Aston Villa's Lucy Staniforth to retire at the end of season

IANS | May 7, 2026 3:38 PM

Birmingham, May 7 (IANS) English football club Aston Villa Women midfielder Lucy Staniforth has announced her retirement from professional football on Thursday. The 33-year-old will bring an end to a remarkable 16-year-long professional career at the end of the season.

JGU is India’s first institution of eminence to receive Data Science Council of America accreditation

IANS | May 7, 2026 3:37 PM

Sonipat, May 7 (IANS) O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) has become the first Institution of Eminence in India to be accredited by the Data Science Council of America (DASCA), a globally recognised standards and accreditation body that establishes industry-aligned benchmarks for educational programmes in data science, artificial intelligence, and analytics. This recognition firmly positions JGU at the forefront of higher education's most consequential frontier, the integration of artificial intelligence and data science into the academic ecosystem.

Assam govt swearing-in on May 12; PM Modi, Amit Shah to attend: Dilip Saikia

IANS | May 7, 2026 3:10 PM

Guwahati, May 7 (IANS) Assam BJP President Dilip Saikia on Thursday said the swearing-in ceremony of the BJP-led NDA government in Assam will be held on May 12 at Khanapara in Guwahati in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and several senior NDA leaders.