Bengaluru, 28 Aug (IANS) Priyank Kharge, the Minister for Rural Development, and Panchayat Raj, IT and BT announced on Monday that the 26th edition of the Bengaluru Tech Summit (BTS) is set to surpass all expectations with an unparalleled scale and an unprecedented level of global participation.
Muzaffarnagar, Aug 27 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Education Department has ordered the closure of the private school in Muzaffarnagar district, where earlier this week a teacher allegedly asked students to slap a fellow classmate belonging to a minority community, amid pending inquiry and non-availibilty of required recognition.
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has been in the public eye for more than 50 years, yet very little is known about him outside his home state, apart from the fact that he is the late CM Kalaignar Muthuvel Karunanidhi's son and successor in the DMK.
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The publication of Siddharth Kak and Lily Bhan Kak's 'Love, Exile, Redemption: The Saga of Kashmir's Last Pandit Prime Minister and His English Wife', published by Rupa, has renewed the discussion on Ram Chandra Kak role as prime minister of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir in the turbulent months leading up to India's Independence.
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Smart India Hackathon (SIH), a collaborative effort by the Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell and the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), has secured the involvement of 26 Central and six state Ministries, as well as four industry partners.
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Former diplomat, MP and veteran Congressman Mani Shankar Aiyar has said that India has the capability to do surgical strikes inside Pakistan, but the country's leadership doesn't have the courage to sit down and talk to settle issues with Pakistan.
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 24 (IANS) Kannur University's decision to include in the MA English syllabus, an autobiography titled “ My Life as a Comrade” of CPI(M) legislator and former Health Minister K.K. Shailaja, has drawn stiff resistance from few quarters.
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday lashed out at the Karnataka government and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar for announcing the scrapping of the National Education Policy (NEP) in the state from the next academic year, underlining that the government should not play with future of the younger generation.
Sonepat, Aug 22 (IANS) A team from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) knocked on the doors of Ashoka University on Monday and Tuesday, ahead of the August 23 deadline set by the faculty members for the varsity authorities demanding non-interference in their work and to address the issue concerning assistant professor Sabyasachi Das.
Hyderabad, Aug 20 (IANS) Uzbekistan's Health Ministry and Tashkent Medical Academy (TMA) launched toll free helpline number 18001232931 for Indian MBBS aspirants as per National Medical Commission (NMC).
