Author: M Pansare

by Steven Yoder, The Hechinger Report February 20, 2026 GREENVILLE, Ala. — Toward the end of a math lesson on a sunny Friday in October, fourth-grade teacher D’Atra Howard and math instructional coach LaVeda Gray ducked out of the classroom to huddle. Howard’s students at Greenville Elementary School were calculating remainders in division problems on worksheets, and Howard wanted to confer with Gray on which of them needed extra help.   Howard is in her second year of teaching. She’s working at the school, 45 miles south of Montgomery, Alabama, with an emergency certificate — a temporary license that allows someone…

The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) has released the BPSC ASO Mains Admit Card 2026 today, February 20, 2026. Candidates who qualified in the preliminary examination can now download their hall tickets from the official website, bpsc.bihar.gov.in. The admit card is mandatory for appearing in the Assistant Section Officer (ASO) Mains examination.As per the official schedule, the Mains exam will be conducted on February 27, 2026. Candidates are advised to check all details mentioned on the admit card carefully and report any discrepancy immediately. Entry to the examination centre will not be allowed without a printed copy of the admit…

by Kaiya Little, The Hechinger Report February 20, 2026 Savion Horn watched as “before” and “after” images appeared on a screen at the front of his classroom: black-and-white photos of boys and girls, much younger than him and his classmates, first with faces framed by long hair and traditional clothing, then with their locks cut, wearing high-necked dresses and stiff button-ups.  For Horn, then a high school senior at Grand Prairie High School near Dallas and a descendant of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, it was his first in-depth lesson on the boarding schools where the U.S. government sent hundreds of…

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Very sad news out of Hollywood today: Eric Dane, the veteran actor best known for his long-time role on Grey’s Anatomy, passed away Thursday evening at a Los Angeles hospital with his wife, daughters and friends and relatives at his bedside. He was 53 years old. Eric Dane attends the “Countdown” Premiere and After-Party on June 18, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Prime Video) Dane’s death came 10 months after he went public with his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. “With heavy hearts,…

Chicago: A U.S. vaccine advisory committee meeting scheduled for later this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will not be held, with no new dates announced, according to ‌a ⁠spokesman for ⁠the Department of Health and Human Services. U.S. Health Secretary ​Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stepped up efforts to rewrite ​national vaccination policy, including dropping broad recommendations for six childhood shots including COVID and hepatitis B, ​deepening federal support for states’ vaccine ⁠exemptions, and ‌cutting funding for mRNA-based vaccine research. The ​Advisory ​Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which makes recommendations ⁠for who should get which vaccines,…

Washington: Owning a cat offers many health benefits, including reduced stress and emotional support, and new research suggests our feline friends might also offer clues to better treat certain cancers.That’s according to a new study published Thursday in the journal Science, which investigated cancers in cats and found significant parallels with how the disease plays out in humans.Previous studies had highlighted similar links between dogs and humans, but little research focused on cats, said co-author Louise van der Weyden, a scientist at the British Wellcome Sanger Institute.Cats, just like dogs, provide “a great model for us,” she told AFP, because…

Prayagraj: Kamala Nehru Memorial Hospital in collaboration with Lenek Technologies Private Limited, a start-up initiative of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K), has developed a portable, AI-enabled screening device for the early detection of lung cancer. The innovation is expected to strengthen diagnosis efforts and improve access to cancer screening, particularly in underserved areas. This device has been used for trial run by the doctors of Kamala Nehru Hospital, a prominent member of the National Cancer Grid. The device was recently showcased at the International AI Impact Summit held in New Delhi, where it was awarded a certificate of…

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh assembly witnessed uproarious scenes on Thursday as Congress took an aggressive stance over the deaths caused by water contamination in Indore and demanded the resignation of two ministers, while the state government admitted that the crisis has claimed 22 lives.Due to the ruckus, the proceedings of the House were adjourned four times, and the Congress members relented only after Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar assured to hold a discussion on the issue on Friday.Notably, in the “death audit” report submitted in the MP High Court last month, the Mohan Yadav-led BJP government had said that 16 people…

New Delhi: India as a global innovation engine and the AI solutions built for healthcare have the potential to reform the global models in this sector, Royal Philips CEO Roy Jakobs said on Thursday.Speaking at a session of AI India Summit here, Jakobs said Artificial Intelligence (AI) will have the biggest impact on the healthcare sector, in which India represents a “remarkable opportunity”, standing at the intersection of skill, digital infrastructure and ambition.India’s digital infrastructure, including initiatives such as Ayushman Bharat, Digital Mission are laying the foundation for interoperable health records and longitudinal patient data.”The foundation for big data play,…