The Central Government is reportedly contemplating to include the institutions not included anywhere in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (APR) Act 2014 into the Schedule X institutions. The Ministry of Home Affairs referred to the division of assets and liabilities of institutions not mentioned anywhere in the APR Act and requested the Telangana Government to furnish … Read more
Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto In a first, starting this year, the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) will award negative scores to higher educational institutions for papers that have been retracted from journals in the last three calendar years and their corresponding citations. “This year, we will award some … Read more
CPI(M) leader Ch. Baburao | Photo Credit: File Photo A delegation of CPI(M) led by its State Secretariat member Ch. Baburao visited the lands at Thullur and Rayapudi, which were allotted for various Central government institutions, and inspected the status of the construction works. Addressing the media, Mr. Baburao said more than 300 acres were … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram: The e-health system is now operational in 653 healthcare institutions across the state, said health minister Veena George on Wednesday. Of these, 428 hospitals implemented the e-health system during present govt’s tenure, she added. The system was implemented in 17 wings of different medical college hospitals, 22 district and general hospitals, 26 taluk hospitals, … Read more
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin | Photo Credit: VEDHAN M Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, on Saturday, February 17, 2024, said the State government would grant life-time recognition to minority educational institutions in Tamil Nadu. Addressing a meeting of the Tamil Nadu Minorities Welfare Board, he said this had been a long-pending demand … Read more
Participants of a pride walk in eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh demanding gender-neutral washrooms. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement More than a hundred people from diverse backgrounds participated in a pride walk in eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh to demand gender-neutral washrooms in educational institutions across the State. Assam Transgender Welfare Board member and Nguvu Change leader Rituparna led … Read more
A view of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT). | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Forty-five educational institutions from India have found place in the annual international university rankings done by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). In the 20th anniversary edition of the rankings for 2024, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay emerged as the best Indian … Read more
In this long exposure image, the logo of the Adani Group is seen on a building in Mumbai on January 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ahmedabad-based Adani Group on Sunday night issued a detailed rebuttal to the allegations of “stock manipulation and accounting malpractices” levelled by U.S.- based short seller Hindenburg Research, dismissing all … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets during the concluding session of the Voice of Global South Summit via video conferencing in New Delhi on January 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI India will provide essential medical supplies to “any developing country” affected by natural disaster, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Friday. Speaking at the conclusion … Read more
Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan has asked the managements of schools and colleges to celebrate the birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru by planting saplings. Mr. Harichandan garlanded the portrait of Nehru at Raj Bhavan and paid tributes to the first Prime Minister of India on the occasion of his 133 rd birth anniversary on Monday. Speaking … Read more