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National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced that 23 candidates have achieved a perfect score of 100 in the JEE-Main engineering entrance exam. The majority of these high scorers hail from Telangana. A total of 11.70 lakh candidates appeared for this crucial exam. Out of the 100 NTA scorers, seven are from Telangana, two from Haryana, three each from Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, two from Delhi, and one each from Gujarat, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. The NTA officials clarified that the NTA score is not the same as the percentage of marks obtained but represents normalised scores. A senior official explained, «NTA scores are normalised scores across multi-session papers and are based on the relative performance of all those who appeared for the examination in one session. The marks obtained are converted into a scale ranging from 100 to 0 for each session of examinees.»

National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the final answer keys and announced the results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains 2024 session 1 exams on Monday. The Paper 1 exams were held on 27, 29, 30,31 January and 1 February, while the Paper 2 exam was held on 24 January. Among the candidates who scored 100 NTA scores, seven are from Telangana, two from Haryana, three each from Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, two from Delhi and one each from Gujarat, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

India's quiet multifaceted diplomatic efforts through formal channels and informal talks, besides a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Emir of Qatar, helped New Delhi secure the release of eight Navy veterans who were sentenced to death last year. Achieving the release of the eight Indians, accused of spying for Israel, was a key item on the agenda of the Ministry of External Affairs since last year. The concerned division in the ministry and the Indian embassy in Qatar had worked quiet channels to gain the reprieve, ET has learnt. The presence of veteran Gulf hand as India's ambassador to Qatar — Vipul — helped New Delhi leverage several channels to successfully secure the objective, according to observers. Vipul served as the head of MEA's Gulf division before heading to Doha last year. Simultaneously, the National Security Council Secretariat led by NSA Ajit Doval worked on its channel of contacts in Doha. The matter was handled deftly, and secrecy was maintained till the veterans returned.

Indian Navy veterans and freeing them of espionage charges marks a significant diplomatic breakthrough between India and Qatar. The former Indian Navy personnel are Captain Navtej Singh Gill, Captain Saurabh Vashisht, Commander Purenendu Tiwari, Captain Birendra Kumar Verma, Commander Sugunakar Pakala, Commander Sanjeev Gupta, Commander Amit Nagpal and Sailor Ragesh. All of these former Navy officers had "unblemished stints" of up to 20 years in the Indian Navy.

India, eight veterans of the Indian Navy who were sentenced to death in Qatar, were released by Doha on Monday. The capital punishment was commuted to an extended prison term earlier following diplomatic intervention by New Delhi. Amid desperate pleas by the anxious kin of the Navy veterans to secure their release and safe passage back to their homeland, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had assured that it would mobilise all diplomatic channels and arrange legal assistance to bring them back.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Fadi Shana

DUBAI—The U.S., Egypt and Qatar are pushing Israel and Hamas to join a phased diplomatic process that would start with a release of hostages and, eventually, lead to a withdrawal of Israeli forces and an end to the war in Gaza, diplomats involved in mediating the talks said. Neither side in the conflict has agreed to the terms of the new proposal—which includes steps at odds with the stated positions of Israel and Hamas. Taher Al-Nono, a media adviser to Hamas, said there was no real progress, and Israeli officials didn’t respond to a request for comment.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Fadi Shana

By Andrew Mills and Maha El Dahan

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Fadi Shana

January

India has sought four seats for its carriers against every extra seat it allows Dubai-based airlines to operate to the country, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The demand is said to be unprecedented as international aviation trade is typically a bilateral process, based on the reciprocal exchange of rights by states. Under the bilateral air service agreement inked between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and India in January 2014, airlines of both nations are allowed to operate a total of 66,000 seats per week between Dubai and 15 Indian cities.

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Safeena Hussain, founder of 'Educate Girls,' has become the first Indian woman to bag the WISE Prize worth 5 lakh USD for mobilising 14 lakh out of school girls in Indian villages to get back to mainstream education. The prize, awarded by the Qatar Foundation at the 11th Edition of the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Summit earlier this week in Doha, is one of the most prestigious awards in education.

Mossad agents negotiating the potential renewal of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas left Qatar on Saturday due to an impasse in the talks. «Due to the impasse in negotiations and following instructions from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mossad chief David Barnea ordered his team in Doha to return to Israel,» the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement on Saturday night. «The Hamas terror group did not fulfill its obligations under the agreement, including releasing all the women and children in accordance with a list provided to Hamas and approved by it,» the statement added. "[Barnea] thanks the head of the CIA, Egypt's intelligence minister and the prime minister of Qatar for their partnership in the tremendous mediation efforts that led to the release of 84 women and children from Gaza, in addition to 24 foreign nationals," it noted. The IDF resumed combat operations in Gaza on Friday morning after Hamas broke a week-long ceasefire by firing rockets at the Jewish state. Barnea has repeatedly flown to Doha to hold discussions aimed at securing the release of additional hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza. Amid renewed fighting, Israel's government said it remains committed to seeing that all the hostages return home. According to the latest numbers, 137 remain in captivity. Of those, 20 are women and 117 are men.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier's recent visit to Qatar was marked by an unexpected diplomatic incident that garnered significant attention. Upon his arrival, President Steinmeier was left waiting on the tarmac for nearly 30 minutes, a delay that sparked speculation and raised eyebrows. The incident, which unfolded as President Steinmeier stood at the door of his Airbus A350 with folded arms, was captured in a viral video that circulated widely. Despite the presence of the red carpet, a military honor guard, and Germany's ambassador to Qatar, no Qatari official was initially on hand to formally welcome the distinguished visitor. A report by German news broadcaster DW cited the delay as being due to the absence of Qatari officials at the airport to greet President Steinmeier. However, both German and Qatari officials have refrained from commenting on the delay, leaving the exact cause open to interpretation.

Hamas gunmen battled Israeli forces trying to push into Gaza's largest refugee camp on Sunday and at least 11 people were killed by an Israeli air strike on a house, medics said, as hopes rose of a deal to free some hostages from the enclave. The Washington Post said on Sunday that U.S. mediators were close to a deal between Israel and Hamas to free dozens of women and children held hostage in Gaza in exchange for a five-day pause in their war that would help boost emergency aid shipments to Gaza civilians, citing people familiar with the matter. The Post had reported on Saturday that a tentative deal had been reached, but this was denied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S.

Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Sunday he had growing confidence that a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas would be reached, adding challenges that remained were «very minor». «The challenges facing the agreement are just practical and logistical,» Sheikh Mohammed said at a joint press conference with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in Doha. The Washington Post, citing people familiar with the deal, reported that Israel, the United States and Hamas militants had reached a tentative agreement to free dozens of women and children held hostage in Gaza in exchange for a five-day pause in fighting. However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. officials said no deal had been reached yet. Reuters said on Nov.

NEW DELHI : Foreign airlines have always seen India as a market that feeds their hubs, but that seems to be changing with key foreign carriers from Asia Pacific seeing India becoming an aviation hub, which can be used to connect Africa and the Middle East from their part of the world. Senior executives from Japan Airlines and Thai Airways said they see the potential of India becoming a hub but it may take some time for this to become a reality.

Arindam Bagchi said on Thursday. Indian authorities are also in touch with the family members of the eight men, minister S Jaishankar met them , the spokesperson said adding that India will continue providing legal assistance to them.