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Calcutta HC junks order to scrap 32,000 teacher jobs | India News

KOLKATA: Calcutta high court Wednesday decided against scrapping the recruitment of 32,000 teachers for state-run primary schools, setting aside the order of Justice Abhijit Ganguly, who has since become a BJP MP, report Subrata Chattoraj & Poulami Roy.In 2023, Justice Ganguly, while cancelling the appointments based on 2014 Teacher Eligibility Test, said the jobs were […]

Green economy can draw in $4 trillion, create 48m jobs by 2047: Study | India News

NEW DELHI: India’s green economy could attract $4.1 trillion (Rs 360 lakh crore) in cumulative investments and create 48 million (4.8 crore) ‘full-time equivalent’ (FTE) jobs by 2047, an independent study released by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) said.The analysis also projects that India could unlock a $1.1 trillion (Rs 97.7 lakh […]

Giving laws more teeth to curb deepfakes, says Vaishnaw | India News

Ashwini Vaishnaw (File photo) NEW DELHI: Warning that fake news poses a direct threat to India’s democracy, I&B minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Wednesday told Lok Sabha the govt is moving to strengthen the legal framework to curb misinformation and AI-driven deepfakes across digital platforms.Vaishnaw said the manner in which social media is being used has led […]

US firm’s ‘we still sponsor H-1Bs’ hoardings in India grab eyeballs amid $100,000 visa fee row

A US-based AI recruitment firm came to IIT-Delhi for placement and assured the students that they will not hesitate to sponsor H-1Bs because of the $100,000 fee that the Donald Trump administration imposed, so that companies rely on American talent and don’t import foreign skills. The firm’s social media marketing also targeted the H-1B issue, […]

Markram’s Century Helps South Africa Level ODI Series Against India | Udaipur Kiran

Raipur, December 3 – South Africa registered a 4-wicket victory against India in the second ODI match played on Wednesday. With this win, the visiting team has levelled the three-match ODI series 1-1. India had won the first ODI match in Ranchi by 17 runs after losing the Test series 0-2 against South Africa. The […]

IndiGo cancellations: DGCA says over 1,200 flights affected; probe under way | India News

NEW DELHI: The Directorate general of Civil Aviation on Wednesday launched a probe into the disruptions caused in IndiGo’s network.DGCA has asked the airline to report to its headquarters and present the facts leading to the current situation.“The inconvenience caused to passengers is regretted. Travellers are advised to verify flight status through official channels before […]

Nick Fuentes wants India added to list of 19 countries facing US immigration and naturalization suspension after DC shooting

Right-wing commentator Nick Fuentes wants to include India in the list of countries from which the US is stopping immigration.Recently, the Trump administration cracked down on 19 countries with a full suspension of immigration and naturalization.These countries include: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, […]

‘Heinous crime shocked our state’: US pressures India to extradite Nazeer Hameed, accused of 2017 double murder; FBI offers $50,000 reward

New Jersey governor Phil Murphy has written to New Delhi seeking the help of the Indian government in the extradition of Nazeer Hameed, an Indian national charged in a double murder a mother and son in 2017. Sasikala Narra and her six-year-old son Anish were killed by the accused Hameed, who used to work with […]

‘Humanitarian grounds’: SC allows deported pregnant woman, her child to return from Bangladesh; citizenship still in question | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted the entry of a pregnant woman and her eight-year-old child into India on “humanitarian grounds,” months after the pair had been pushed into Bangladesh.The Supreme Court was hearing the Centre’s challenge to the Calcutta High Court’s September 26 order, which struck down the government’s move to deport […]

‘No archival evidence’: Congress slams Rajnath Singh’s ‘Nehru wanted to rebuild Babri’ charge; calls it a lie | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress has rejected Rajnath Singh’s claim that “Jawaharlal Nehru wanted to build Babri Masjid using public funds, and it was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel who opposed it”. The grand old party accused the defence minister of propagating a “lie”, and said they would not let “the legacy of Nehru or Patel to be distorted […]