Chennai: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras has raised funds to the tune of Rs 231 crore from alumni, corporates and individual philanthropists during 2022-23, the premier institution said on Monday. Along with its associated entities, IIT Madras has raised this “historic” amount and this is the highest sum raised in a financial year by the…
New Delhi: Stepping up defence cooperation, India and the US are poised to unveil a roadmap for industries in the sector to partner closely in co-production, co-development and maintaining supply change during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US beginning June 21. Prime Minister Modi, during his first state visit to the US, will also…
Hyderabad: NTPC today agreed with FSA (Fuel Supply Agreement) Supplementary Agreement with the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL )for its stations at Ramagundam, Kudgi & Solapur. This agreement consists of a Fuel Supply Agreement for Kudgi 02 Units and a Supplementary agreement to the FSA of Solapur Unit-2 and will add as a supplementary agreement…
Bengaluru: The ruling Congress in Karnataka on Monday fielded former chief minister Jagadish Shettar, State Minister and Congress national secretary N S Boseraju along with Tippannappa Kamaknoor for the June 30 MLC election in the state. The three MLC seats fell vacant owing to the resignation by Baburao Chinchansur, R Shankar and Laxman Savadi, who fought…
Mumbai: Amid a raging controversy over the just released film “Adipurush”, Union information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur on Monday said nobody has the right to hurt the sentiments of people and added the film’s writer and director have agreed to make some changes after an uproar. A retelling of the epic Ramayana directed by Om…
London: UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Monday gave her “full support” to police to ramp up the use of stop and search powers to crack down on knife crime and prevent attacks in the country. The intervention comes days after three separate incidents of knife attacks in England, which claimed the lives of three people…
New Delhi: Renewable energy solutions provider Envision Energy on Monday said it has bagged a 350-MW wind energy project from Serentica Renewables. The company did not disclose the value of the order. “Envision will supply a total of 106 nos. EN156/3.3 MW Wind Turbine Generators (WTGs) to Serentica’s wind park. Once commissioned, it will produce 1.25…
Kolkata: The southwest monsoon set in in several districts of south Bengal on Monday, an area which has been reeling under heat wave like conditions for over a month, the IMD said. A spokesperson of the Indian Meteorological Department said conditions have become favourable for further advancement of the system over southern parts of the…
Bengaluru: The Congress in Karnataka will stage demonstrations on Tuesday across all district headquarters against the BJP-led Central government for “denying” rice for the State’s ‘Anna Bhagya’ scheme which offers 10 kg rice to each member of families living below the poverty line. The Centre recently discontinued the sale of rice and wheat from the central…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah complimented the Gita Press on Monday for being awarded with the Gandhi Peace Prize and said it has been doing a wonderful job of selflessly taking several holy books to the masses. The Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 will be conferred on the Gita Press, Gorakhpur in recognition of…
