MBU students take a ‘STEP’ forward in English proficiency

MBU students take a ‘STEP’ forward in English proficiency

The Hindu’s National Sales head (STEP) Saikrishnan Gopalaramanan giving away certificate to a student, marking the completion of the course, at Mohan Babu University (MBU) in Tirupati on Friday. Vice-Chancellor Prof. K. Karunakaran and Chief Growth and Strategy Officer Vikas Singh are also seen. | Photo Credit: K.V. Poornachandra Kumar A total of 2,220 students … Read more

Are brain chips the path to human evolution or a step toward control? – ET HealthWorld

Are brain chips the path to human evolution or a step toward control? – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: When I first read that Elon Musk aimed to implant computer chips in human brains, I thought him crazy. Even if the medical risks could be overcome, even if there were advantages, would humans consent to giving up free will and their ability to think for themselves? Would they entrust their emotions and … Read more

Special squads to step up vigil in Kozhikode to track movement of drug carriers

Special squads to step up vigil in Kozhikode to track movement of drug carriers

In the wake of recent revelations by arrested synthetic drug carriers that they mostly used the public transportation network for the delivery of drugs, special squads of the Police, Excise and Government Railway Police have decided to intensify flash checks in buses, tourist vehicles and trains. Highway police officers too will be roped in to … Read more

Secunderabad Cantonment Board‘s merger with GHMC moves one step closer

Secunderabad Cantonment Board‘s merger with GHMC moves one step closer

The Telangana government has conducted an in-house study on the feasibility of transferring land from the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), said the Ministry of Defence on June 27 as it released the minutes of the meeting held on June 25. The meeting, led by Defence Secretary A. Giridhar, … Read more

SP visits border polling stations, directs to step up security

SP visits border polling stations, directs to step up security

West Godavari district Superintendent of Police, Ajita Vajendla, inspecting a polling station in Akiveedu mandal on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Superintendent of Police Ajitha Vajendla inspected the polling stations located on Eluru and West Godavari districts border villages on Thursday. The SP, who made surprise checks in the polling booths at Upputeru, Dempagadapa and other … Read more

Freethinkers step up campaign against Islamophobic propaganda by ‘neo-atheists’

Freethinkers step up campaign against Islamophobic propaganda by ‘neo-atheists’

People listening to the lectures during a freethinkers’ meet at the Kozhikode Town Hall on Sunday. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh  A group of freethinkers are intensifying their campaign to counter what they term as attempts by certain ‘neo-atheists’ to propagate Islamophobia in the guise of religious criticism. Neo-atheists are the members of groups which … Read more

Dalit groups step up protest against Calicut varsity’s reservation norms

Dalit groups step up protest against Calicut varsity’s reservation norms

Social activist Sunny M. Kapikkad opening a protest outside the University of Calicut at Tenhipalam in Malappuram on Monday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement  A group of Dalit organisations under the aegis of the Forum for Social Justice staged a token protest on Monday outside the University of Calicut campus at Tenhipalam in Malappuram against … Read more

Bihar’s caste survey a brave step forward, Maharashtra and other states should follow suit: NCP MLA

Bihar’s caste survey a brave step forward, Maharashtra and other states should follow suit: NCP MLA

The member of the Maharashtra legislative assembly representing the Mumbra-Kalwa constituency in Thane district made this demand in a video message posted on social media platform X on Monday night. File | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Jitendra Awhad has hailed the Bihar government’s caste survey and demanded … Read more