its order after a detailed hearing on the Public Interest Litigation petitio...