Mohammed Siraj (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: As Team India gears up for the fifth and final Test against England at The Oval, all eyes will be on Mohammed Siraj, who stands just one wicket away from reaching a significant milestone — 200 international wickets. The landmark could come in London, where India are pushing to…
File photo of an IAF MiG-21 passing in front of Sukhoi-30 jets before a drill at Kalaikunda airbase in Bengal October onwards, India will have just 29 fighter jet squadrons- Pakistan has 25. That’s near-parity, and a scary one, especially because Pakistan’s ‘iron brother’ China has 66 squadrons. A squadron typically has 18-20 fighter jets….
NEW DELHI: India’s education system continues to struggle with critical gaps in foundational literacy and numeracy, teacher training and financing, even as it shows consistent gains in gender parity, school completion rates and digital infrastructure. As per the 2025 Unesco SDG 4 scorecard, the country remains off-track in upper secondary and tertiary participation, lags behind…
Ajit Pawar (left) and Eknath Shinde NEW DELHI: Has the dynamics within Maharashtra’s ruling Mahayuti changed? Ajit Pawar‘s NCP, which had come under intense attack from several quarters, including the RSS, after Mahayuti’s dismal performance in Lok Sabha elections, seems to have moved closer to the BJP after the assembly elections. With the Shiv Sena…