New Delhi: The Ministry of Education is organising a two-day Vice Chancellors Conference of Central Universities in Gujarat’s Kevadia from July 10 and will be inaugurated by its ministerDharmendra Pradhan, officials said on Wednesday. The conference, as part of marking the five years of implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, will bring together…
Windhoek (Namibia): India seeks to boost bilateral cooperation with Namibia, which is a “valued and trusted partner” in Africa, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday as he arrived here on the final leg of his five-nation visit. This is the first visit of Prime Minister Modi to Namibia and the third-ever Prime Ministerial visit…
New Delhi: India’s under-fire chief coach Harendra Singh on Wednesday blamed the absence of senior players for the women’s hockey team’s horrendous performance at the FIH Pro League and said the young players need to get better at decision-making to develop into world beaters. The Indian team was relegated to the FIH Nations’ Cup after…
New Delhi: China’s mega dam being built near the Arunachal Pradesh border will be a ticking “water bomb”, an existential threat and a bigger issue than anything else apart from the military threat, the state’s Chief Minister Pema Khandu has said. In an interview to PTI Videos on Tuesday, Khandu said the world’s largest dam…
Churu: A Jaguar trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Bhanoda village in Rajasthan’s Churu district on Wednesday afternoon, killing both pilots onboard. The crash occurred around 12:40 pm during a routine training mission. The aircraft went down in an agricultural field, and no damage to civilian property has been reported. Rajaldesar…
Vadodara: Nine persons were killed and five others rescued after several vehicles fell into a river when the portion of a four-decade-old bridge collapsed in Gujarat’s Vadodara district on Wednesday morning, officials said. Five to six vehicles fell into the Mahisagar river after a slab of the Gambhira bridge, located on the river which connects…
Windhoek (Namibia): India seeks to boost bilateral cooperation with Namibia, which is a “valued and trusted partner” in Africa, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday as he arrived here on the final leg of his five-nation visit. This is the first visit of Prime Minister Modi to Namibia and the third-ever Prime Ministerial visit…
Patna/Arwal/Jehnabad/Darbhaga (Bihar): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday led a Mahagathbandhan march to the Election Commission’s office in Patna to protest the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls before the Bihar assembly polls. The leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, who arrived in the state capital in the morning, was accompanied by…
Brasilia: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday left for Namibia after concluding his two-day visit to Brazil, where he attended the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro and held talks with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on various issues, including trade and terrorism. “A memorable visit to Brazil concludes with a successful 17th…
Meerut (UP): Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday said farmers in India are now moving towards mobile-based crop monitoring and gaining access to global markets with the help of technology. He said the government aims to transform farmers not just into producers but into entrepreneurs. Speaking at the inauguration of the Centre for Agricultural…
