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Infosys Foundation chair, singer Shankar Mahadevan, and economist Sanjeev Sanyal, a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, are part of this endeavour according to an internal note of NCERT as reported by HT. The primary goal of this committee is to align the curriculum with the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE). Developed under the guidance of the K Kasturirangan-led steering committee as a part of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 implementation.

Indian cricket sensation Prithvi Shaw finds himself at the centre of an online storm as a recent body-shaming incident has caused a stir. The latest critic to voice controversial comments is an Indian-American entrepreneur named Ankur Nagpal. Using "X" (previously known as Twitter), Nagpal took a jibe at Shaw's physical appearance after images of the cricketer's recent achievements went viral.

Lionel Messi's relocation to the United States to play for Inter Miami FC has created ripples not just in the soccer world, but also in the realm of entertainment. While soccer might not hold the same popularity as it does in other parts of the world, his presence in Major League Soccer (MLS) has infused newfound excitement into the league.

China has been synonymous with relentless development and upward mobility. As its 1.4 billion people gained an appetite for the wares of the world — Hollywood movies, South Korean electronics, iron ore mined in Australia — the global economy was propelled by a seemingly inexhaustible engine. Now that engine is sputtering, posing alarming risks for Chinese households and economies around the planet.

Instagram Rich List 2023 which revealed that he earns $1,384,000 per post on the Meta-owned social media platform. ‘News about my social media earnings is not true’, said Kohli on X (formerly Twitter). “While I am grateful and indebted to all that I’ve received in life, the news that has been making rounds about my social media earnings is not true," the Indian Cricketer wrote in a post on X.

Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of a ₹100-crore temple dedicated to social reformer Sant Ravidas in the Sagar district where he will also address a public meeting. Notably, this will be PM Modi's second visit in just over a month to poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.

To say the star power of the Matildas has been lopsided would be an understatement. Exhibit A: Sam Kerr’s roughly 1.3 million-strong audience on Instagram almost equals the rest of the squad’s combined following.

Zerodha has received the final approval from market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India to launch its asset management business,CEO Nithin Kamath announced on Friday. It is launching the asset management company in partnership with Smallcase, which was incubated within Zerodha's in-house corporate fund Rainmatter. In April, both Zerodha and Smallcase had announced that they would form a joint venture to launch the Zerodha AMC business. In a message posted on the X social media platform, Kamath said there were two reasons that motivated Zerodha to launch an AMC. The first was that even after so much growth over the last three years, there are only around 60-80 million unique equity investors.

Surging June-quarter earnings at the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), the country's biggest institutional investor and the second-largest state entity by market value, surprised Dalal Street, with the insurance market leader showing minimal impact of adverse tax rules on high-value non-par products. Chairman Siddhartha Mohanty tells Shilpy Sinha and MC Govardhana Rangan that the insurer is undergoing a digital transformation it believes will help achieve the social objective of extending life cover to the uninsured, and wrest back market share in the process. Edited excerpts:Last quarter (April-June) earnings soared from a year ago. What drove the growth and is it sustainable? This is sustainable and profit is likely to increase in the coming quarters.

Households and business will be condemned to higher power prices for decades if Australia does not embrace nuclear power, according to Coalition senators who are trying to overturn the existing ban.

ByteDance is relying on its music streaming app Resso and 'all-in-one' productivity app Lark to forge ahead in the Indian market, three years after its flagship short-video app TikTok and others like Helo and CapCut were banned by the government. Resso, which also operates in Brazil and Indonesia, counts India as its largest market. According to AppMagic, it has been downloaded over 125 million times in the country.

Haryana government has extended suspension of internet and SMS services in state's Nuh district till August while terming the situation there as ‘critical and tense’. The suspension of internet services in the Nuh district had earlier been extended to August 8 and then to August 11.

(Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it has reached a staff-level agreement with Honduras for a 36-month credit facility for about $830 million to support the country's economic reform policies.

By Andrea Shalal and Michael Martina

NEW DELHI : State-level data protection boards will not figure in the rules of the digital personal data protection (DPDP) bill as the difference in jurisdictions will pose a challenge to execution of the law, said Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union minister for railways, telecom and IT. In an interview, the minister added that the government will state and itemize instances that comprise fair and reasonable terms for apps to take consent from users under the law. Edited excerpts: The Constitution has clearly said where the laws will be made and who will make the laws.

China's top-selling automobile manufacturer, BYD Co (OTC:BYDDF) Ltd ADR (OTC:BYDDY), has ignited a surge of online attention after the automaker signaled for unity, calling for the industry to band together and “demolish the old legends.”

Gauhati High Court on Thursday acquitted all persons accused in the ₹1,000-crore North Cachar Hills scam. The High Court stated that the impugned judgment dated May 22,2017 passed by the Special Judge, NIA in Special NIA case does not stand to scrutiny and is hereby quashed and set aside. The court stated, " we have already concluded that this document also does not provide any insight into the alleged terrorist activities of DHD(J)." In 2017 the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court sentenced at least 13 persons in two cases.

Kristine Harila has denied the accusation that she and her team left an injured porter to die and walked over him in a bid to secure the world record for scaling all mountains above the height of 8,000 feet in the shortest time, according to reports. Porter Mohmmad Hassan reportedly fell off a ledge while scaling K2, the second-highest summit of the world. A video posted on the social media platform shows Hassan lying on the ground and many people walking over him. Denying the allegation that she left Hassan to die, Kristine Harila said that the porter was a member of another team that walked away. She said that her team tried to fasten a rope around Hassan and give him oxygen support as he was hanging upside down. She added further that her team was trying to help the porter when an avalanche went off around the corner She also said that after she ensured the safety of her team, she moved on thinking that more help was coming for Hassan. Harila also said that when she came back, she found that the Pakistani porter had died. She added that no one in her team was in a condition to carry the body back to the base camp. The Norwegian mountaineer's reply came when Austrian climbers Wilhelm Steindl and Philip Flamig posted pictures to show how people walked over the dying Hassan. The duo also said that when they saw people walking over Hassan, they were shocked and they cried. They said that one person was trying to help the Pakistani porter, there was no rescue operation and people were simply walking over him to reach the summit in time so that they could make a record. But Kristine Harila said that no one was to blame for this tragic incident.

Tata Sons Chairman N. Chandrasekaran, senior executives from Air India, and top heads from the Indian aviation industry, it is rather clear that the loyalty towards the airline will develop on account of on-time performance, reliable flight operations, a wide network that gives passengers the most feasible flight timings, and clean aircraft with interiors in acceptable condition.

Chetan Singh shot three Muslim passengers after shooting his Hindu senior, in what has been stated as hate crime. The Supreme Court was hearing a plea over alleged “blatant hate speeches" calling for killing members of a particular community and their social and economic boycott at rallies in different states, including Haryana. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti asked Additional Solicitor General K M Nataraj, appearing for the Centre, to seek instructions and inform it about the proposed committee by 18 August.

The new Dubai-based crypto venture fund Illuminati Capital has raised $50 million for a fund that aims to invest in early-stage blockchain and Web3 gaming startups.