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Justice Chitta Ranjan Dash, who retired as a judge of the Calcutta High Court on Monday, said he was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Speaking at his farewell at the high court in the presence of the judges and members of the bar, Justice Dash said he was «ready to go back to the organisation» if they called him for any assistance or for any work that he was capable of doing.

Ukraine-Russia conflict and other geopolitical tensions, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said a "storm" is brewing and it is going to get worse while asserting that it is absolutely vital to have a "safe pair of hands" to take India through this very difficult period. He was speaking during an interaction held at a Delhi Tamil Education Association-run school in the national capital, days ahead of the polling for the ongoing Lok Sabha election here.

immediate effect," the government said, according to PTI. The strict direction came amid scorching heatwave conditions in Delhi, with the Najafgarh area of the national capital recording a temperature of 47.5 degrees Celsius, the highest in the country. The Indian Meteorological Department has issued a Red alert for the next five days, predicting heat wave conditions in many parts of Delhi and high temperatures in other areas.

Alphabet-owned Google will invest a further 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) into the expansion of its data centre campus in Finland to drive its artificial intelligence (AI) business growth in Europe, it said in a statement on Monday.

Microsoft plans to announce several pieces of hardware and software related to consumer devices on Monday at an event at its Redmond, Washington, campus.

KKR & Co is all set to sell its education portfolio in India — Lighthouse Learning (formerly Eurokids International). KKR has hired JP Morgan and Avendus to run the sale process, which is expected to be launched by next week, said two sources aware of the development.

Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) is set to release the results for the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) or class 12 exams on Tuesday, while the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) or class 10 results will follow soon. Students can check their scores online through the official websites, including mahresult.nic.in and results.gov.in. The HSC results will be announced at 1 pm on Monday. The Maharashtra HSC exams took place from February 21 to March 19, 2024, and the SSC exams were held from March 1 to March 26, 2024. Over 14 lakh students appeared for the HSC exams, and more than 15 lakh students sat for the SSC exams. When the results are announced, MSBSHSE is likely to provide detailed information, such as the top-performing students, overall pass rates, gender-specific pass percentages, and schedules for compartment exams. Students need to score at least 33 marks in each subject to pass the SSC exams. Last year, the SSC exams saw 15,77,256 registered students, including 8,44,116 boys and 7,33,067 girls.

Varthana, a non-bank lender in the education sector, has received 3 million euros of debt finance from Dutch investor Triodos Investment Management.

Rajasthan Board Class 12th students. The Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) is declaring the results today for all three streams: Science, Arts, and Commerce. You can access your much-awaited scores on the official RBSE website: http://www.rajeduboard.rajasthan.gov.in/. This announcement comes as a relief to students across the three academic streams: Arts, Commerce, and Science. The official announcement is expected after 12:00 noon. Students can check their scores on the RBSE's official website.

From a technical analysis perspective, the Nifty index appears to have strong momentum. If the positive sentiment persists, it is plausible to see the index testing its previous highs around the 22800 levels, Dr Ravi Singh,Senior Vice President, Retail Research at Religare Brokingsaid. This analyst spells out the strategy in the previous week’s major movers viz. Hindustan Zinc, Tata Motors, Honasa Consumer (Mamaearth), and three more stocks. Here’s what he recommends: It was a good week for markets with Nifty gaining 2.3% WoW thanks to benign US inflation numbers which lifted the mood on the Street. Is it priced-in now or we can see a further rally?

New York’s first-in-the-nation plan to levy a hefty toll on drivers entering Manhattan was the focus of a legal battle that played out in federal court

Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) will soon take another step to resemble state-of-the art global finance centres as the hub is set to launch its own foreign currency settlement system, K Rajaraman, chairperson of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) told Bhaskar Dutta in an interview. He also listed out the latest steps being taken by the IFSC Authority to «onshore what is offshore». Edited excerpts: Markets have been telling us about the development of an international-style instant foreign exchange settlement system in GIFT City. What is happening on the ground?

UPI) platforms is increasingly winning over merchants and consumers alike, taking the sheen off debit cards for cashless transactions.

While university graduates around Canada are celebrating their accomplishments, one University of New Brunswick law graduate said he was “humiliated” during his graduation ceremony.

UFO and Alien sightings have a separate level of craze and now residents of Japan's city are banking on the same fascination for economic prosperity. Japanese city named Kofu is located in Yamanashi Prefecture, at the foothill of Mount Fuji. Kofu will commemorate the 50th anniversary of a notable event in which two elementary school children reported encountering UFOs and alien. The incident grabbed spotlight and widely considered as one of «three major UFO incidents» reported in the country, as per a report on JapanToday.

Modi on Sunday said that a batch of 300 people has already received citizenship through the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and that people of West Bengal will also receive citizenship in the coming days while attacking the Trinamool Congress for opposing the CAA. «CAA is for giving citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christians who fled religious persecution in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh,» Modi said. «People have lost faith in TMC...Trinamool has raised questions about the character of women in Sandeshkhali. Women will reply through votes and take every revenge against the torture through votes,» Modi said at public rallies in tribal dominated Purulia and Bishnupur today. «Trinamool came to power with the slogan 'Ma, Mati and Manush' (Mother, land and people) and today they are exploiting the Ma, Mati and Manush.»

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Voting for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be held on May 20 (Monday). Total 49 seats across 6 states and 2 Union Territories will be covered in the fifth phase.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Voting for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be held on May 20 (Monday). Total 49 seats across 6 states and 2 Union Territories will be covered in the fifth phase.

Ballia: A teacher of a private school here has been booked for allegedly thrashing a Class 10 student, leading to partial loss of hearing, the police said on Sunday. The incident took place on May 13 in the school located in Piprauli Barhagaon under the Ubhaon police station limits here during a mathematics period that the 14-year-old victim was attending, they added.

ALSO READ: Lok Sabha election 2024 Phase 5: Full list of 49 constituencies; key candidates here According to DEO Ajay Kumar Singh, Harendra Rajak's conduct was brought to his attention by the relatives of several students of the government secondary school at Amrakh in Kurhani block. "A written complaint was submitted by the family members that children were being told by the teacher that nobody should vote for Modi since foodgrains unfit for human consumption were being distributed under the free ration scheme", the DEO said.

State Bank of India chief–and Mohandas Pai–previously CFO at Infosys– will not be renewing their contract to be part of Byju's board advisory council, sources familiar with the matter said. This adds to the series of troubles the edtech firm finds itself in since last year. Pai and Kumar’s contract ends on June 30 and they are not renewing the contract, people briefed on the matter said. Both Pai and Kumar joined the advisory council following Byju's investors–Peak XV Partners, Prosus and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative–leaving the board of the company last year.