G7 energy, environment leaders haggle over climate strategy

The meetings in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo are aimed at forging a consensus on the best way forward, ahead of the G-7 summit in Hiroshima in May.

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IPL: Punjab edge past Lucknow in final-over thriller

Sikandar Raza's maiden Indian Premier League half-century laid a solid platform while domestic talent Shahrukh Khan held his nerves in tense finish as Punjab Kings pipped Lucknow Super Giants by two wickets for their third win of the season. Marred by the absence of season's highest run-getter and skipper Shikhar Dhawan, Punjab pulled off an incredible win, defeating KL Rahul and co. at their den, and breaking their two-game winning run.

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Legal and political peril on the way to 2024 Lok Sabha elections

The battle for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls seems to be shifting increasingly to the courts with very many political leaders being pinned down with defamation, corruption and other cases. As a result, a new political matrix is unfolding with opposition parties beginning to unite to take on the ruling dispensation and the BJP dismissing it as a congregation of those living in fear of the law, writes Kumar Anshuman.

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Strip searching undertrials violation of rights: Court

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Will lose badly without Uddhav Thackeray: Maharashtra Congress

Once a strong opposition party in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation, the Congress has become a shadow of itself and won just 31 seats in 2017.

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SC frowns on 90% Army dental posts for men

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Government plans skill hubs at schools, colleges sans affiliation

According to the official, educational institutions are present in every nook and corner of the country, thus making skilling accessible to the youth. "By utilising the existing infrastructure in these institutions, skilling can be delivered in remote corners, where private training providers may not find it feasible," the official said. Further, these institutions are already recognised or affiliated to some regulatory authorities after undergoing a certain level of scrutiny as per extant rules and fresh affiliation will lead to duplication of efforts.

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