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The Taliban said last week that schooling should resume but that males and females should be separated. (AFP file photo)

A curtain divides male, female students as Afghan universities reopen

What happens in universities and schools across the country is being closely watched by foreign powers

7 Sept 2021 10:45 AM IST

A student arrives to attend classes at a school in Chennai on September 1, 2021, after the state government relaxed the Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown norms for educational institutions, allowing students to attend physical classes. (Photo: AFP)

India adds 31,222 new Covid cases, 290 new fatalities take death toll...

The case fatality rate was recorded at 1.33 per cent

7 Sept 2021 10:22 AM IST

That the Union government has picked the right signals from the tragedy of citizens dying due to lack of oxygen has been reflected in the way it has been taking precautionary measures to avoid a repeat of it, should a third wave visit us. Representational Image (PTI)

India plans 50% increase in oxygen production before third COVID-19...

The target implies a 50% jump from the maximum output of almost 10,000 tonnes reached earlier this year during the peak...

7 Sept 2021 10:17 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi to inaugurate 'Shikshak Parv' conclave today

The Prime Minister will also launch multiple key initiatives in the education sector during the event

7 Sept 2021 8:29 AM IST

The agency also attached a photograph of a rock core slightly thicker than a pencil inside a sample tube. (Photo: Twitter/@NASAPersevere)

NASA confirms Perseverance Mars rover got its first piece of rock

'I've got it!' the space agency tweeted

7 Sept 2021 7:22 AM IST

Indias factory activity contracts for third straight month in June. (AP Photo)

Private manufacturers see 75% surge in Q1 sales: RBI

The sales growth of IT sector companies, on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, accelerated to 17.5 per cent in Q1 of FY22 to...

7 Sept 2021 1:57 AM IST

Haryana BKU chief Gurnam Singh Chaduni said that they had given a deadline of September 6 to the administration to meet their demands. (Twitter)

Mobile internet suspended, section 144 imposed in Karnal ahead of...

The Haryana government ordered suspension of mobile Internet services from 12:30 pm on Monday to Tuesday midnight

7 Sept 2021 1:54 AM IST

Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., has announced agreements to pay publishers in Australia (AP)

Google Calendar to show how much time you have spent in meetings

Interestingly, the feature will only be visible to a user, and not their manager, according to Google

6 Sept 2021 3:23 PM IST

People walk on the beach in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo: AP)

COVID lockdown to be lifted across New Zealand, except Auckland

The nation has been battling an outbreak of the delta variant of the coronavirus since last month

6 Sept 2021 2:52 PM IST

Mmilitary personnel work onboard the C-17 aircraft after landing at RAF Brize Norton, in Oxfordshire, England, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. (Photo: AP)

Britain looking carefully at suicides among Afghan veterans

Britain lost 457 armed forces personnel in Afghanistan, or 13 percent of the international military coalition's 3,500...

6 Sept 2021 2:40 PM IST

Chandrayaan-2, aimed at landing a rover on unchartered Lunar South Pole, was launched on July 22, 2019. (PTI file image)

ISRO releases Chandrayaan-2 data as spacecraft completes 2 years in...

Chandrayaan-2 data product and science documents were released by Sivan, along with data from Chandrayaan-2 orbiter...

6 Sept 2021 2:34 PM IST