Third of faculty positions vacant. One per cent seats empty. New institutes lag in infrastructure, research.
'His contributions in setting up transparent precedents of governance are still basically intact despite the cynicism of several of his successors,' notes Jamini Bhagwati.
Swaraj had undergone a kidney transplant on Saturday with the organ being harvested from a living unrelated donor.
Last week, a Rajya Sabha committee had allocated five hours for discussion on GST.
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.
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.
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
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.
'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).'
Ajay Bahadur Singh could not become a doctor because of family and financial constraints. He now helps financially challenged students from Bhubaneshwar become doctors.
This 14-year-old schoolboy's invention can save lives.
'Modi maintains what has been called a 'strategic silence' on controversial topics,' points out Amulya Ganguli.
The students and their parents staged a protest outside the Department of Pre-University Education and pelted stones at the PUC building.
The lectures will eventually be beamed to 300 university campuses across India.
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.
Non-Resident Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal has donated £2 million to the Labour party.
India ranks low at 105th on human capital index, Finland tops
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.
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.
Devanik Saha wonders if saffronisation of India is on the rise
It's not every day that an undergraduate from India wins a scholarship to study at one of the prestigious universities in the world.
The move that comes in the backdrop of the massive controversy over alleged anti-India protests in the JNU.
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.
Facing widespread criticism over the death of 23 children after eating mid-day meals in Chhapra, the Bihar government on Thursday denied receiving any alert from the Centre over shortcomings in its implementation and insisted that the food was 'poisonous'.
'Mamata's numbers will reduce this time compared to 2016.'
As education minister Smriti Irani should be worried about the state of education nationwide rather than fuelling a German-versus-Sanskrit row, says Sunil Sethi
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) has released a list of top Indian universities across categories.
'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.'
'The majority community needs to accept that the Indian Muslim is peace loving, not communal and treat them accordingly.'
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.
She was born in Farrukhabad and went to the US to pursue her master's degree and a Ph.D.
'This is the beginning of a big campaign which may last a hundred years of trying to understand the human body in detail.'
PM Modi addressed a crowded UNESCO gathering, speaking of the importance of culture.
Various Maratha organisations had held massive 'silent marches' across the state last year for various demands, including reservation.
During the visit, the prime ministers will reaffirm the close friendship between the two countries, and discuss ways to further deepen bilateral cooperation.
The prime minister said gradually people are "shedding their hard currency mindset" and moving towards digital currency and the youth are leading the way using their mobile phones as the new tool to make and receive payments.
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.
Education, jobs, health and more: Experts share their wishlist.
According to SOP, those testing positive will be isolated in a separate unit of an institutional facility.
The allocation for health ministry for 2017-18 is Rs 47,352.51 crore in comparison to allocation in 2016-17 of Rs 37,061.55 crore.
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