Abhinaya Harigovind

In India, children who can be fostered have to be above the age of six years living in child care institutions and having “unfit guardians”.

In 2023, more than 65% of class 12 students in Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana were in the science stream, while Meghalaya, Tripura, West Bengal, and Nagaland had over 75% of students in the Arts stream. State boards had a higher failure rate compared to central boards, with 27.2 lakh students failing class 12.

In her letter to Banerjee, WCD Minister Annapurna Devi pointed out that under a Centrally Sponsored Scheme launched in October 2019, West Bengal was allocated 123 Fast Track Special Courts, but none had been operationalised till mid-June 2023.

The CBSE is also considering CCTV recordings of classrooms where students are taking board exams considering the “risk of disturbances at the exam centres”, the minutes said.

Five states — Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Delhi, Punjab and West Bengal — are yet to sign the MoU. While Tamil Nadu and Kerala have indicated their willingness, Delhi, Punjab and West Bengal had earlier refused, ostensibly prompting the Centre to stop their SSA funds.

In this matter, the Deputy Conservator of Forest, South Forest Division, filed a status report in April this year after an inspection.

Over the years, vast swathes of the Ridge area — that act as the Capital's lungs — have been built upon. Less than a fourth of the “encroached land” has been freed so far, documents show.

Tamil Nadu and the Centre are once again locking horns over the NEP, this time because of the Centre not releasing certain funds earmarked for the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan

With hundreds in attendance, the CPI(M) stalwart's mortal remains were carried in an ambulance from the CPI(M) headquarters at AKG Bhawan on Saturday.

4 out of 10 science students who passed Class 12 girls; in line with trend in higher education.