According to a survey on higher education, while recommended student-teacher ratio (STR) targets in higher education range between 15:1 and 20:1, the national average hovers between 24:1 and 27:1. In a brightly lit classroom at an engineering college in Bengaluru, a fourth-year Computer Science lecture is underway. At the front, a professor moves through a…
Maintaining familiar patterns can create a false sense of security, which often leads to stagnation. Today, individuals are encouraged to make small changes in their daily habits to foster personal growth. Simple adjustments can reveal whether larger changes may be beneficial in the long run. Mars and Uranus’s planetary alignment supports these efforts by motivating…
NEW DELHI: With EPFO increasing the mandatory wage ceiling from Rs 15,000 a month to Rs 25,000, employees will now contribute Rs 3,000 (at 12% contribution of Rs 25,000 wage) towards their PF savings from Rs 1,800 earlier, govt said in a set of FAQs released. This will be along with a contribution of Rs…
A lemon costing Rs 850 a kilo. A tomato at Rs 680. And one cucumber for nearly Rs 300.Those are the prices an Indian living in Norway spotted at a local store. He shared them online, but instead of simply comparing the cost of groceries in the two countries, he asked a question that got…
Move over, youngsters. This 77-year-old Indian grandpa is busy using ChatGPT to plan his next business idea, and the internet can’t get enough of his adorable politeness.VBR Prasad was travelling on an IndiGo flight when a younger passenger sitting nearby noticed what he was doing before takeoff. Prasad was busy chatting with ChatGPT about a…
Actor Nimrat Kaur has opened up about one of the most painful chapters of her childhood — losing her father, Major Bhupender Singh, when she was just 11. The Indian Army officer was posted in Kashmir when he was abducted and killed by terrorists in January 1994. He was later posthumously awarded the Shaurya Chakra.Nimrat…
‘When we grant early hearing to one litigant who has the resources to approach the SC, we do injustice to millions of litigants who are waiting for a hearing on their petitions,’ the bench said. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday said a bus conductor’s right to access to justice is equal to that of…
The proposed protest comes amid a broader confrontation between the CJP and authorities after the outfit recently alleged that its co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka and volunteers were detained by police in Assam. NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Sunday claimed that Mumbai Police had denied permission for its proposed protest on October 2. CJP…
Karan Johar reviews ‘Drishyam 3’, calls it ‘Mazedaar, lajawab’; praises Ajay Devgn and Jaideep Ahlawat’s performances Filmmaker Karan Johar has joined the long list of people praising ‘Drishyam 3’. He shared his review on Instagram, congratulating Ajay Devgn, Jaideep Ahlawat, director Abhishek Pathak and the whole team on the film’s success. What Karan Johar wrote…
Bengaluru woman quits IT job to drive Rapido auto after father’s death; passengers ask, ‘You speak good English and still drive an auto?’ A Bengaluru auto ride recently led to an unexpected conversation. A passenger discovered that the woman driving the Rapido auto had a background in IT, and the revelation soon became the focus…
