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55% teachers are women, girl student enrolment up: govt.
Enrolment of girls across the country has nudged forward to 48.4% (up from 48.3% last year). | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Union Education Ministry on Tuesday (July 7, 2026) released the comprehensive report on the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) for the academic year 2025-26 which highlights a progressive shift towards…
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Trump berates NATO, praises Turkey’s Erdogan as summit starts
U.S. President Donald Trump praised his “chemistry” with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he arrived in Ankara for a NATO summit on Tuesday (July 7, 2026), while hitting out at European allies for their response to his war in Iran. Mr. Trump was greeted personally by Mr. Erdogan on the tarmac as he descended…
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TRB says anomalies in mark list were clerical, did not affect candidates’ results
The Tamil Nadu Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) has responded to allegations of anomalies in the mark list for recruitment of Assistant Teachers to government and government-aided arts and science colleges, and government colleges of education stating that they were “clerical errors” that did not affect the performance of any of the candidates. “Evaluation and publication…
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Reform U.K.’s Farage resigns as MP, forces byelection
Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage looks on as he makes a statement to the media at the party headquarters in Millbank, central London, Tuesday July 7, 2026. Photo: PA via AP Nigel Farage, the leader of the nativist Reform U.K. party, resigned from his parliamentary seat of Clacton-on-Sea on Tuesday (July 7, 2026), saying he…
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Three tankers hit in latest attacks in Strait of Hormuz: UKMTO
A satellite image shows a group of small boats near the Strait of Hormuz, on July 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Three tankers were struck by projectiles on Tuesday (July 7, 2026) in the Strait of Hormuz, the British military said, in the latest attacks targeting vessels moving through the narrow mouth of the…
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Intellectuals write open letter to Revanth, demand withdrawal of school consolidation plan
A chorus of protest from over 100 prominent educationists, intellectuals, poets, and civil society leaders rose here on Tuesday, demanding the immediate withdrawal of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s reported proposal to merge 27,000 government schools into 4,000 institutions. The move would push rural children away from education and weaken the public schooling system, they…