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University of Southern California, citing safety concerns and passions around the latest Middle East conflict, has canceled its valedictorian speech from a Muslim student who said she was being silenced by anti-Palestinian hatred for her views on human rights. USC Provost Andrew Guzman said in a statement on Monday that the decision to scrub the traditional valedictorian address at next month's graduation had «nothing to do with freedom of speech» and was simply aimed at protecting campus security.

Aditya Srivastava clinched the top spot in the Civil Services Examination, 2023, as declared by the Union Public Service Commission on Tuesday. The written segment of the CSE 2023 was conducted by UPSC in September 2023, followed by the Personality Test interviews in January-April 2024. Animesh Pradhan secured the second position, with Donuru Ananya Reddy coming in third. Aditya Srivastava, an electrical engineering graduate from IIT Kanpur, had previously secured 236th rank in the 2022 UPSC CSE and had chosen the Indian Police Service (IPS). Presently, Srivastava, hailing from Lucknow, is undergoing training at the National Police Academy in Hyderabad. Speaking at an event at a college at Lucknow, Aditya Srivastava shared his father's advice which always motivated him: «Today's labour will give you lifelong happiness not just to you but also to other people, not just your family.» Urging the students to work hard towards their goal, the UPSC topper had said that «if you relax now...you waste today's time...then it will be difficult to succeed in today's ultra-competitive environment. »

Vishal alias Kalu, a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, for his involvement in a firing incident near Bollywood actor Salman Khan's residence in Bandra's Galaxy Apartments. The arrest follows the firing of six shots, including one on the wall of the complex and two at Khan's balcony, by two individuals who arrived on a bike on Sunday. The shooters had abandoned the bike near Mount Mary church and took an autorickshaw. They are believed to have fled by a train and have been captured in CCTV footage at the Bandra railway station.

The initial public offering (IPO) is a combination of 1.2 crore fresh issue of equity shares and an Offer For Sale (OFS) of 24 lakh equity shares by promoters — Deepak Kumar Singal and Sunita Singal, according to the Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP).

Narendra Modi described his roadshow last night in Mangaluru as «memorable», and his public meeting in Mysuru, during which he shared the stage with former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, as «phenomenal». During the public meeting on Sunday evening at Mysuru's Maharaja's College ground, Modi also met Arun Yogiraj, the sculptor of the Ram Lalla idol consecrated at Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. Pictures of him Yogiraj greeting the prime minister has gone viral on social media.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the BJP poll manifesto does not have anything for the poor but talks about bidding for the 2036 Olympics. The BJP was keen on pushing its agenda of «One nation, one election,» he said accusing the ruling dispensation at the Centre, during his brief visit to Nilgiris district. «What are the BJP's policies for the poor?» Gandhi asked during his interaction with college students at Thaloor here before proceeding to Wayanad in Kerala. The Congress manifesto has policies for all sections of the people including the youth and women. «But the BJP election manifesto talks about holding Olympics in 2036. This is the difference between the Congress and the BJP,» he said.

₹375 crore from ₹170 core in the interim budget presented on 1 February. The key objective behind the plan is to make tooth implants a cost-effective process, the second person cited above said, adding the research for developing medical textiles will require a significant budget allocation. The technology will be shared with private players for manufacturing to make it economically viable, the person added.

Narendra Modi on Sunday called the Congress «the sultan of tukde tukde gang», as he accused the opposition party of having the dangerous intention to «divide, break and weaken» the country. He was addressing a mega public meeting at Maharaja's college ground here aimed at drumming up support for BJP and JD(S) candidates from Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Mandya and Hassan Lok Sabha constituencies. «This is a land where mothers dream about sending their children to armed forces in the service of the nation. On the other hand, there is a Congress party which is going around becoming the 'Sultan of tukde tukde gang'. The dangerous intention of Congress to divide, break and weaken the country is still the same,» Modi claimed. JD(S) patriarch and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda was among those who shared the dais with Modi in a show of strength by the NDA. The JD(S) joined the NDA in September last year. Of the total 28 seats in Karnataka, BJP is contesting in 25 and the JD(S) in three, including neighbouring Mandya.

Kukis and Meitis may be at loggerheads in Manipur but their thoughts on one point converge — this is not the right time for Lok Sabha elections in the restive state. It has nearly been a year since ethnic violence broke out between the hill-majority Kukis and the valley-majority Meitis. It has not only killed over 200 people and displaced around 50,000 but also sharply divided Manipur along ethnic lines. Elections for two Lok Sabha seats in Manipur will be held on April 19 and 26. While Inner Manipur and some segments of Outer Manipur will vote in the first phase, the remaining segments of Outer Manipur will go to polls on April 26. Living separately and refusing to co-exist in future, many members of both Kukis and Meitis communities ask — why elections at this time and what difference will they make?

National Testing Agency (NTA) declaring the CUET PG Result 2024 today, April 13, the agency has released a list of toppers as well. Candidates who have appeared for the Common University Entrance Test (Postgraduate) 2024 can check and download the CUET PG 2024 Result from the official website at pgcuet.samarth.ac.in. The NTA conducted the CUET PG 2024 between March 11 and 28, 2024 via a computer-based test (CBT) in 572 different centres located in 262 cities including nine cities outside India (Manama, Dubai, Kathmandu, Muscat, Riyadh, Ottawa, Abu Dhabi, Vienna, and Qatar) How to check CUET PG Result 2024:

Phil Jordan’s 12-year-old rescue dog Daisy struggled with a stiff right rear hip. When the new arthritis drug Librela became available, Jordan and his wife decided to try it. About two weeks after the first injection in January, however, Daisy wobbled on both hips and limped.

Mohammed Abdul Arfath who was found dead in Ohio earlier this week, said his family was hopeful that their son will be found alive but all they got is his body. He also expressed concern about the repayment of education loan worth ₹43 lakh the family had taken for Arfath's studies in the United States. “It was his dream to settle in the US.

There are lots of things college students and their parents should keep in mind before filing their taxes

Joe Biden has marginally widened his lead over Donald Trump ahead of the November presidential election as the Republican candidate prepares for the start of the first of four upcoming criminal trials, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found. Some 41% of registered voters in the five-day poll, which closed on Monday, said they would vote for Biden, a Democrat, if the election were held today, compared with 37% who picked former President Trump. That 4 point lead was up from a 1 point lead Biden held in a Reuters/Ipsos poll in March.

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Amrita Singh, a user on social media platform X, recently stumbled upon a job advertisement displayed outside an Indian momos shop. The notice, embellished with Hindi script, prominently features a job opening for a helper or worker with a salary offer of Rs 25,000.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday extended his greetings to members of the NSUI on the organisation's 54th Foundation Day and said it is their duty to ensure that all students are aware of the party's promises concerning Lok Sabha polls, especially those related to 'Yuva Nyay'. Party chief Mallikarjun Kharge also extended his greetings to the National Students Union of India (NSUI) and said its members play a critical role in student politics. «My best wishes on the 54th NSUI Foundation Day to each member of @nsui. You play a critical role in student politics, raising key issues in our colleges and universities, and creating leadership at an early age. NSUI has a glorious history and a bright future. Despite challenges, I am confident that you would continue advocating for justice, freedom, and truth, thereby inspiring the next generation,» Kharge said in a post on X.

New Delhi: Global technology major Dell Technologies is banking on gamers and college and school-going youth to drive its business this year, according to a senior company official. While launching new laptop models across XPS, Alienware and Inspiron portfolio, Dell Technologies Vice President and Managing Director for Consumer and Small Business Raj Kumar Rishi said that the company will stick to its strategy of bringing the latest technologies across various price points and focus on financing of laptops to make devices affordable for consumers. «Share of gaming in the PC segment has increased. We see gaming and college and school-going youth to continue driving growth for us,» Rishi said. The company unveiled new XPS laptops with Intel Core Ultra 9 processor and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 GPU to support artificial intelligence applications.

Wipro’s new CEO and MD Srinivas Pallia in his first email to employees has said that resilience, tenacity, and adaptability would guide him as a leader, and past three decades since he joined the company in 1992 have been “transformative", according to Moneycontrol report citing the CEO’s email. “Your collective efforts have propelled our success, and I'm honoured to lead such a talented and diverse team," he also said, as per the report.

Iowa’s 71-69 victory over UConn at the women’s Final Four on Friday night averaged 14.2 million viewers on ESPN, making it the most-viewed women’s basketball game on record and the largest audience for an ESPN basketball broadcast

The West Virginia United Students’ Union is the leading oppositional force against cuts at the state's flagship university