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You'll know who's your new Prez at 5 pm tomorrow

You'll know who's your new Prez at 5 pm tomorrow

Rediff.com19 Jul 2017

The votes would be counted on four separate tables and there would be eight rounds of counting.

Rajya Sabha proceedings disrupted for 3rd day

Rajya Sabha proceedings disrupted for 3rd day

Rediff.com6 Feb 2019

The proceedings were washed out over various issues including the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and roster system for reservation in educational institutions.

AMU upholds girls' suspension

AMU upholds girls' suspension

Rediff.com8 Oct 2007

A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting of the council held to review steps for overhauling the present university administrative and security steps.

Sharan controversially elected WFI president

Sharan controversially elected WFI president

Rediff.com29 Jan 2012

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh claimed that he has been elected as the president of the Wrestling Federation of India amidst controversy surrounding the electoral college of national body.

TCS to hire campus placements all year

TCS to hire campus placements all year

Rediff.com12 Jul 2019

The campus placements process usually starts in July-August, but is likely to start earlier this year.

Fake degree case: Tomar's judicial custody extended by 14 days

Fake degree case: Tomar's judicial custody extended by 14 days

Rediff.com6 Jul 2015

A court in New Delhi extended the judicial custody of former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar in an alleged forged degree case by 14 days on Monday.

SC raps MCI for not accommodating students

SC raps MCI for not accommodating students

Rediff.com26 Dec 2002

The MCI has not been able to accommodate 32 aspiring doctors into other colleges after closing the Azamgarh Medical College for infrastucture deficiency.

Doctors, lawyers and academics on strike

Doctors, lawyers and academics on strike

Rediff.com12 Mar 2020

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to the angst of the professions.

Maharashtra, Delhi lead number of fake institutes in India

Maharashtra, Delhi lead number of fake institutes in India

Rediff.com20 Sep 2011

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has published a report on the rising number of fake educational institutions in the country. The report pointed that with 72 out of the total 348 colleges being from Maharashtra and Delhi, the two states lead the number of fake institutions in the country. Read on.

'My first salary was a priceless gift to mom'

'My first salary was a priceless gift to mom'

Rediff.com25 Jul 2019

Rediff readers tell us what their first salaries meant to them.

Numbers stacked in favour of Kovind for Monday's polls

Numbers stacked in favour of Kovind for Monday's polls

Rediff.com16 Jul 2017

The NDA, led by the BJP, has 5,37,683 votes includes the Shiv Sena, and the shortage is around 12,000 votes.

Bihar: Students without admit cards go on rampage

Bihar: Students without admit cards go on rampage

Rediff.com12 Feb 2007

The situation was brought under control after district magistrate Rajesh Kumar and superintendent of police Anil Kishore Yadav assured the agitated students to look into the matter.

ICMR aims to launch COVID-19 vaccine by Aug 15

ICMR aims to launch COVID-19 vaccine by Aug 15

Rediff.com3 Jul 2020

The vaccine candidate, ZyCoV-D, showed a "strong immune response" in animal studies, and the antibodies produced were able to completely neutralise the wild type virus, Zydus said. The 12 institutes have been asked by the ICMR to fast track clinical trials of the vaccine as it is being considered as one of the top priority projects which are being monitored at the topmost level of the government.

No common test for MBBS this year

No common test for MBBS this year

Rediff.com13 Dec 2011

The national common entrance test (CET) slated by the Medical Council of India (MCI) on May 13, 2012, for admissions to the MBBS courses across all government and private medical colleges across the country is off, at least for this year, because of the Supreme Court deferring a hearing against it to January.

Ayurveda doctor joins race for COVID-19 cure

Ayurveda doctor joins race for COVID-19 cure

Rediff.com8 May 2020

'If the trial succeeds, it will become the success of Ayurveda.' 'If it's a failure, it's my failure alone.'

New regulatory plan for large financial houses

New regulatory plan for large financial houses

Rediff.com21 Jul 2010

The government has proposed a new regulatory architecture for large financial institutions, by establishing "a college of supervisors" comprising representatives from various regulatory agencies.

Curious case of Jitender Singh Tomar LLB

Curious case of Jitender Singh Tomar LLB

Rediff.com16 Jun 2015

The fiasco over the former Delhi law minister's college degrees has damaged the reputation of the Aam Aadmi Party, says Nupur Sharma.

NDFB-S militants shoot at, torture journalist

NDFB-S militants shoot at, torture journalist

Rediff.com19 Jun 2015

The militants accosted Prasanta Kumar, shot him, tortured him and then dumped his body at Tangla area.

Is 'localised' herd immunity behind dip in India's Covid count?

Is 'localised' herd immunity behind dip in India's Covid count?

Rediff.com5 Jan 2021

While there is a glimmer of hope and India's COVID-19 numbers are on a definite decline for a combination of reasons, a vaccination programme continues to be important, particularly given the presence of a mutant, more transmissible strain, several experts said while cautioning against infection upticks ahead.

Allahabad HC quashes Kafeel Khan's detention under NSA, orders his immediate release

Allahabad HC quashes Kafeel Khan's detention under NSA, orders his immediate release

Rediff.com1 Sep 2020

Khan has been in jail since January after he delivered the allegedly provocative speech at the AMU during the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests in December last year. He is lodged in Mathura jail.

An interview students MUST read

An interview students MUST read

Rediff.com6 Nov 2017

'Adaptability is what is needed right now and students have to continuously learn the new tools to remain relevant in the career they choose.'

Pakistan's devotion to LeT's Saeed runs deep

Pakistan's devotion to LeT's Saeed runs deep

Rediff.com13 Jan 2021

The perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attack, who shot dead 166 people, had confessed to details that should have been enough to hang him, but Pakistan enjoyed his anti-India rhetoric and let him spread his tentacles. A revealing excerpt from Khaled Ahmed's Pakistan's Terror Conundrum.

SC for common entrance test for medical courses

SC for common entrance test for medical courses

Rediff.com7 Mar 2011

The Supreme Court on Monday, directed the central government to hold a single eligibility-cum-entrance examination for MBBS and post-graduate medical courses in the country from this academic session.The bench asked the government to hold the single common entrance test on a plea by Medical Council of India seeking to start a single eligibility-cum-entrance examination for MBBS and post-graduate medical courses in the country.

The strange case of Professor Saibaba

The strange case of Professor Saibaba

Rediff.com25 Dec 2020

Fed up with the treatment at the Nagpur central jail, his advocate has decided he will no longer deliver anything for Professor Saibaba, leaving it to the jail authorities to fulfill their legal responsibility to look after the professor.

Will India's Covaxin be world's first COVID-19 drug?

Will India's Covaxin be world's first COVID-19 drug?

Rediff.com3 Jul 2020

'We need to prove to the world that quality vaccines and R&D are possible in India.'

India sees nearly 16,000 cases in a day; Delhi surpasses Mumbai

India sees nearly 16,000 cases in a day; Delhi surpasses Mumbai

Rediff.com25 Jun 2020

As daily testing of samples of blood and throat and nose swabs crossed two lakh for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic, over 14,000 new coronavirus cases were registered in the country for the fifth day in a row to take the total count to 4,56,183, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

How Jaitley made good friends even among opponents

How Jaitley made good friends even among opponents

Rediff.com24 Aug 2019

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh puts it succinctly: "Arun Jaitley was every non-BJP person's favourite BJP-ite."

SC refuses to change order, says NEET exam to be held as scheduled

SC refuses to change order, says NEET exam to be held as scheduled

Rediff.com29 Apr 2016

The order implied that all government colleges, deemed universities and private medical colleges would be covered under NEET and those examinations which have already taken place or slated to be conducted separately stand scrapped.

AICEE 2004 for Veterinary Education

AICEE 2004 for Veterinary Education

Rediff.com7 Jan 2004

AICEE 2004 for Veterinary Education

Who will be Congress's choice for Chhattisgarh CM

Who will be Congress's choice for Chhattisgarh CM

Rediff.com11 Dec 2018

Singhdeo was the main architect of the Congress party's poll manifesto, which he said was made after feedback from about 80,000 people from across the state.

Six Bihar students attempt suicide

Six Bihar students attempt suicide

Rediff.com26 Jun 2003

Why Bihar is conducting so few Covid-19 tests

Why Bihar is conducting so few Covid-19 tests

Rediff.com3 Jul 2020

What worries health experts is that Bihar's testing rate per million is less than one-third of the national average of 6,622 tests per million, reports M I Khan.

Is India Witnessing a Second Surge of COVID-19?

Is India Witnessing a Second Surge of COVID-19?

Rediff.com27 Jul 2020

'Both the governments and people have to recognise that this is a long race, not a short sprint.'

Tomar case: Police probing if organised racket is involved

Tomar case: Police probing if organised racket is involved

Rediff.com10 Jun 2015

Investigators are now trying to ascertain as to who made these alleged forged documents and whether an organised gang is behind it.

DU crisis continues, UGC issues fresh ultimatum

DU crisis continues, UGC issues fresh ultimatum

Rediff.com25 Jun 2014

With the Delhi University still on a defiant path, the University Grants Commission on Wednesday night gave a fresh ultimatum to it to begin the admission process for the undergraduate classes dumping the controversial four-year course.

'I have spent 500 days in jail'

'I have spent 500 days in jail'

Rediff.com22 Dec 2020

'An individual cannot fight the might of the State.'

20 times Priyanka Chopra won our hearts

20 times Priyanka Chopra won our hearts

Rediff.com30 Oct 2020

20 occasions she captured our attention.

2 civilians murdered in ULFA-I strike on Hindi-speaking bizman

2 civilians murdered in ULFA-I strike on Hindi-speaking bizman

Rediff.com15 Jul 2015

In an attack carried out by the armed militants of the ULFA-I a Hindi-speaking businessman and his daughter were killed in the interior Bijulibon area in Assam on Tuesday night.

Disease fighting master gene identified in UK

Disease fighting master gene identified in UK

Rediff.com14 Sep 2009

British scientists have identified the master gene, called E4bp4, that causes blood stem cells to turn into disease-fighting 'natural killer' (NK) immune cells.

Cabinet decides to dissolve MCI

Cabinet decides to dissolve MCI

Rediff.com14 May 2010

The Union Cabinet was understood to have decided in principle to dissolve the Medical Council of India whose chief Ketan Desai has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on graft charges.