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By that alone you will become…” What the philosopher and monk advised on recognising your true self ‘Strangulation marks, weapons, insults’: IPS trainee charged with rape, murder bid on national police academy colleague Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka investigates Chinese triad angle in port city murder Jul 30, 2026, 07:57 IST IPL’s business value crosses $20 billion, RCB top brand: Report South Indian OTT releases this week: From ‘Gatta Kusthi 2’ to ‘Balan: The Boy’, here’s what to stream ‘Embarrassing’: Ex-Olympian and hockey captain slams India’s blue jersey being replaced by saffron Shared beds, shrinking budgets: China’s young workers feel economic squeeze TOI Sports Expo NEW DELHI: As India accelerates its preparations for the 2030 Commonwealth Games and strengthens its bid to host the 2036 Olympic Games, the country’s sports industry will come together under one roof at the TOI Sports Fitness and Infrastructure Expo-2026, billed as India’s premier business-to-business sports exhibition. The event will be held at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi from July 30-Aug 1.Backed by the Union ministry of youth affairs and sports (MYAS) and the Sports Authority of India (SAI), the event aims to bring together policymakers, sports federations, investors, technology firms, manufacturers, educational institutions and infrastructure developers to discuss the next phase of India’s sporting growth. While Delhi is going to serve as the Host State Partner this time, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Haryana, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana and Manipur will participate as State Sports Partners, underlining the increasing role of states in building the country’s sporting ecosystem.More than 200 exhibitors are expected to showcase over 1,000 products and services spanning sports infrastructure, equipment, technology, athlete performance, fitness, athleisure, venue development and simulation training.Interactive activity zones featuring ice skating, artificial turf demonstrations and racing experiences are also planned to give visitors a hands-on experience of emerging sports technologies.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesThe three-day conference will feature keynote addresses, fireside chats, panel discussions and masterclasses on subjects ranging from sports infrastructure and investment to governance, fan engagement, sports science, athlete wellness and public-private partnerships.Union sports minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Haryana CM Nayak Singh Saini, minister of state Raksha Khadse, Olympic shooter and Bihar sports minister Shreyasi Singh, Odisha sports minister Suryabanshi Suraj, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports joint secretary R Vineel Krishna and industry leaders including Jalaj Dani, Vinit Karnik, Yannick Colaco, Sunny Malik and Joy Bhattacharjya are among the confirmed speakers.Get the latest India News and Live updates. 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When you’re struggling, you get stronger,” life lesson by Spider-Man star highlighting that when the going gets tough, the tough get going Crude prices retreat as oil continues flowing through Hormuz alternatives Need to address some irritations in Bangladesh-India relations: Dhaka File photo: Ex-Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal NEW DELHI: AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday alleged that Centre was pressuring automobile manufacturers to remain silent on the impact of E20 petrol on vehicles manufactured before 2023, a charge rejected by Delhi BJP president Harsh Malhotra, who challenged him to produce evidence of vehicles damaged due to ethanol-blended fuel.Addressing a news conference, Kejriwal said he had written to 29 companies manufacturing two-wheelers and four-wheelers asking whether E20 petrol could be safely used in vehicles manufactured before 2023, and whether they would compensate consumers if such vehicles suffered damage or lower fuel efficiency.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesHe claimed none of the companies responded in writing, but officials from nine companies spoke to him on the phone. Quoting those officials, Kejriwal alleged that using E20 in vehicles manufactured before 2023 could damage the engine and fuel system and reduce fuel efficiency.He further alleged that Centre had warned automobile companies against making such claims publicly, saying their plants could face action by agencies such as ED, CBI and income tax department.He claimed that companies were being pressured to certify that E20 petrol was safe, but Nitin Gadkari and Arvind Kejriwal were reluctant to do so as consumers could seek compensation or replacement of vehicles if damaged, and that Centre’s decision to impose E20 petrol would turn nearly 30 crore pre-2023 vehicles into scrap.Hitting back, Delhi BJP chief Harsh Malhotra said “I again challenge Arvind Kejriwal…to publicly bring forward 100 vehicles with mechanic certification that the vehicle has been damaged due to ethanol mixed petrol.”Get the latest India News and Live updates. 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There may have been certain concerns at some point of time. But can the Supreme Court denude the high court’s constitutionally conferred powers to hear appeals against trial court orders? Powers of the high court to hear appeals against trial court is part of the basic structure.”Appearing for some of the accused in coal scam cases, senior advocate Kapil Sibal said SC should not be the first forum of appeal against trial court orders. However, SC-appointed special public prosecutor R S Cheema said trials in two-thirds of the cases have been over and that the restraint on approaching the high court against interim orders of the special judge should continue.The bench agreed with Cheema but said that in those cases where the trial court has recorded either conviction or acquittal, the appeal by person or prosecution must challenge it before the Delhi high court.In Sept 2014, Supreme Court had cancelled 204 of the 218 coal block allocations and directed that all appeals against framing of charge, quashing of case and bail petitions must be filed only before the Supreme Court and not Delhi high court.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesThis restriction was imposed to prevent accused from delaying trials.Sibal, who was a minister in the Congress-headed UPA govt when the coal scam and 2G scam cases rocked its electoral support base, told the court that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) had made an omnibus calculation about alleged loss to exchequer because of the coal block allocations, without quantifying loss attributable to individual coal blocks.“We have challenged the basis on which such calculations were made by the CAG. Moreover, we have also questioned whether mere allotment of coal blocks would amount to corrupt practice without any mining having taken place at all,” Sibal said.The top court asked Cheema and the counsel for accused to help in categorizing the bunch of cases for hearing from Aug 18.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos‘Vasteguna Huiya, Kuchu-Puchu, FOMO’: Viral Gen Z Vocabulary Echoes In ParliamentBihar Man Claims He Was Booked In NEET Leak Protest Viral Video Sparks Questions Over Protest FIRs’Dear Saurav…’ BJP MP Kangana Ranaut Tells CJP’s Saurav Das To ‘Learn Some Skill’ | Watch’Detaining Activists Is Normal’: JP Nadda Defends Police Crackdown On CJP ProtestersWho Is V Kamakoti? 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However, the single-teacher-school data indicates that favourable national averages continue to conceal sharp local imbalances in teacher availability.The single-teacher-school data indicates that favourable national averages continue to conceal sharp local imbalances in teacher availability‘Vacancies due to retirement, resignations, enrolment change’According to UDISE+ data for 2025-26, India has 1,00,843 single-teacher schools across all management categories. Andhra Pradesh tops the list with 16,357 such schools — more than 16% of the national total — followed by Jharkhand (9,827) and Maharashtra (9,269). Karnataka has 8,042 single-teacher schools, UP 7,874, Rajasthan 7,200 and West Bengal 6,769. Together, these seven states account for nearly 65% of all schools operating with one teacher.The problem is spread across regions rather than being confined to poorer or geographically difficult states. Telangana has 4,793 such schools, Tamil Nadu 3,957 and Assam 3,159. Himachal Pradesh has 3,128, Uttarakhand 2,655 and Chhattisgarh 2,461. At the other end, Kerala reported 67 singleteacher schools, Nagaland 35, Sikkim 31, Ladakh 28, Delhi seven and Andaman and Nicobar Islands one.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesThe figures were provided by MoS for education Jayant Chaudhary in response to a RS question on teacher vacancies. While the question sought data specifically for government schools, the annexure on single-teacher institutions covers schools under all managements.The ministry did not provide state-wise sanctioned posts or vacancies, saying recruitment, service conditions and deployment of teachers were handled by state governments and UT administrations. It attributed vacancies to retirement, resignation, creation of posts, staff rationalisation and changing enrolment, including in rural, tribal and aspirational districts.Government said states were regularly advised to fill posts through transparent, merit-based recruitment and use technology for forecasting teacher requirements. Financial support was also provided under Samagra Shiksha to maintain prescribed pupil-teacher ratios.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos‘Vasteguna Huiya, Kuchu-Puchu, FOMO’: Viral Gen Z Vocabulary Echoes In ParliamentBihar Man Claims He Was Booked In NEET Leak Protest Viral Video Sparks Questions Over Protest FIRs’Dear Saurav…’ BJP MP Kangana Ranaut Tells CJP’s Saurav Das To ‘Learn Some Skill’ | Watch’Detaining Activists Is Normal’: JP Nadda Defends Police Crackdown On CJP ProtestersWho Is V Kamakoti? 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It said the OM was without having any rational nexus with public interest, and hence is in breach of Environment Protection Act, 1986.Supreme Court said its judgment will operate prospectively, and the ECs granted to various projects under the 2017 notification and the 2021 OM would remain valid. “The prior EC regime under the 2006 notification is mandatory and unless amended by an appropriate notification, would not accommodate grant of post facto EC or retention of projects where constructions have commenced or processes begun without a valid EC,” it said.Supreme Court directed scrupulous adherence to the 2006 notification mandating prior EC clearance for projects. The bench said, “Govt is restrained from issuing administrative orders in future for grant of EC in respect of projects which have commenced in contravention of the prior EC regime under the 2006 notification.”Pending applications (for grant of post facto EC) shall be dealt with in accordance with the law, it said, adding that “no fresh application for grant of EC under the aforesaid instruments (2014 notification or 2021 OM) shall be entertained.”Writing the judgment, Justice Bagchi said the court aimed to strike a balance between an “existential right of all living beings both present and future to a pollution-free environment and an aspirational right to development of a sixth of the world’s population”.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesThe bench, however, noted that Centre has powers under Jan Vishwas Act to decriminalise violations of EP Act by notifying amnesty schemes with regard to such classes or categories of non-compliant projects whose sustainability is necessary to subserve larger public interest.In Nov last year, a bench of then CJI B R Gavai and Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and K Vinod Chandran by two to one majority decided to review the court’s May 2025 decision by Justices A S Oka and Bhuyan which had quashed all post facto green clearance which left public projects worth Rs 20,000 crore vulnerable to demolition.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos‘Vasteguna Huiya, Kuchu-Puchu, FOMO’: Viral Gen Z Vocabulary Echoes In ParliamentBihar Man Claims He Was Booked In NEET Leak Protest Viral Video Sparks Questions Over Protest FIRs’Dear Saurav…’ BJP MP Kangana Ranaut Tells CJP’s Saurav Das To ‘Learn Some Skill’ | Watch’Detaining Activists Is Normal’: JP Nadda Defends Police Crackdown On CJP ProtestersWho Is V Kamakoti? 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However, an order passed by NCSC is not binding in servicerelated matters, it clarified.“The powers entrusted to NCSC are limited in nature. Clearly, NCSC and its other compatriots under articles 338A and 338B are constitutional bodies with a socially beneficent purpose but quite apparently, the legislature has prescribed a role that is recommendatory and advisory, but certainly not adjudicatory. They are not meant to be bodies taking over adjudicatory functions,” the bench said.The court’s order could be applicable to other statutory and constitutional bodies set up for the benefit of different groups of people like women, the minorities and backward classes.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesExplaining the clause which says that the commission is empowered to “inquire into specific complaints with respect to the deprivation of rights and safeguards of the Scheduled Castes”, the bench said, “it is therefore clear that while it has powers to requisition documents and receive evidence, it does not have the power to make an order in furtherance of that evidence.In other words, NCSC can record a factual finding and then ask the govt concerned, either the Centre or the State, to act thereupon.”It rejected NCSC’s plea that the word “safeguards” mentioned in the provision pertains to enforcement. “Such a submission is difficult to accept in view of the explicit language of the Article. It certainly does not confer adjudicatory power; at best recommendatory in nature,” the court said.Thus, the commission cannot take up the role of a court or an adjudicatory tribunal and determine the rights of parties, court added.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos‘Vasteguna Huiya, Kuchu-Puchu, FOMO’: Viral Gen Z Vocabulary Echoes In ParliamentBihar Man Claims He Was Booked In NEET Leak Protest Viral Video Sparks Questions Over Protest FIRs’Dear Saurav…’ BJP MP Kangana Ranaut Tells CJP’s Saurav Das To ‘Learn Some Skill’ | Watch’Detaining Activists Is Normal’: JP Nadda Defends Police Crackdown On CJP ProtestersWho Is V Kamakoti? 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