In a 1st, Indian aquanauts go 5000-metre deep into ocean

Around a month after Shubhanshu Shukla became the first Indian to reach the International Space Station, India sent an aquanaut 5,000 metres deep into the ocean in a first-of-its-kind expedition......

Kapil Sibal to take charge of Chavan's ministries

President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday accepted the resignation of Prithviraj Chavan from the Union Council of Ministers and asked Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal to hold additional......

IISc, IIT-M, IIM-A top HRD ministry ranking

In the university category, IISc stood first, followed by JNU and BHU. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru was adjudged the overall best institution in the country by the Union......

Know where your college stands in terms of performance

The board results are out and it’s time for the students to choose a college.To help them with a list of top colleges, Union ministry of human resource development released a national......

Order kills pay rise hopes for IIT, IIM faculty

The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has killed hopes of an immediate pay rise for the faculty of centrally funded technical institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology,......

Govt has ambitious plans for the GIFT City

The government on Tuesday said it will allow setting up of world-class foreign universities in Gandhinagar's GIFT City, free from domestic regulations, to facilitate availability of skilled......

Govt May Save Over Rs 70K Cr In FY25

Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   The government may save over Rs 70,000 crore (Rs 700 billion) on capital and revenue expenditure allocated towards new schemes in the FY25 Budget......

The many problems confronting the IITs

One third of faculty positions vacant.One per cent seats empty.New IITs lag in infrastructure, research.Abhishek Waghmare and Sahil Makkar report. Indian Institutes of Technology are struggling to......