New session in varsities from Sep, end sem exams in July, says UGC

The new academic session for freshers may begin in universities from September and for already enrolled students in August in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, the University Grants......

Toxin found in babyfood

A dangerous toxin has been discovered in a range of products-including babyfood-packaged inin glass jars and bottles, reports the Times newspaper in LondonThe alarm was raisedonWednesdayafter......

Life... or sem-thing like it!

Mumbai's National Centre for Performing Arts is playing host to a unique exhibition of photographs titled Life... Through My Eyes. The eyes in question belong to eight-year-old child model and......

Can mobile handsets biz better Modi's 'Make in India' plan?

  Mobile handsets were considered a quick way to kick-start ‘Make in India’, notes Bhupesh Bhandari Indians were the second largest buyers after the Chinese and all handsets were......

Dreams of Indian fabs fading away

The slowing economy is shattering India's dream of placing itself on the world map of semiconductor (wafer fab) manufacturing, and keeping company with countries like Taiwan, China, South Korea,......

$7-bn investments cleared for Fab City

The Union government has cleared seven projects, estimated to fetch a combined investment of about $7 billion over the next 10 years to the "Fab City" project in Hyderabad. However, a bulk of the......

An AMD chip plant near Hyderabad?

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), supplier of chips and integrated circuits, is exploring alliances to set up a chip-manufacturing plant in India. Company representatives, however, did not reveal......

Bopanna-Ebden reach Miami Open semifinals

Indian tennis stalwart Rohan Bopanna and his Australian teammate Matthew Ebden advanced to their third men's doubles semi-final this year, defeating Dutchman Sem Verbeek and Aussie John-Patrick......

India will be nervous but NZ's task will be Herculean: Taylor

IMAGE: Rohit Sharma has led the Indian team impeccably at the ongoing World Cup. Photograph: BCCI/X India will be nervous facing New Zealand in the World Cup, reckons Ross Taylor, drawing......

'Ashwin should keep his game simple'

IMAGE: Versatile Ravichandran Ashwin should not over-analyse, reckons former England spinner Monty Panesar. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images from the Rediff Archives  Ravichandran......

Satwik-Chirag keep gold medal hopes alive; Prannoy bags bronze

IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty dominated their Malaysian opponents for place in the final at the Asian Games. Photograph: Kind courtesy BAI Media/X An error-prone HS Prannoy......

Asian Games: Aman wins bronze: Bajrang returns empty-handed

IMAGE: Wrestler Aman won bronze in the 57kg event Photograph: Kind courtesy Team India/X Bajrang Punia, who entered the Asian Games after escaping the selection trials, suffered embarrassing......