NEW DELHI: Indian Institutes of Technology and IISc are unlikely to break into the list of world’s top 50 universities unless they run full-fledged medical colleges, IIT-Madras director Professor V Kamakoti has said, revealing that the institution is considering setting up a medical college to overcome this gap in its portfolio.In an exclusive interaction with…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will undertake a five-nation trip starting July 2, visiting Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago and Argentina on his way to Brazil for the Brics summit. He will also visit Namibia on his way back. This will be Modi’s first ever visit to Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago and Namibia.Announcing Modi’s visit to…
NEW DELHI: In a major development, Mumbai-based defence shipyard Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited is poised to acquire a controlling stake in Sri Lanka’s largest shipyard, Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC), in a deal worth almost $53 million.The move marks the first international acquisition by India’s largest shipyard that builds submarines, warships and other vessels, and will…
Indore: Nineteen SUVs, a part of Madhya Pradesh chief minister‘s cavalcade sourced to ferry VIPs from an airstrip to an industrial conclave venue in Ratlam on Friday came to a screeching halt on Thursday night after refilling ‘adulterated fuel’ from a petrol pump in Dosigaon. The Ratlam district administration on learning about the incident immediately…
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla may be astronaut number 634, but he is far from the only Indian drawing value from the Axiom-4 mission. While Shukla orbits Earth aboard the International Space Station, a contingent of Isro engineers and doctors stationed in Houston is immersed in a parallel mission — one rooted not in weightlessness, but…
BENGALURU: He was the kind of cadet who didn’t just learn to fly — he belonged in the sky. Years before Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla became the first Indian to board the International Space Station (ISS), he was already turning heads in the cockpit of a Super Dimona aircraft at the National Defence Academy (NDA)….
With US President Donald Trump announcing the upcoming trade deal with India, Congress said Modi govt must clarify what concessions it has made in the proposed agreement since the US leader has said 16 times that he used the leverage of trade to force a ceasefire between India and Pakistan during the recent conflict. Congress…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Friday welcomed the designation of India as the host country for the 2029 World Police and Fire Games (WPFG), describing it as “a moment of great pride for every Indian citizen”.The biennial games will be held across Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Ekta Nagar in Kevadia, with the participation of…
Shabir Ahmad Shah (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Tihar administration has released a statement regarding the controversy surrounding the health of separatist Shabir Ahmad Shah and denied that he was detected with prostate cancer. Tihar has also rejected allegations that he is not being provided with treatment.“Rumours are being circulated on social media alleging that…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that the root of the ongoing issue of Sri Lanka arresting Indian fishermen lies in a controversial agreement made during the Emergency era, under which India gave up certain fishing rights.Speaking at an event organised by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) to mark the 50th anniversary…
