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Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled projects worth Rs 55,600 crore in the Northeast, including the strategic Sela tunnel which will provide all-weather connectivity to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh. The PM unveiled the projects spread across Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh at a programme in Itanagar. The Sela tunnel, constructed at a cost of about Rs 825 crore, is an engineering marvel. It will provide all-weather connectivity to Tawang across Sela pass on the Balipara-Chariduar-Tawang Road in Arunachal Pradesh, a statement said. The project, the foundation stone of which was laid by PM Modi in February 2019, will not only provide a faster and more efficient transport route in the region but is of strategic importance to the country as it is located near the frontier with China.

James Webb Space Telescope has discovered what could be a 'Waterworld with a boiling ocean'. Situated on a sub-Neptune distant exoplanet nestled in the TOI-270 system, it is nothing short of a space spectacle. According to 'The Guardian', the exoplanet is twice Earth’s radius and about 70 light years away. A vast reservoir of water vapor and chemical signatures of methane and carbon dioxide have been found in the atmosphere of this exoplanet.

During his state visit to India in January 2024, French President Emmanuel Macron made a significant announcement regarding the launch of Classes Internationales, a ground-breaking program for Indian students seeking higher education in France. The initiative, detailed in a joint statement signed by President Macron and Prime Minister Modi on 26th January 2024, aims to facilitate Indian students' immersion in the French language and academic methodology at prestigious French universities before embarking on their chosen academic degree path. It reaffirms France's commitment to widening opportunities for Indian students and joins other major developments such as the introduction of the 5-year short-stay Schengen visa for Indian graduates, India's emergence as the largest recipient of academic scholarships from the French government, the signing of the MoU on the mutual recognition of academic diplomas between France and India in 2018, and the setting of a target to welcome 30,000 Indian students to France by 2030.

Today, on International Women's Day, we celebrate the achievements and contributions of women around the world. As we recognize the progress made towards gender equality, it’s important to remember that when it comes to personal finance and investing, the rules are nothing short of universal. 

Gone are the days when money management was solely perceived as a man's domain. Today, women are breaking gender barriers in business, challenging societal norms where financial independence was traditionally seen as a male privilege.

Sudha Murty has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on March 8 via social media platform X. PM Modi expressed his delight at Murty's nomination to the Upper House, emphasising the significant role it plays in showcasing 'Nari Shakti' or Women Power. Sudha Murty's nomination, disclosed by Prime Minister Modi, coincides with the celebration of International Women's Day.

Russia-based agents involved in the human trafficking network that pushed Indians into the Ukraine war zone are under the CBI scanner, officials said on Friday. The agents allegedly confiscated the passports of Indians arriving in Russia and forced them to fight with the armed forces, officials said. The network was busted by the CBI on Thursday. Christina and Moinuddin Chippa, a resident of Rajasthan, are based in Russia and were facilitating the trafficking of Indian youth to Russia by offering them lucrative job opportunities there, officials said. The central probe agency's FIR has listed 17 other Visa consultancy companies, their owners and agents spread across India, they said.

J.K. Rowling's views on gender took a legal turn when British police received a complaint from transgender broadcaster India Willoughby against the renowned 'Harry Potter' author over comments made on social media.

New Mexico’s State Land Office will withhold lease sales indefinitely on its most promising tracts for oil and gas development in the Permian Basin as it seeks approval by the state Legislature to increase top-tier royalty rates

DC Extended Universe (DCEU) is undergoing a transformation under James Gunn's direction, with the upcoming Superman film marking the beginning of a new era. As anticipation builds for this highly awaited project, fans are eager to learn more about its release date, cast, and plot. Release Date

India isn't for the faint-hearted. Among the top survival skills it teaches us, the first is to expect the unexpected. It should, indeed, be the country's unofficial motto, especially after the not-so-pleasant surprise for students in Madhya Pradesh. Earlier this month, Jabalpur's Rani Durgavati University — where Rajneesh, a.k.a. Osho, (unsurprisingly) taught philosophy as Chandra Mohan Jain — released exam timetable for MSc Computer Science first semester exam and issued admit cards. But candidates, many of them from other districts, upon reaching the exam centre on Tuesday, were calmly informed there would be no exam that day. Why? Because the univ didn't prepare question papers. The authorities, we've reliably learnt, forgot they had to conduct an exam.

Harbouring a copy of Mein Kampf or My Experiments with Truth doesn't make its possessor a fascist or a Gandhian, respectively. Actions do. This principle was reiterated by the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court this week when it freed former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba and five others in a case accusing them of harbouring Maoist links. The six were arrested in 2013-14 by Maharashtra Police, charged under UAPA, and convicted by a trial court in 2017 for their alleged membership of the banned CPI(Maoist) and its group, Revolutionary Democratic Front. The trial court's ruling in which their possession of Maoist literature was conflated with breaking the law needed to be overturned.

Delhi University professor G N Saibaba, who was released from the Nagpur Central Jail on Thursday after his acquittal in an alleged Maoist links case, said it's a «wonder that he could come out alive» despite suffering the «brutal» jail life. Saibaba (54) said he was targeted for working for the rights of tribals in central and eastern parts of the country and called his arrest an «afterthought». The Bombay High Court on Tuesday set aside the life sentence of Saibaba, noting that the prosecution had failed to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt. «There was every chance that I would not have come out alive,» Saibaba told media persons. He had earlier refused to talk to the press saying, «My health is very bad. I can't talk. I will have to first take medical treatment, and then only I will be able to speak.»

The widespread attention given to the blanking of Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger platforms on Tuesday tells a tale

An unusually warm winter has left the Great Lakes all but devoid of ice and sent scientists scrambling to understand the possible consequences as climate change accelerates

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Mission, aimed at creating computing infrastructure in public-private partnership (PPP) mode. Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal said, at a press briefing in New Delhi, that the mission will be focussed on seven areas.

A small study published 40 years ago set off shock waves in education circles for decades with claims that the right kind of tutoring vaults middling students to the top of the class. Ever since, a number of educators and tech leaders, inspired by the findings, have been chasing these dramatic gains. The latest to take up this cause is Sal Khan, perhaps the country’s leading evangelist for the potential of artificial intelligence in education and whose nonprofit has developed an AI chatbot.

National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to release the admit cards or hall tickets for the Common University Entrance Test-Postgraduate or CUET PG 2024 on Thursday i.e. March 7, 2024. Aspirants can download CUET PG 2024 Admit Card from the official website pgcuet.samarth.ac.in using the application number and date of birth.

Health Canada is shedding new light on eligibility for Canadians hoping to sign up for the federal dental plan.

Is there such thing as too many vaccines?

By Daniel Trotta