More institutes scrap MoUs with Turkiye, Azerbaijan; jewellers join protest

The All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council urged the industry on Friday to suspend all business transactions with Turkiye and Azerbaijan, while reputed educational institutions, such as the......

Will create robust mechanism to check suicides at IITs, IIMs: SC

The Supreme Court on Friday said incidents of suicides in Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Management were extremely unfortunate and assured a robust mechanism to check such......

Shakti Dubey tops 2024 civil services exam; women dominate top 5

Shakti Dubey has topped the civil services examination 2024, with Harshita Goyal and Dongre Archit Parag getting the second and third ranks, the Union Public Service Commission announced on......

Lessons For Start Ups From UPI Success Story

Isn't there something significant in the UPI example for all of us to learn from and execute to enable world-scale success for our startups?, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic......

IITs, IIMs Lose Grip on Unicorn Growth

BITS has produced 10 startup unicorn founders in the US. Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind courtesy IIM-Calcutta   If you thought that......

How Jamsetji Tata created the Indian Institute of Science

The Indian Institute of Science topped the HRD ministry's 2017 national rankings.In 2016, the IISc was ranked among the world's top 15 universities in the Times Higher Education University......

Real estate attracts $1.3bn investment in Jan-Mar, up 31% YoY: Colliers

Institutional investments in Indian real estate have seen a strong start to 2025, with inflows reaching $ 1.3 billion in the first quarter - a 31 per cent year-on-year (YoY) increase.......

Why Is India Not In The Innovation Race?

India has its share of both large tech companies and large national laboratories, but why is it that these don't seem to be at the forefront of any innovation news headlines? asks Ajit......

What Are Dravid, Sanga Showing Us?

IMAGE: Rahul Dravid and Kumar Sangakkara unveil Rajasthan Royals' jersey for IPL 2025. Photograph: Rajasthan Royals/X   Rajasthan Royals, on Wednesday, unveiled their jersey for the coming......

India to go all out to win bid for 2036 Olympic Games

'As India intends to host the (2036) Olympics, we are not just strengthening our infrastructure capabilities, but our intellectual and research preparedness too.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra......