Akshita Kapoor

[ad_1] MUMBAI: Rajit Gupta of Kota emerged at the top of the JEE Advanced 2025 rank list, securing 332 out of 360 marks. Gupta, whose father himself ranked 48th in Rajasthan's Pre Engineering Test of 1994, will join IIT Bombay's computer science department.Nipping at Gupta's heels, Saksham Jindal from Hisar in Haryana, the son of doctor parents, matched his score but fell just short on tie-breaking metrics - based on higher positive marks. Gupta got 335 and Jindal got 333. Majid Husain stood third with 330. This year the list saw more ties - ranks 6 and 7 both scored 321, and 8 and 9 shared a score of 319 - making the race not just close, but highly competitive.The coaching hub of Kota, often in the news for negative reasons, had cause to celebrate Monday as an unprecedented 42 […]

[ad_1] Josh Allen and Hailee Steinfeld are now married.(Image via TheImageDirect.com) The Buffalo Bills’ star player, Josh Allen, has finally tied the knot with his actress fiancee, Hailee Steinfeld, even though there were many speculations around Steinfeld’s relationship with actor Michael B. Jordan. Hailee Steinfeld recently starred in the blockbuster horror movie, Sinners, with Michael B. Jordan and fans were blown away by their chemistry and their steamy scenes together. While Hailee Steinfeld looked ecstatic at her wedding with Josh Allen, fans have dragged Michael B. Jordan into it.Josh Allen and Hailee Steinfeld tied the knot in a beautiful wedding but fans have pulled Michael B. Jordan into this againIn pictures that have gone viral from Josh Allen and Hailee Steinfeld’s beautiful wedding in California, the True Grit actress could not stop smiling as she walked down the aisle in […]

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia voiced strong support for India's stand on counterterrorism and emphasised regional peace and prosperity during a visit by an all-party Indian parliamentary delegation following April 22 Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor.Malaysia's deputy minister of national unity, Saraswathy Kandasamy, reaffirmed Kuala Lumpur's zero-tolerance stand on violence. "India is not interested in war, rather the focus is its economic trajectory," she said Monday. "What we heard today was that friendly countries like Malaysia should use its influence to bear upon Pakistan to shun terrorism and work for progress of people."Saraswathy said Malaysia stood ready to condemn violence and advocate peace when required, echoing India's call for partners to help break cycles of poverty and conflict. The delegation led by JDU MP Sanjay Jha met key Malaysian politicians and officials as part of the final leg of its Asia […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The line, ever so thin, between the Pakistani state and terrorists, is fast disappearing post-Operation Sindoor. Speaker of Pakistan's Punjab assembly, Malik Ahmed Khan, has now come out in defence of Lashkar-e-Taiba deputy chief Saifullah Kasuri, by attending a rally alongside the US-designated terrorist, and Talha Saeed, son of LeT chief Hafiz Saeed.Asked by reporters, the speaker of the assembly of Pakistan's biggest province brazened it out by saying Kasuri, one of the masterminds of the Pahalgam terror attack, should not be seen as an accused without an investigation. He also cited a personal connection to Kasur, the town where the May 28 rally was organised. The presence of Talha alongside Kasuri came to light when foreign policy circles were already discussing Kasuri and his jihadi comrades gloating over what they called their success in avenging the […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu, Tripura and Delhi have emerged as top performers in tackling the challenge of adult literacy and education. The 2024-25 Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Test (FLNAT), conducted under ULLAS - Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram, has thrown up encouraging results among states that submitted the certification data in time.Data compiled by the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), exclusively accessed by TOI, showed that the top performers ranged in the late 90s in terms of success percentages, while the relative laggards - Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh - were over 85%. The FLNAT programme was rolled out in phases between July 2024 and March 2025, with over 1.77 crore adult learners tested in all. Uttarakhand & Gujarat post lowest certification rates By May 2025, only 34.3 lakh were officially certified, reflecting a national average of about […]

[ad_1] KALIMPONG/KOLKATA/DARJEELING: Two Army personnel and a porter died when their camp in Sikkim's Mangan was swept away late Sunday in a landslide triggered by heavy rain. Six others - four Army personnel and two family members - are missing.The landslide hit the camp in Chaten, 3km from Lachen in Mangan's Chungthang sub-division, around 7pm. The bodies of Havaldar Lakhwinder Singh, Lance Naik Munish Thakur and porter Abhishek Lakhada were recovered from debris Monday, while four people were rescued with minor injuries.The missing include Lt Col Pritpal Sandhu (GSO-I), his wife Sqn Ldr Arati B Sandhu (retd) and daughter Amaira Sandhu, Subedar Dharamveer, Sep Sainuddin P K and Sep Sunilal Muchahary. Officials said teams were working round the clock in challenging terrain and adverse weather conditions to find the missing.Army mourns lives lost in Sikkim tragedy | page 12 The […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi is likely to inaugurate Katra-Srinagar Vande Bharat train service this week which will mark the first rail link to Kashmir valley from the rest of the country.The PM was supposed to greenlight the train on April 19 but could not do so because of inclement weather. The opening ceremony had to be deferred because of Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor, two developments which have invested what was supposed to be a major infrastructure project with much greater significance.Coming against the backdrop of Pahalgam terror attack that was conceived to reverse tourism-based economic development, running of the first train to Srinagar will be seen as both Centre's continuing commitment to the border state and a message of defiance, sources said.Last month, railways successfully ran its first "trial special train", carrying soldiers, on Katra-Qazigund section, including […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India's flyer footfall is projected to more than double from the current 24 crore to almost 50 crore annually by 2030, which is more than the population of many countries, PM Narendra Modi said Monday while showcasing the country's aviation success story at the International Air Transport Association's 81st AGM here.Modi also said India's aviation ambitions included commercial space flights and integrating interplanetary journeys into civil aviation. While these will take time, the country is geared to make this a reality through its prowess in transformation and innovation, he said. PM Modi pointed out that India already had the most inclusive workforce in aviation with 15% of pilots being women, three times the global average of 5%. By 2047, the number of airports will expand to 350 - there are 162 currently in operation - while cargo […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold a meeting of council of ministers Wednesday, the first after Operation Sindoor and days before completion of his first year in his third term in office.TOI has learnt that though ministers have been informed about the meeting, its agenda has not been shared yet. In each of these meetings, different govt departments make detailed presentations about schemes and programmes and their progress.Sources said a discussion on precision strikes on terror bases in Pakistan under Operation Sindoor and the thrust on public outreach to mark the 11th year of Modi govt are likely to feature in the meeting. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] New Delhi: Russia is committed to delivering the remaining units of S-400 air defence system to India by 2025-2026, said Russian deputy chief of mission Roman Babushkin Monday while highlighting that the system performed "very efficiently" during recent India-Pakistan tensions.Babushkin also said Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov is likely to visit India soon. The visit will help prepare the ground for India-Russia summit that will see President Vladimir Putin travelling to India later this year.Babushkin confirmed that the contract for the remaining two S-400 units is on track, with deliveries expected to be completed by 2025-26, in line with publicly announced timelines. India had signed a $5.43 billion deal with Russia in 2018 for five squadrons of S-400 Triumf missile system, a state-ofthe-art air defence platform capable of engaging multiple aerial threats at long ranges. Three squadrons have already […]