NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday released the genome sequencing data of 10,000 Indian nationals and said it will be a milestone in the field of biotechnology research.The Genome India Data, which represents the genetic diversity in the country, will be available to researchers at the Indian Biological Data Centre (IBDC) through managed…
The court’s decision stems from an appeal of one Begum Zan, who sought an extension for registering with FRRO. GUWAHATI: Around 25,000 Bangladeshi immigrants in Assam may face deportation following a ruling by Gauhati high court Thursday. The case pertains to immigrants who arrived between 1966 and 1971 but failed to register with Foreigners Regional…
NEW DELHI: Less than a fortnight before JEE-Main exam is to begin, a batch of students challenged the Joint Admission Board decision to reduce the attempt limit for JEE-Advanced from three to two and SC on Thursday agreed to hear their grievances. JAB, through IIT-Kanpur which is organising institute for JEE-Advanced 2025, released ‘Eligibility Criteria’…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: V Narayanan, who is set to take over as Isro chairman on January 14, described his task ahead as challenging, with many things, including a series of experiments for future missions, lined up in the coming months. Narayanan will also take charge from incumbent S Somanath as secretary of dept of space and chairman…
KOLKATA: A trial court is set to deliver the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder verdict on January 18, more than five months after a 31-year-old junior doctor was violated and brutally killed in the state government-run institute, setting off a wave of protests in Kolkata, ripples of which were felt around the country.CBI,…
JAIPUR: Rajasthan HC reaffirmed Thursday its stay on leak-marred 2021 sub-inspector (SI) recruitments after state’s BJP governmentt asserted test results could not be cancelled “in haste” as it was examining all legal aspects.Under the stay, first ordered on Nov 18, 2024, none of 859 SI recruits can be given field postings, nor can they be…
NEW DELHI: ED has uncovered a network of CAs and hawala operators who sent out more than Rs 10,000 crore of black money out of the country in the past few years. A search on Jan 2 in Thane, Mumbai and Varanasi led to recovery of digital and other documents that revealed the modus operandi…
RAIPUR: A fierce encounter broke out between security forces and Maoists in insurgency-hit Sukma of Bastar, Chhattisgarh, on Thursday, four days after an IED blast killed eight jawans and their driver in neighbouring Bijapur. Troops from the District Reserve Guard, Special Task Force and CoBRA set out on the operation on the border of Sukma…
Representative image/AI generated VARANASI: From most wanted to most trusted, Nakdu Yadav pulled off the ultimate con, living as a lawbreaker while working for the law, blending into the very system that once pursued him.A gangster with a rap sheet as long as a dusty Azamgarh road, Nakdu pulled a Houdini act by rebranding himself…
BAREILLY: The UP government has started “reviewing” the 1978 Sambhal riots following a BJP leader‘s demand to “reopen” the cases. The decision follows CM Yogi Adityanath‘s mention of the riots during the December 2024 legislative session, which sparked renewed efforts to revisit the violence. While official figures of the death toll from the riots are…
