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Poonam Gupta of NCAER was appointed as Reserve Bank of India's Deputy Governor, in place of Michael Patra. Poonam Gupta is a Lead Economist for India at the World Bank.

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Police closed Hastings Road, which lies between between Skeet and Eltham roads following the crash. According to Te Kura o Nga Ruahine Rangi school administrator Patsy Broughton, students from Years 11 to 13 were travelling to attend a sporting event at another school when their van collided with the car. While most of those injured suffered minor cuts, bruises and concussion, at least four people are reported to be serious. While two of the seriously injured were airlifted to Waikato Hospital, the others were taken by air to Whanganui Hospital. Another nine injured were taken by road to the medical centres with three being admitted to Whanganui Hospital while the other six were sent to the Taranaki Hospital.

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NASA astronauts Barry 'Butch' Wilmore and Sunita 'Suni' Williams embarked on what was supposed to be an eight-day journey to the International Space Station (ISS) in June 2024, they had no idea they were signing up for a nearly year-long stay in orbit. Their unexpected extended mission, which stretched into nine months, turned them into unwilling space pioneers, drawing global attention as their return to Earth was repeatedly postponed. As the days turned into weeks and the weeks into months, their prolonged absence became more than just a professional challenge—it became a deeply personal one. And for Wilmore, missing his daughter’s high school year was perhaps the hardest moment since he mentioned it out of all.

international board schools for their children, with the nation hosting the second-largest number of international schools worldwide — not just in name with a tag, but in affiliation with global education boards, reported ToI. Apart from being in India's richer cities like Mumbai, Bengaluru, the schools are now reaching places like Hatkanagale in Sangli, Tholahunse in Davangere, and Sonaghati in Betul. «Every year, Cambridge is adding 100 schools, and 30 to 40 new schools of IB are coming up each year. The aspiration of the middle class is at an all-time high. The phenomenon is not limited to metro cities but tier 2 and 3 cities, where the major growth now is coming from,» Mahesh Srivastava, former regional director (South Asia), Cambridge Assessment International Education told ToI.

RBI) data showed, illustrating deceleration in the country’s discretionary spending through a month that coincides with the start of school board examinations in most parts of the country. This decline usage was also accompanied by a significant reduction in new credit card additions that nearly halved to 440,000 in February—from 820,000 in January. To be sure, India’s broadest equity gauges plunged through the first two months of 2025, before a late rearguard from overseas buyers through the last ten days of March helped the indices erase losses for the calendar year. Equity gains were often at the vanguard of big-ticket expenditures, particularly in the metros, through the first nine months of 2024.

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Under the mission, India has launched initiatives addressing various aspects of the Innovation landscape, from infrastructural capacity building to spurring innovation. India has allocated approximately 10,300 rupees under this mission over the coming five years. A major focus of the mission is to build high-end common computing facilities equipped with 18,693 Graphics Processing Units.

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Shardul Thakur has seen it all in the last couple of years. The long period out because of injury in 2024 hadn’t helped either as he not only lost his place in the Indian set up, he even went unsold in the IPL auction. But he never gave up. “I felt bad when I wasn’t picked for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India’s tour of Australia).

Jason Stanley and historians Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore—are leaving the university and the United States to join the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy starting in fall 2025. Their departures, driven by concerns over America’s political climate and academic freedom, mark a significant loss for Yale and highlight growing anxieties about higher education under pressure from partisan attacks.

As of now, over 1,000 people have been confirmed dead in Myanmar, with thousands injured. In Thailand, the death toll stands at 20, with dozens still trapped under collapsed buildings.

Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has declared the Class 10 Matric Result 2025 today. Along with the results, the board has also released the list of top-performing students across the state. The Bihar state government will honor these students with monetary rewards and awards in a public ceremony. This year, four students have scored equal makes to top the exam.

The founder of a startup company that claimed to be revolutionizing the way college students apply for financial aid has been convicted of defrauding JPMorgan Chase out of $175 million

active shooter near the Texas North region led Air Force personnel to lock down their installation at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls throughout Friday morning at 9:40 a.m. (EST). The search operation at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls commenced after base personnel moved to secure both their establishment and an adjacent elementary school.

«At some point, people stop asking „When can I retire?“ And start wondering „Can I ever retire?“ So, is early retirement in India realistic or just a dream?» said Joshi in a post on LinkedIn.

Manab Majumdar, an ISB graduate and consultant, recently shared his perspective on the realities of pursuing an MBA. In a LinkedIn post highlighted the high cost of the degree, the unrealistic expectations associated with post-MBA career growth, and the importance of focusing on academics over distractions during the program. According to Majumdar, an MBA is one of the most expensive courses despite the availability of similar knowledge at a fraction of the cost through other learning methods. Many students enter business school with the misconception that an MBA will immediately catapult them into top executive roles, but the reality is far from the Bollywood-inspired fantasy of instant corporate success, he said. He also emphasized that the experiences during an MBA program are valuable but should not overshadow the primary goal of academic and professional advancement. «MBA is the costliest course for teaching nothing. Yes, you can learn every subject taught in an MBA at 1/100 cost,» he said in the post.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Even as air pollution chokes Indian cities, nearly ₹858 crore allocated by the central government for pollution control in 2024-25 remains unspent.