Nursery admissions for the 2025-26 academic session in approximately 1,741 private schools across Delhi concluded on Friday. The Directorate of Education (DoE) of the Delhi government, through a circular issued on November 12, set December 20 as the final date for submitting registration forms. The first general admission lists are scheduled for release on January…
A married woman in China has been detained by police for hiring actors to impersonate herself and her parents on a blind date. The man, named Xin, a resident of central China’s Hubei province, met the woman who identified herself as Xiaoyu. She reached out to him in August 2022 after seeing his contact details…
The US Congress passed spending legislation early on Saturday in a down-to-the wire burst of activity that will avert a destabilizing government shutdown ahead of the busy holiday travel season. The Democratic-controlled Senate in an 85-11 vote passed the bill to continue government funding 38 minutes after it expired at midnight (0500 GMT Saturday). The…
Recent studies have uncovered a frightening association between the popular diabetes and weight loss drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy, with a rare eye disorder that may cause blindness. A study, published in the medical journal JAMA Ophthalmology, reported that individuals on those drugs containing semaglutide have a much larger percentage chance of acquiring NAION, or, more…
Sydney’s iconic New Year’s Eve fireworks display could be cancelled this year owing to the ongoing industrial action by the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) seeking pay rises and improvements to working conditions. New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb said she had “grave concerns” about the safety of revellers who would gather in…
The suspect, 50, is from Saudi Arabia. He had been residing in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, according to officials. The Saudi man was arrested from the city of Magdeburg in west of Berlin following the incident, according to reports. The suspect was working as a doctor and had been in Germany since 2006, said regional premier…
In fresh incidents, eight idols have been vandalised in three Hindu temples in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh and Dinajpur over two days, a media report said on Friday. Police have arrested a suspect concerning vandalism at one of the temples, The Daily Star newspaper reported. These are the latest in a series of incidents against the minority…
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday refuted Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri’s claims regarding the former insisting the inclusion of billionaire George Soros in an invite list to a 2009 dinner in the US. Mr Tharoor said his and Mr Puri’s recollections of the dinner hosted by the latter during his tenure as the Indian…
Two women married in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj, but only after one of them changed her gender to avoid societal hurdles and defamation. Ranu and Jyoti got married with great pomp and their families’ blessings in Kannauj’s Sadar Kotwali, after the former spent around Rs 7 lakh to change her gender. Shivangi, the daughter of Indra…
The first allotment list for the counselling of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 is scheduled to be released by the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) on December 26, 2024. Â Registered candidates can check the list on the official website once it is released. Candidates can pay the Confirmation Fee to the…