During the trip, Mukherjee will hold bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on civil nuclear cooperation, defence ties and partnership in higher education.
With every second terror strike having a vital link to cyberspace, the agency has decided to train new officers more on cracking cyber crimes rather than focus on target shooting with arms.
If you're looking for work in any of these fields, you're in luck.
It was a historic moment for California's Hindu American community, when the senate floor at the Capitol unanimously passed the resolution on Monday designating October 2013 as Hindu American awareness and appreciation month.
'Even after vaccines are given, precautions like using a mask and maintaining social distancing have to be taken.'
Lightning Logistics, Shreyas Shibulal's start-up, rents out electric scooters along with the riders for last mile delivery.
The government on Friday approved the draft of a new Companies Bill to incorporate far-reaching changes, including scrapping the minimum paid-up capital requirement and setting up special courts to try offences.
India lost around 38.5 thousand hectares of tropical forest in the last decade. Nearly 14 per cent of the country's tree cover! It is one thing for Modi to announce that India will reach a net-zero level of emissions in 2070. But if it is serious, it needs to start today, points out Ramesh Menon.
'No country can ever be free to make its choices and remain independent if it continues to wear borrowed plumes,' warn Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (retd) and Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
A new military rank system had been introduced for the PLA, but all soldiers must always obey the Communist party, reveals Jayadeva Ranade, the distinguished China expert and retired RA&W officer.
The companies experienced a drop of 5,436 approved petitions (37 per cent) in 2016 as compared to previous year, a report by the National Foundation for American Policy, a Washington-based non-profit think-tank, said.
US President Barack Obama's plan to shield up to 4.7 million undocumented immigrants from deportation may be immensely significant, but only a comprehensive legislation from the Congress with a larger goal could do justice to immigrant expectations.
The government is expecting to connect small towns with main metros through its Regional Connectivity Scheme
Some experts opine that green crackers are yet not practical and question government's move to promote them.
Biovel Life Sciences (P) Ltd, a biotechnology firm, has inked a licensing agreement with US-based Dowpharma to produce Human Growth Hormone using Pfenex Expression Technology, for the first time globally.
The one-size-fits-all approach adopted by the AICTE is not suitable for regulating business schools in India, argues Asish K Bhattacharyya.
Microsoft Research India's MD Sriram Rajamani tells Alnoor Peermohamed & Raghu Krishnan how India can reap the benefits of the changing industry.
Only half India's population has received the first shot of Covishield and Covaxin and the government's immediate task is to first vaccinate its adult population before placing its focus on children.
Venture capitalist Alok Mittal shares his views on entrepreneurship and offers advice to young entrepreneurs.
Of the 23.9 million vaccinators who provide vaccination under the universal immunisation programme, 15.4 million will be used for Covid vaccination.
Political controversies aside, Twitter's business in India is expanding, and creating opportunities for Indians, reports Neha Alawadhi.
The so-called 'fourth industrial revolution' will bring ever faster cycles of innovation, posing huge challenges to companies, workers, governments and societies alike
OXSIGHT, founded in 2016 to create wearable technology devices based on how the brain manages visual information, began conducting trials in India two years ago in partnership with leading eye hospitals and clinics.
Trump also raised the possibility of using light to combat the deadly viral infection.
With the lockdown in force, live online teaching has become the order of the day, report Peerzada Abrar and Sai Ishwar.
The latest one being Ken Toombs, global head of consulting at the Bengaluru-based entity.
'Until the case load starts dropping, we will have to keep up the current level of prevention activities.'
'We have often heard the mythical argument that patents block access to life-saving drugs, but only 5% of medicines from multinational companies are under patent protection in India.' 'Where these patented products are beyond the reach of Indian patients, the companies have programmes to facilitate access to their drugs, for free or for a fraction of the price,' points out Ranjana Smetacek, former director general, Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India.
This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India.
The only Indian university in THE world rankings this year.
'Instead of developing the capacity, capability and strength to fight our external enemies, we are turning our own people against each other.'
Third of faculty positions vacant. One per cent seats empty. New institutes lag in infrastructure, research.
Sibal took the action following a complaint filed by National Brain Research Institute Director Dr Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath.
'We are going ahead with the trials assuming what we have is the vaccine.' 'There is also a chance that what you have is not the vaccine. Then, you have to go back to the drawing board again.' 'So far, there has been no success in developing a good vaccine against coronaviruses.' 'That's why there are hundreds of trials going on at different stages in different parts of the world.'
Bhargava is a pioneer in the field of biotechnology in the country.
During the webinar, 'COVID-19: Vaccination and Potential Return to Normalcy - If and When', Dr Hotez, an internationally-recognised physician-scientist in neglected tropical diseases and vaccine development, said that the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is "India's gift' to the world in combating the virus.
Instead of a separate screening and a main examination, JEE will now be a single test with objective or multiple choice type questions stressing on the 10+2 level syllabus.
The 36-year-old desi speaks impeccable Arabic and quotes freely from the Quran during his speeches, reports Aziz Haniffa.
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