VELLORE: Three years ago, 11-year-old M Hemalatha was unsure of the exact date she was born because, in Vellore’s Jawadhu ...

England were dealt familiar heartache in a World Cup final as Australia claimed a record-extending seventh Women’s T20 crown with a thumping seven-wicket win at Lord’s. Nat Sciver-Brunt, who carried ...

Baby’s first piece of Americana? Millions of newborns arriving during America’s 250th birthday celebration will receive a limited-edition Social Security card featuring a patriotic new design — making ...

Babies born in the U.S. during America’s 250th birthday celebration will be given a first-of-its-kind commemorative Social Security card, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced Wednesday.

Books spanning the climate, the internet, alchemy, memory and more have been shortlisted for the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2026. The shortlist was unveiled to a live audience on the ...

NCERT praises EC as autonomous body ensuring free and fair polls New Class 9 textbook supports SIR as a tool to update, verify voter rolls The book highlights EC's use of EVMs, VVPATs, and voter ...

For weeks, students, parents and teachers across CBSE schools have been waiting for one thing: the new Class 9 Social Science textbook. That wait is over. NCERT has officially released Understanding ...

NCERT has introduced the 1975–77 Emergency in the Class 9 Social Science syllabus for the first time under the revised NEP 2020 curriculum. The topic, earlier taught in detail only in Class 12 ...

Even after California’s high-speed rail system finally brings passengers south from Merced to Kern County, it could be several more years before the first bullet train finally pulls into Bakersfield.

Not one for an easy life, Michael Pollan has taken on tricky subjects before in the shape of psychedelics, plants and food. This time, it’s that ultra-slippery beat, consciousness. It’s taken five ...

New Delhi: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has issued a public warning against the circulation of fake and pirated versions of its textbooks, cautioning students, ...

When I was a kid, we used to spend part of the summer at my grandparents’ cabin in northern Saskatchewan. It was truly rustic: forget TV, it didn’t even have plumbing. My mum would pack a suitcase ...