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Rift widens in National Knowledge Commission

The sparring between the top brass of the National Knowledge Commission on the panel's recommendations for improving the standards of higher education in the country has landed in the Prime......

PM reconstitutes knowledge commission

P M Bhargava, who was at loggerheads with National Knowledge Commission Chairman Sam Pitroda, has been dropped as Vice Chairman of the high-profile body which has been reconstituted. Pitroda will......

Former ISRO chief K Kasturirangan passes away

Former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief and K Kasturirangan passed away in Bengaluru on Friday, officials said. IMAGE: Dr K Kasturirangan. Photograph: ANI Photo He was 84 and......

Takedown Orders: X Takes On Govt

X calls the home ministry's Sahyog portal a 'censorship portal', stating it usurps judicial functions. Social media platform X on Tuesday told the Karnataka high court that content takedown and......

Salute! India's First Ethnic Gorkha General

Lieutenant General Shakti Gurung deserves to be complimented in telling his life story and that of his people, as subaltern communities within this vast and diverse nation of ours clamour for......

'TN should compete with US, China, and not Indian states'

'We don't have to compete with Maharashtra or Gujarat. We have to now start thinking about how we compete with the United States or China.' IMAGE: Vehicles pass through the security check at the......

Knowledge panel for law on patents

National Knowledge Commission has recommended enactment of a legislation that would give universities and research institutions ownership and patent rights over inventions from government-funded......

Knowledge panel gets extension till March 09

The National Knowledge Commission, set up by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2005 to prepare a road-map for transforming India into a knowledge society, has been given an extension till March......

National water portal soon: Sam Pitroda

A national water portal is being developed to facilitate exchange of database and information on all matters related to water, chairman of the National Knowledge Commission, Sam Pitroda said in......

Set up bourse for small firms: Sam Pitroda

Sam Pitroda-headed National Knowledge Commission has recommended setting up of a stock exchange for small companies and creating various instruments to help these firms raise initial capital as......

I have a voice, but they don't listen: Mary Kom on IOA

IMAGE: Mary Kom in action. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters Boxing great M C Mary Kom, who is also the chairperson of IOA's athletes' commission, says she has stopped giving suggestions to......

BCCI unfazed by Law Commission's RTI recommendation

IMAGE: BCCI acting president C K Khanna, IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla and BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary. Photograph: BCCI The Board of Control for Cricket in India's top brass is not......

Sports Shorts: Usha becomes AAA's Athletes Commission member

Legendary Indian sprinter P T Usha has been made a member of the Athletes Commission of the Asian Athletics Association in recognition of her stellar achievements at the continental stage. The......

Ferdinand added to FA Commission after diversity criticism

Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand was added to a commission set up by the English Football Association to improve the national team on Sunday after it was criticised by an FA board member for......