The Rajasthan BSTC (Pre D.El.Ed) exam is an entrance test for students who want to become primary school teachers. It is conducted by the Registrar, Education Departmental Examinations, Bikaner. Every year, thousands of candidates take this state-level exam to get admission into the Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed) course. The 2025 exam was held on…
NEW DELHI: Iran on Friday shared a video claiming it had targeted and destroyed a key US communications facility in Qatar during last month’s conflict between Israel and Iran.The Iranian embassy in India posted the video on X and said, “Satellite images show that #Iran has taken out the US military’s primary Communications Radome in…
BENGALURU: In a breakthrough with potentially far-reaching implications for clean energy, Indian scientists have engineered a next-generation material that significantly boosts the performance of supercapacitors — devices crucial for fast energy storage and delivery. Led by Dr Kavita Pandey at the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bengaluru, in collaboration with Aligarh Muslim…
An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner, flight AI171, crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport on Thursday, bound for London Gatwick. The crash resulted in a massive fire due to the heavy fuel load, complicating rescue efforts. NEW DELHI: Former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani was onboard the Air India flight that crashed shortly after…
Image Credit: AI Generated The clocks say a day lasts 24 hours, yet today, July 9 2025, will come up just a bit short. Scientists who track the planet’s spin expect Earth to finish its turn about 1.3 to 1.6 milliseconds early. That sliver of time is so small most people will never notice, but…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission has revised its standard operating procedures (SOPs) for post-result checking of burnt memory or microcontroller of EVM (EVM C&V), allowing the candidates who finished second or third, to also opt for a mock poll on the selected EVM units, in addition to the simple diagnostic check already offered.As per the earlier…
The recent uptick in Basmati rice prices is driven by increased international demand and not linked to geopolitical tensions between India and Pakistan, according to the All India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA).AIREA President Satish Goel clarified that the export prices of Basmati varieties 1509 and 1718 have seen a slight rise since March due to…
Texas Hill flash floods (Image credits: AP) At least 13 people have died while several are missing after sudden, heavy rainfall triggered flash floods in Texas Hill Country early Friday.Among the missing are 23 girls who were attending Camp Mystic, a summer camp with about 750 attendees. Rescue teams are continuing search efforts using helicopters,…
NEW DELHI: The 4th India-Central Asia Dialogue saw the two sides stressing that perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors of terrorist acts must be held accountable and brought to justice, while also unequivocally condemning the Pahalgam attack. In a joint statement, they underlined the need to strengthen UN-led global counterterrorism cooperation and fully implement the relevant…
Magnus Carlsen has done it again, this time not against a grandmaster but an AI chatbot. The world’s No. 1 chess player recently took on ChatGPT in an online match and won in just 53 moves without losing a single piece. Carlsen, who is no stranger to crushing opponents on the board, shared screenshots of…
