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......

Prez nod to HRD Ministry name change

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday gave assent to the change in name of the Ministry of Human Resource Development as Ministry of Education, an official notification said. IMAGE: Education......

Ongoing nursery admission process to remain unaffected: HC

The ongoing nursery admission process in the national capital would remain unaffected as the Delhi high court today upheld the validity of two government notifications that gave powers to private......

'Religion and nationalism are made for each other'

The Union Human Resource Development ministry recently directedall states to recite Vande Mataram in educational institutions on September 7, the centenary of the national song. The Congress backed......

IIM-B sets foray abroad in motion

The board of directors of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangaloreon Fridayapproved a proposal to amend the institute's Memorandum of Association to enable it to establish presence in......

Joshi plans school tax

Union Human Resources Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi looks set to spark another controversy with his proposal for a tax surcharge to fund universal schooling in the country. The human......

'Where There Is So Much Infrastructure Creation, There Will Be Debt'

'We have created massive infrastructure in the past six years.' IMAGE: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant addresses the Atal Asra Camp, an initiative to provide secure housing solutions for......

Indian engineers to get registered

The Institution of Engineers is preparing a draft Bill to get all Indian engineers registered. The Bill, being drafted by the multi-disciplinary engineering professional society at the behest of......

Anand unfazed by citizenship controversy

Unfazed by the controversy surrounding his nationality, World chess champion Viswanathan Anand looked cheerful as he arrived to a grand reception at the International Congress of Mathematicians in......

Anand shuns doctorate after citizenship questioned

A move to confer an honorary doctorate on World chess champion Vishwanathan Anand is embroiled in controversy over his citizenship, forcing him to decline the honour, at least for now. After the......