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Colourful, activity-rich textbooks with the new syllabus awaits students of Class I-III as schools reopen on June 4. The new syllabus formulated in December has mainstreamed the Ennum Ezhuthum scheme, which previously had four distinct categories with separate workbooks and textbooks to cater to children falling under various types of learning. “The fundamental driver was…
General Education Minister N. Samsudheen’s recent statement that the marginal increase of Plus One seats and the additional batches allotted last year will continue during the allotment process itself has come as a relief for North Kerala districts where the seat shortage is severe. Official sources told The Hindu on Sunday (May 24, 2026) that…
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A 40-year-old woman has been arrested by the police on charges of abducting a nine-day-old baby from the RSRM Hospital on Sunday. A senior officer of the City police said D. Geetha, a resident of Mugalivakkam near Porur, had been admitted to RSRM Hospital on May 13 and delivered a girl baby on May 15….
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Calls to remove barricades or reduce the barricaded area near KMRL’s Kakkanad extension worksites are growing amid massive traffic snarls, especially in and around Palarivattom and on Civil Line Road. | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU The inordinate delay in removing barricades around Kochi metro’s Kakkanad extension work sites, and the snarls on roads leading to…
The World Health Organization declared the Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda to be a public health emergency of international concern on May 17. The outbreak exposes a critical gap in international vaccine preparedness. There is no licensed vaccine yet for the Bundibugyo species of the ebolavirus because…
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CCTV footage of the Labrador wandering in the streets of Sainikpuri. When a food delivery agent spotted a seemingly lost Labrador, with a leash on, wandering alone on Hyderabad’s Kushaiguda road late at night, it reminded him of his own pet of a similar breed. He promptly took the dog, later identified as Bruno, 4,…
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The STARS day event was held at the VIT campus in Vellore on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) has distributed scholarships to the tune of ₹102 crore for government school students under its flagship programme titled Support the Advancement of Rural Students (STARS) scheme since its inception way…
The body of the 10-year-old girl was found close to the bund of Kannampalayam tank near Sulur in Coimbatore district on Friday (May 22, 2026). | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan The mother of the 10-year-old girl, who was sexually assaulted and murdered near Coimbatore, alleged on Sunday (May 24, 2026) that her husband took the…
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BJP national president Nitin Nabin along with State president B.Y. Vijayendra and others during his visit to the Kadu Malleshwara temple in Bengaluru on Sunday. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J. Sending out a stern message of caution to the BJP Karnataka unit in his maiden visit to the State, party national president Nitin Nabin…
Choppadandi MLA Medipally Sathyam on Sunday personally monitored the paddy lifting process at various paddy procurement centres in Gangadhara mandal in Karimnagar district. Responding to the procurement issues due to the reported shortage of vehicles at several paddy procurement centres, Mr. Sathyam rushed to Madhuranagar chowrasta on the Karimnagar-Jagtial main road on Sunday afternoon. He…