NCPCR issues directive to states to prevent corporal punishment in schools during festivals

IANS | August 8, 2024 10:50 PM

New Delhi, August 8 (IANS) The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Thursday issued a directive to the education departments of all the states and Union Territories (UTs), asking them to prevent incidents of corporal punishment and discrimination against schoolchildren during upcoming festivals, including Raksha Bandhan (August 19).

SC orders medical re-test of CSE-2014 candidate to do 'complete justice'

IANS | August 4, 2024 5:31 PM

New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court has directed the Central Standing Medical Board to undertake a medical re-test of a candidate who passed Prelims, Mains and Interview of Civil Services Examination (CSE)-2014 but was declared 'temporarily unfit' in medical assessment.

NEET-UG row: SC to pronounce detailed judgment on Friday

IANS | August 1, 2024 10:40 PM

New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court will, on Friday, pronounce its judgment containing detailed reasons for not cancelling the NEET-UG 2024 exam amid the allegation of paper leak and other irregularities.

Basement turned into library: How Delhi coaching centre violated safety norms

IANS | July 28, 2024 3:07 PM

New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) A day after the tragic incident in the coaching centre of Delhi’s Rajinder Nagar, where the flooding of the basement resulted in the death of at least three UPSC aspirants, it has emerged that the institute flouted the key guidelines and norms, as outlined by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).