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Credit to the US Department of Education US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visited Vertex Partnership Academies, a charter school located in the Bronx, New York. This marks her first school visit since taking on her new role as the head of the Department of Education, highlighting her commitment to advancing school choice across the…
MUMBAI: A US-trained commercial pilot with HIV on Tuesday told the Bombay HC that Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)’s certification deeming him fit to fly as a commander but only with a more experienced pilot beside him was “discriminatory.” He now plans to file a fresh petition challenging the rider on his licence only…
NEW DELHI : India and New Zealand are working to finalise a comprehensive and mutually beneficial Free Trade Agreement (FTA), commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday, and called for targeting robust growth in bilateral trade over the next decade.The two countries decided to relaunch negotiations for a free trade agreement on Saturday…
The tug-of-war between private and public schooling has long been cemented as a contentious battle, embedded with varying ideologies on access, quality, and equity in education. Trump signed a law that has further fanned the flames of discourse, raising pressing questions about the balance of power and the allocation of federal resources in education.The federal…
NEW DELHI: Six Supreme Court judges, led by Justice B R Gavai who is also executive chairman of National Legal Services Authority (Nalsa), will visit strife-torn Manipur this weekend and will inquire about the adequacy of relief material and legal aid to people in relief camps, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra.The visit by Justices Gavai, Vikram Nath,…
Quebec-born businessman and philanthropist Pierre Lassonde is donating $50 million to Polytechnique Montréal to establish an institute dedicated to disruptive innovation. He emphasizes the importance of investing in homegrown talent, particularly as Canada navigates economic tensions with the United States, Global News reports.His donation comes amid an ongoing tariff war between Canada and its largest…
NEW DELHI: More than 68 lakh cancer treatments worth over Rs 13,000 crore have been performed under the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme, with 76% of them undertaken in rural areas, Union health minister J P Nadda said on Tuesday.Of these, more than 4.5 lakh treatments worth over Rs 985 crore were undertaken for “targeted…
File photo of Delhi Capitals cricketers waiting to board their flight in IPL 2025. (Image: Delhi Capitals) New Delhi: During the recently concluded Champions Trophy, current and former players were left miffed by the fact that India played all their matches in Dubai. The team were stationed at one hotel, practiced at single facility, played…
Rasha Alawieh got her bachelor of science and medical doctorate degrees from the American University of Beirut in 2011 and 2015 respectively. (AP Photo) A Brown University professor and physician was deported from the United States to Lebanon after admitting to attending the funeral of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in February. Dr. Rasha Alawieh,…
NEW DELHI: After Islamabad described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on India-Pakistan relations as misleading and one-sided, India again hit out at the neighbouring country saying Pakistan’s support to cross-border terrorism is the biggest roadblock to peace and security in the region.“We note that Pakistan has once again made some comments about the Indian Union…
