Only 14% Goa schools have special children friendly toilets, 208 for 4.7k kids | Goa News

Panaji: Only 14.1% of all regular schools (208 of 1,473) in Goa have toilets which are children with special needs (CWSN)-friendly and functional, as per the Union education ministry’s unified district information system for education (UDISE+) report for 2025-26, released recently. Goa’s figure is far lower than the national average of 38%.The National Education Policy…

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Earth’s core contains most of the planet’s gold, and scientists now find evidence that some core material is leaking into the mantle |

Earth’s core holds far more gold than anyone can reach. More than 99.999 per cent of the planet’s stores of gold and other precious metals lie buried under 3,000 kilometres of solid rock, locked away within the metallic core and far beyond the reach of humankind. For decades, geologists assumed this vast reserve was permanently…

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Roads flood, traffic crawls & tempers flare: Two days of rain lays bare Pune’s crumbling infrastructure & poor monsoon preparedness | Pune News

A section of the Pune-Bangalore Highway service road near Mhalunge was left waterlogged after rainfall Pune: Just two days of monsoon rain have once again exposed the fragile state of the city’s roads and drainage infrastructure, with residents flooding social media with images and videos of cratered streets, persistent waterlogging, uneven carriageways and utility chamber…

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Sonam Wangchuk begins indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in support of CJP protest | Delhi News

NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Sunday began an indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, where the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has been staging a protest since June 20, demanding the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in examinations.Hundreds of protesters, mostly students and young people, gathered at Jantar Mantar on…

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Residents in flood-prone areas heave a sigh of relief as water discharge from major dams eases sharply | Pune News

Pune: Residents in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad’s flood-prone low-lying areas heaved a sigh of relief on Saturday after the state irrigation department sharply reduced water release from major reservoirs, including the Khadakwasla, Pavana and Mulshi, to below 10,000 cusec.Just a day earlier, Khadakwasla dam was releasing water at a peak rate of 43,571 cusec, while…

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