The launch of the intermediate range ballistic missile Agni-III should be seen as a stepping stone in pushing the country towards further advances in military technology, the defence minister said.
Thailand's importance to India's Act East policy is too significant to be overlooked.
Prakash Javadekar set a scorching pace of changes in the environment ministry during his two-year tenure. He has the talent to calm ruffled feathers in the education sector, while proceeding with the government's agenda in this space.
The union government was taking effective steps to rid the country of corruption and nepotism, he said.
It's not every day that an undergraduate from India wins a scholarship to study at one of the prestigious universities in the world.
'Log kehte hai desh to humne Modi ko diya hua hai, par pradesh nahi diya hai (we have given Modi the mandate to run the nation, not the state).'
This 14-year-old schoolboy's invention can save lives.
The growth story of India depends on its achievements in the S&T sector. There is a need to revolutionise the landscape of Indian science and technology and this is only possible if the scientific community is allowed to work 'professionally and scientifically' without burdening them with the baggage of the past, says Ajey Lele.
'His contributions in setting up transparent precedents of governance are still basically intact despite the cynicism of several of his successors,' notes Jamini Bhagwati.
Stocks to watch: ACC, Ambuja Cements, India Cements, Shree Cement, Ultra Tech Cement.
Gujarat's first woman Chief Minister Anandi Patel on Tuesday announced a 33 per cent reservation for women in the state police force.
Bangalore-born Bhattacharyya, an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2002 for his services to science and technology and made a life peer in the UK's House of Lords in 2004.
Third of faculty positions vacant. One per cent seats empty. New institutes lag in infrastructure, research.
Trump can afford to say that COVID-19 is a 'China virus', but we can't expect Modi to say that aloud while his actions may speak louder, says Rup Narayan Das.
Ajay Bahadur Singh could not become a doctor because of family and financial constraints. He now helps financially challenged students from Bhubaneshwar become doctors.
Apart from key bilateral issues, the two leaders also discussed situation in the region, particularly in wake of the increasing threat of terrorism and extremism from various sources including the Islamic State militant group.
'Mamata's numbers will reduce this time compared to 2016.'
Swaraj had undergone a kidney transplant on Saturday with the organ being harvested from a living unrelated donor.
Research scholars took to the streets against the Union government's neglect towards raising the fellowship amount
Last week, a Rajya Sabha committee had allocated five hours for discussion on GST.
India is looking at 5G technology as a major opportunity in terms of offering services tailored for rural India like telehealth, tele-education and bandwidth-heavy applications
A little bewildered by the turn of events and the sudden attention on him and one who candidly says he does not know what one lakh means, Majhi, who hails from remote Melaghar village in Kalahandi district, has seen his kitty swell to Rs 15 lakh. But he sorely misses his wife.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Environment Minister Gopal Rai visited the Eidgah in Mustafabad and interacted with locals besides taking stock of facilities being provided by the government at relief camps.
Government proposes to set up three new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in Bihar, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.
'Whom do I want to marry and what decisions I make for marrying the person I love are totally personal decisions, in which neither the State nor the courts have any right to interfere.'
'Modi maintains what has been called a 'strategic silence' on controversial topics,' points out Amulya Ganguli.
The powerful orator leaves behind the legacy of an easily-accessible leader who played a key role in BJP's emergence in the late 1990s.
United States Secretary of State John Kerry will arrive in New Delhi on July 30 on a three-day visit during which he will hold talks with Indian leaders on a range of key bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest besides co-chairing the fifth India-US Strategic Dialogue.
The students and their parents staged a protest outside the Department of Pre-University Education and pelted stones at the PUC building.
Ashok Gehlot can never be a challenger to the first son of the Congress party. The Scindias and Pilots will be Rahul's rivals should the party's fortunes revive, says Dr Sudhir Bisht.
The lectures will eventually be beamed to 300 university campuses across India.
India ranks low at 105th on human capital index, Finland tops
Devanik Saha wonders if saffronisation of India is on the rise
'The majority community needs to accept that the Indian Muslim is peace loving, not communal and treat them accordingly.'
Non-Resident Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal has donated £2 million to the Labour party.
The move that comes in the backdrop of the massive controversy over alleged anti-India protests in the JNU.
Modi said Ayurveda is India's heritage whose expansion entails the welfare of humanity and all Indians will be happy to see that the country's traditional knowledge is making other countries prosperous.
According to SOP, those testing positive will be isolated in a separate unit of an institutional facility.
The government on Thursday announced a new 24-hour TV channel dedicated to agriculture sector with an outlay of Rs 100 crore for providing real-time information to farmers.
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