KOLKATA: The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education announced the Madhyamik results on Friday, recording an overall pass percentage of 86.83%. This marks a slight increase from last year’s pass percentage of 86.56%. Among the districts, Kalimpong recorded the highest pass percentage at 95.10% followed by East Midnapore at 94.82%, Kolkata at 92. 3192.31%, West…
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Thursday introduced the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill to amend the women’s reservation law after a division of votes, with 251 members supporting the move and 185 opposing it.The Bill, which seeks to operationalise women’s reservation before the 2029 general elections, was tabled alongside two ordinary legislations, the Delimitation Bill…
A drone strike triggered a fire at the Lanaz refinery in the city of Erbil in northern Iraq on Saturday, forcing authorities to suspend operations at the facility.Videos circulating online showed a large fire and thick black smoke rising from the site.According to Jerusalem Post, officials from the Kurdistan Region’s ministry of natural resources told…
The Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board (TSLPRB) has released the preliminary answer key for the TSRTC Supervisor Trainee (TST and MST) recruitment examination 2026. Candidates who appeared for the written test conducted on March 29, 2026, can now access the answer key through the official website, tgprb.in. The release of the provisional key allows…
Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty ended sharply lower on Monday, as surging crude oil prices and weak global cues triggered a broad-based sell-off amid escalating tensions in Middle East.The 30-share BSE Sensex plunged 1,352.74 points, or 1.71%, to settle at 77,566.16, marking its second straight day of decline. During the session, the index had…
Banks in several parts of India are set to remain closed on May 27 and May 28 on account of Bakrid, also known as Eid al-Adha or Bakri Eid. The festival will be observed on different dates in various states and cities which has led to staggered bank holidays across the country. Eid al-Adha is…
The inland taipan is among the most dangerous snakes in the world and has venom that no other reptile can certainly match for being the most venomous snake globally. It is famously known as the fierce snake, whose venom measures drop for drop, and nothing else comes close. A single bite delivers enough toxin to…
For decades, a vast region south of India has quietly refused to make sense. Satellites mapping Earth’s shape kept returning the same unsettling result: the ocean surface there sits noticeably lower than it should, as if something invisible is pulling it down from below. Ships passing through would never notice anything unusual, yet space-based measurements…
An H-1B Redditor in India presented a mind-boggling calculation and claimed that the savings from the US job could give 9 years of runway in India without earning anything. The Redditor acknowledged that the numbers are not fool-proof and if the cost of living in India goes up, the calculation would go haywire, but at…
File Pic: Germany team (Getty Images) Ohne Worte! Sometimes, if the adage is altered a bit, just two words can be enough to paint a picture. Or, maybe given the context, ‘no words’ are required at all!In a span of four years, Bild, that rambunctious, opinion-forming and hugely popular tabloid newspaper in Germany, had splashed…
