The commission stressed that it is necessary to strengthen these efforts and "promote such initiatives as writing textbooks in the mother tongue/local languages and encouraging their use in teaching, including translating standard books from other languages".

Music director Hridaynath Mangeshkar and singer Usha Mangeshkar, the other two younger siblings of Lata Mangeshkar, said their aim is to honour people from various fields such as music, drama, art, medicine and social work.

The Met department issued an 'orange' alert with a warning of severe heatwave conditions for two days from Tuesday in Patna, Banka, Jamui, Nawada, Aurangabad, Supaul and several other districts.

With this decision, lakhs of aspirants appearing in the competitive exams will be able to appear for the exams in their mother tongue/regional language and improve their selection prospects, according to a Personnel Ministry statement.

The aircraft landed safely and passengers were deplaned normally, an official statement added. A source, however, said that a full emergency was declared for a SpiceJet flight to Srinagar from Delhi, which had 140 passengers on board.

UltraTech Cement, Titan, Reliance Industries, Bajaj Finance, Mahindra & Mahindra, ICICI Bank, Tata Consultancy Services, Tech Mahindra, ITC and HDFC Bank were among the major laggards.

As per the FADA, the retail sales of the country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India rose to 14,79,221 units in 2022-23 fiscal, attaining a market share of 40.86 per cent.

Reliance Capital News: The bidders have asked the Reliance Capital lenders to ensure that the resolution plans should be in compliance to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and Request for Resolution Plan (RFRP).

Indian Railways' passenger revenue has registered an all-time high growth of 61 percent to reach Rs 63,300 crore.

The previous best performance was achieved in 2018-19 wherein originating freight loading and revenue were 122.5 million tonnes and Rs 10,954.69 crore, respectively.

Tripura: The mercury is hovering around 37 degrees Celsius in Tripura over the last three days. Keeping this in mind, the government has decided to close all state-run and state-aided schools for a week

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Congress are constituents of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in the state.

Mexico: When local security forces arrived at the site they found dead bodies, including one small baby, and shell casings, media reports suggested citing the municipal government's statement.

The expected rise in the price of petrol is based on a Rs 5 per litre exchange loss adjustment of Pakistan State Oil (PSO), which is due to the government as it didn’t include the exchange rate adjustments in the past to keep the prices of the petrol on the lower side.

The NCERT has described the omissions as a possible oversight but refused to undo the deletions, saying they were based on the recommendations of experts.

The decision for change in timings of the schools will be implemented from Saturday. Dr Chandrashekher Singh, District Magistrate, Patna, has issued a notification in this regard.

Shah Rukh Khan, director SS Rajamouli, author Salman Rushdie and television host and judge Padma Lakshmi are among the world’s 100 most influential people of 2023. Read to know more about them.

Chang, who is a director in PMC Projects (India) Pvt Ltd that constructs ports, terminals, rail lines, power lines, and other infrastructure assets for Adani Group, was being called a Chinese national because of his passport, linking the ports-to-energy conglomerate run by Gautam Adani to China.

A Shiv Sena activist at Ambernath in Thane district had lodged a complaint against rap singer Mungase over a song he recently uploaded on YouTube which uses words such as "pannas khoke" (fifty cartons) and "chor" (thieves).

Jio Studios has lined up ready to release over 100 stories across genres of films and original web series in multiple languages including Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, South and Bhojpuri.