G. Krishnaraja | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Tamil Nadu government has appointed advocate G. Krishnaraja as the Director of Prosecution since State Public Prosecutor Hasan Mohamed Jinnah, who had been hitherto holding additional charge of the post, had requested to be relieved due to the workload. A Government Order issued by the Home (Courts-VI) … Read more
Dipankar Banerjee | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Astrophysicist Dipankar Banerjee took charge as Director, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), on Monday. Professor Banerjee, a senior professor at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, was serving as Director, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, prior to the current assignment. He has … Read more
First Born Films Neil Harbisson, who sees in black and white, says his antennae lets him “hear” colour For the past 20 years, self-declared “cyborg artist” Neil Harbisson has provoked debate with his “eyeborg” – a surgically attached antenna. Harbisson, who grew up in Barcelona, is colour blind, having been born with the rare condition … Read more
‘The Greatest of All Time’ aka ‘GOAT’, starring Thalapathy Vijay, has a runtime of three hours and three minutes. In a recent interview, director Venkat Prabhu justified the lengthy runtime and promised a fun-filled commercial entertainer for fans. ‘GOAT’ will hit theatres on September 5 in multiple languages amid massive expectations. This is Vijay’s penultimate … Read more
The State government has appointed S. Tripathy, professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, as the first director of the University of Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE). Prof. Tripathy has been appointed for four years from the date of assumption of office or up to attaining the age of … Read more
Kannan C.S. Warrier, chief scientist at the Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB), Coimbatore, has been appointed Director of the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Peechi. Winner of the National Award of Excellence for outstanding research in forestry given by the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dr. Warrier had his … Read more
Each year an Unicorn will emerge out of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M), said V. Kamakoti, Director of the institute. While talking to media about the ongoing Entrepreneurship Summit at the campus, he said: “If India has to become a superpower, we need innovation and entrepreneurship. We are even nurturing school students on entrepreneurship.” The … Read more
Allu Arjun as Pushparaj in a still from ‘Pushpa 2: The Rule’ Production house Mythri Movie Makers has announced that Pushpa 2: The Rule, the much-anticipated sequel to Pushpa: The Rise, will be released in theatres on August 15, 2024. Part one of the Telugu film directed by Sukumar, headlined by Allu Arjun and co-starring … Read more
IITH Director B.S. addressing the media at Kandi, in Sangareddy district, on Monday. | Photo Credit: MOHD ARIF SANGAREDDY Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam, which coincides with the third anniversary of National Education Policy 2020, on July 29, 2023, at ITPO, Pragati Maidan, in New Delhi. The two-day event is … Read more
Dr. Selvaluxmy Ganesharajah died on June 26, 2023 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Selvaluxmy Ganesharajah, 62, director of the Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, died in Chennai on the morning of Monday, June 26, 2023. A radiation oncologist from the Cancer Institute (WIA), she completed her MBBS from the Government Stanley Medical College in 1985, and … Read more