New Delhi: The world is looking at India as a nursery of new possibilities and several countries are approaching the government for setting up IIT campuses there, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Delivering the inaugural address at the “Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam” on the third anniversary of the launch of the National Education Policy…
London: Four Indian young leaders are among 50 social entrepreneurs, environmental champions, innovators, and human rights activists from across the Commonwealth shortlisted for this year’s Youth Awards. The young people, aged between 15 to 29, are all involved in initiatives that make tangible contributions to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). From India, Akshay Makar has…
Colombo: Indian naval ship ‘Khanjar’, an indigenously-built Missile Corvette of the Khukri class, will make a three-day visit to Sri Lanka’s eastern harbour of Trincomalee from Saturday to further people-to-people connect and familiarise the people with the Indian Navy. The visit is significant in view of the potential for cooperation between India and Sri Lanka for…
New Delhi: BJP president J P Nadda rejigged the list of the party’s central office-bearers on Saturday, bringing in a Pasmanda Muslim from Uttar Pradesh as one of its-vice presidents and accommodating its former Telangana unit chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar as a national general secretary. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has dropped C T Ravi, a…
Haridwar (Uttarakhand): Prime Minister of the Balochistan government-in-exile Naela Quadri has sought the support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the United Nations (UN) for its freedom from Pakistan’s illegal occupation. “Prime minister Narendra Modi and the BJP government have an opportunity today to rise in support of Balochistan at the UN, which they may…
New Delhi: Former army chief general M M Naravane Friday said the involvement of foreign agencies in the Manipur violence “cannot be ruled out”, as he flagged the “Chinese aid to various insurgent groups”. General (retd) Naravane said instability in border states is bad for the country’s overall national security. He was responding to questions on…
The recent report of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) asking for banning smartphones from schools points to the dangers of introducing technology to young minds. This should be a welcome proposal, that too in a nation like India, where the younger population is more, to prevent its adverse impact, like restlessness,…
New Delhi: The BJP asked the opposition parties on Friday to desist from aggravating the situation in Manipur while accusing it of seeking to create tension in the state after doing so in Parliament. While former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said he has no objection to opposition leaders visiting the violence-hit state but they…
Beijing: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who replaced Qin Gang this week after his summary dismissal, has said in his first comments that Beijing would deepen its global partnerships while “resolutely safeguarding” its sovereignty, security and development interests. Significantly, the Chinese Foreign Ministry, which scrubbed the name, photos and speeches of Qin soon after his…
New Delhi: There has been an 82-per cent increase in the number of medical colleges in the country, from 387 before 2014 to 704 now, and a 110-per cent increase in the number of MBBS seats, from 51,348 to 1,07,948, in the same period, Parliament was informed on Friday. In a written response to a question…
