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SC reserves order on the Constitutional validity of EWS quota

‘We gave them hope’: SC refuses to defer 1st NDA exam for women

The Centre had sought a six-month period to make all preparations. The bench replied: “we will permit you six months without saying no exam. Once we passed an order and created hopes in the candidates having gone this far, we say try your luck next time?”

Biden’s spending package faces hurdles in Congress

Biden has trumpeted proposals to boost taxes on higher-income families and companies, which he said would pay for the legislation. He also met with Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema — both moderate Democrats who harbor concerns over the bill’s massive price tag, but whose votes are needed to pass the plan.

NASA-Boeing Starliner spacecraft launch may slip to 2022

Boeing had signed a contract with NASA’s Commercial Crew Programme to fly operational missions to and from the space station with Starliner in 2014. However, a series of setbacks have thus far prevented the Starliner from reaching the ISS.

39 Australian shark species face extinction: Report

It found that Australia is home to more than a quarter of the world’s cartilaginous fish species, with 182 sharks, 132 rays and 14 chimaeras calling Australian waterways home and that 12 percent, or 39 species, are facing extinction.