CHENNAI: It’s a tragic anti-climax for more than 600 students who got into medical colleges this year, as the National Medical Commission has invalidated their MBBS admission for violation of its guidelines. This, coupled with mismanagement of the counselling process in several states, will result in more than 2,000 MBBS seats across the country going…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday virtually interacted with CEO of Google and Alphabet Sundar Pichai.During the interaction, Prime Minister and Pichai discussed Google’s plan to participate in expanding the electronics manufacturing ecosystem in India. The Prime Minister appreciated Google’s partnership with HP to manufacture Chromebooks in India.Prime Minister acknowledged Google’s 100 languages…
MUMBAI: School students will soon have their own unique identification number, provided of course their parents give consent. As part of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the Union ministry of education has planned to create ‘One Nation, One Student ID‘ called ‘Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR) for every student from pre-primary to higher…
The downsizing of Canadian missions in India is not complete yet with both countries still discussing the modalities of the exercise and Ottawa apparently not keen on ensuring parity in diplomatic presence that New Delhi is seeking. The Indian government didn’t deny reports on Wednesday from Canada that some of its diplomats may have overstayed,…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court, which has traditionally been pro-life, was split Wednesday over choosing between stopping the heart of an over 26-week-old healthy fetus and the choice of its carrier, a married woman, to terminate the pregnancy which is impermissible under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act.A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and…
North Sikkim’s South Lhonak glacial lake, the epicentre of the massive flash flood that ravaged the region on Wednesday, had been literally bursting at the seams after more than tripling in size from 0.42 sq km to 1.35 sq km in less than three decades. As Lhonak grew between 1990 and 2019 into a giant…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao wanted to join the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance after the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections, but he turned down the request of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supremo. At a rally in poll-bound Telangana, PM Modi said: “Let me tell you…
NEW DELHI: The Army is now going back in time to reclaim “India’s age-old wisdom in statecraft, strategy, diplomacy and warfare” to prepare for the battles of future. It has launched “Project Udbhav”, a “pioneering initiative to rediscover the profound Indic heritage of statecraft and strategic thoughts derived from ancient Indian texts”, an Army spokesperson…
KOLKATA: CRPF troopers will replace officers of Kolkata Police in the office and residential sections of the Raj Bhavan, with the Union home ministry clearing the move following a complaint that the state cops were conducting surveillance on Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose’s activities.The shuffle is the latest turn in an ongoing tussle between the…
GUWAHATI: The Manipur government extend Wednesday the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (Afspa) in the state for another six months, beginning from October 1, reports Prabin Kalita.However, it will not be enforced in areas under the jurisdiction of 19 police stations, maintaining the same status as the previous term that lasted from April to September.The…
