Andhra Pradesh Teachers Federation (APTF) filed a review petition in the Supreme Court (SC) seeking exemption from the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET). The federation’s State president G. Hrudaya Raju and general secretary S. Chiranjeevi on Thursday referred to the Supreme Court’s ruling given on September 1, 2025, stating that even teachers appointed before the implementation... Read More

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency on Thursday, October 23, 2025, Chinese President Xi Jinping leads other members of the Politburo standing committee during the fourth plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee in Beijing. | Photo Credit: AP The elite Central Committee of China’s ruling Communist Party... Read More

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with journalists to comment on new U.S. sanctions targeting two major Russia’s oil producers, as well as other international issues, in Moscow, Russia, on October 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday (October 23, 2025) that Moscow would never bow to pressure from the United... Read More

Vice-Chancellor of St Aloysius (deemed to be university), Mangaluru, Praveen Martis and  Principal, Sophia College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, Pearl D’Souza were elected as president and vice-president of Xavier Board of Higher Education in Mangaluru. Praveen Martis, Vice-Chancellor of St. Aloysius (deemed to be university), Mangaluru, has been elected as the president of Xavier Board of Higher Education... Read More

Collector C. Dinesh Kumar launched the Thalapalli lake desilting project in Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu on Thursday. | Photo Credit: BASHKARAN N. The Confederation of India Industry (CII), Titan and the CII foundation came together and launched a lake desilting project at Thalapalli lake and its drainage canal in Pedathalapalli village in Krishnagiri on Thursday... Read More

A release from MAHE said the finding stands in contrast to widespread concerns about a global decline in sperm count.  A comprehensive study conducted by Kasturba Medical College (KMC), a constituent unit of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), has found no evidence of decline in semen quality among South Indian men over the past... Read More

An assistant agriculture officer was arrested on graft charges by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) here on Thursday (October 23, 2025). The arrested was identified as Murugesan, an officer at the office of the Assistant Director of Agriculture, Vepanapalli block. The arrest was made based on a complaint from Mangammal, who had applied... Read More

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella organisation of various farmers’ organisations, and the platform for ten Central Trade Unions (CTUs) have decided that workers and farmers from every district of the country will submit memorandums to President Droupadi Murmu against the draft Electricity Amendment... Read More

First Division Bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan said no such direction could be issued by the court on the judicial side. The Madras High Court on Thursday rejected a public interest litigation petition which insisted upon disposal of election petitions, challenging the victory of Members of Parliament and... Read More

An explosion at a factory in the central Russian city of Kopeysk killed 10 people and left 12 others missing, the region’s Governor said Thursday (October 23, 2025). Authorities did not say what caused the blast late Wednesday (October 22, 2025) or give the name of the plant, but Russian media outlets reported that it... Read More