Ritu Sharma

4 days ago | indianexpress.com | Ritu Sharma

“Several cases came to our notice where genuine beneficiaries could not avail this scheme as many would get their income certificates even if they were not eligible under it. This left many children deprived. Also, while all other schemes have set an income limit of Rs 6 lakh, this was the only scheme where it was different or less,” Minister of State for Education, Praful Pansheriya, told The Indian Express.

5 days ago | indianexpress.com | Ritu Sharma

Sharing the key to his success, 18-year-old Mohit Agrawal from Ahmedabad who secured All India Rank (AIR)-90 in the JEE Mains exam, said he ‘devoted seven to eight hours a day towards studies.’ Agrawal secured 285 out of 300 in session 2, the results of which were declared on Saturday. As a student of Maharaja Agrasen Vidyalaya in Ahmedabad’s Memnagar, Agrawal said he started preparing for the JEE examination from Class 9 only.

5 days ago | indianexpress.com | Ritu Sharma

With both his parents practising medicine, 17-year-old Shiven Vikas Toshniwal from Gujarat’s Kutch who secured All India Rank (AIR)-9, with a perfect score of 100 percentile, in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains, conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), says he is happy with his result and is glad that there was ‘no pressure from his parents to follow medical field’. Toshniwal firmly believes in ‘following your interests’ to achieve the desired results.

5 days ago | eurasiantimes.com | Ritu Sharma

After aggressive posturing in the South China Sea, China is upping the ante in the Yellow Sea, following the building of a gigantic steel rig. This has been a bone of contention between South Korea and China. The Coast Guards of the two countries recently had a standoff after Korean ships wanted to investigate the steel structure. South Korean news agency Yonhap quoted diplomatic sources as saying that the two coast guards had engaged in a two-hour-long standoff.

6 days ago | eurasiantimes.com | Ritu Sharma

India and the US enjoy close ties today. But it was not always the case. In 1991, a major American armament firm simulated a major attack on India, using B-52 bombers, submarines, and its armada to prevent war between two nuclear-armed neighbours – India and Pakistan. The simulated attack was set in the year 2000, and the Kashmir crisis was at its peak, and the two countries (India and Pakistan) were gearing up for war.