New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Former University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar has hailed the government's move to introduce the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill as a historic transformation for India’s higher education sector.
Bhavnagar, Dec 18 (IANS) Government welfare schemes aimed at promoting the birth, education and empowerment of the girl child are showing tangible results on the ground, with Jesar taluka in Bhavnagar district recording a remarkable improvement in the girl child ratio, as per officials.
Chennai, Dec 18 (IANS) Actor Sivakarthikeyan, who plays the lead role in director Sudha Kongara's upcoming period film 'Parasakthi', on Thursday thanked actor Ravi Mohan for accepting to play the antagonist in the film.
Los Angeles, Dec 18 (IANS) Hollywood actress Amanda Seyfried has called Sydney Sweeney, a "sweetheart". The 40-year-old actress stars alongside Sydney, 28, in ‘The Housemaid’, the new psychological thriller film.
Gandhinagar, Dec 18 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel chaired a high-level review meeting in Gandhinagar to assess budget expenditure by all state government departments for the financial year 2025-26, covering spending up to November 2025.
Vijayawada, Dec 18 (IANS) YSR Congress Party president and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday submitted one crore signatures against the privatisation of medical colleges to Governor S. Abdul Nazeer.
Washington, Dec 18 (IANS) The Trump Administration on Thursday sanctioned 29 vessels tied to a covert petroleum shipping network. Among them are companies and operations linked to India involved in moving Iranian oil worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Hyderabad, Dec 18 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday dared his predecessor and the BRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao to a debate on the ‘injustice’ meted out to Telangana in the allocation and utilisation of Krishna and Godavari waters during the 10-year rule of BRS.
Gandhinagar, Dec 18 (IANS) Gujarat has emerged as the top-performing state in the country in terms of claim payments to beneficiaries under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana-Mukhyamantri Amrutum (AB PMJAY–MA), reinforcing its position as a leader in public healthcare delivery.
Mumbai, Dec 18 (IANS) World Champion Dommaraju Gukesh and compatriot Arjun Erigaisi delivered in must-win situations to help PBG Alaskan Knights register their first win of the tournament while GM Alireza Firouzja won his fifth consecutive game on the icon board to help defending champions Triveni Continental Kings surge to the top of the leaderboard at the halfway stage in the Global Chess League (GCL) at the Royal Opera House in Mumbai on Thursday.
