Amit Shah releases Hindi textbooks for MBBS students in MP

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday released textbooks in Hindi of three subjects for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) students as part of an ambitious project of the Madhya......

Modi's Diwali gift to poll-bound HP: Vande Bharat, IIT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday flagged off the country's fourth Vande Bharat Express train from Una railway station in Himachal Pradesh. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Railways......

JEE-Main first phase from April 16-17, second from May 24-29

The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Main's first phase will be conducted in April while the second phase is scheduled in May, officials of the National Testing Agency (NTA) said on Tuesday.......

In praise of the bureaucrat

Does IAS officers' work go unappreciated, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Just the other day (but before the lockdown) we were at home with several of our......

IMD may deploy cutting-edge tech to forecast weather accurately

IMD has decided to increasingly use cutting-edge technology such as artificial intelligence and machine learning in forecasting. A few days ago, farmers from some 150 villages gathered at a square......

How to tackle facial recognition fraud

IIIT-D team builds algorithm that will help identify synthetic images.Neha Alawadhi reports. *IMAGE: Apple, which introduced FaceID that identifies a user and unlocks the phone, has had several......

Why IT firms are not hiring for empty posts

'The world has changed and nobody has the patience to start a project and wait for six months to look at the outcome.'Ayan Pramanik discovers the reasons for the hiring drought.Illustration:......

Why the insolvency process will get longer and more litigious

Some experts says that the high net-worth requirement of Rs 50 crore for setting up an IU is a deterrent. The bankruptcy law reforms committee (BLRC) has visualised four pillars to make the......

'Paathshaala is not the same as Taare Zameen Par'

From mechanical engineering to product designing to filmmaking, 40-year-old Milind Ukey has come a long way. His first Marathi film, Devaki, won him 27 awards and his animation film Hanuman did......