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......

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......

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.......

Rajya Sabha passes 7 key bills in 3.5 hours

In one of the most productive days in its history, Rajya Sabha on Tuesday in a matter of three-and-a-half hours passed seven key bills including one that removes cereals, pulses and onion from the......

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......

Centre approves IIIT project in Tripura

The Ministry of Human Resource Development has approved a proposal for setting up an Indian Institute of Information Technology in Tripura."Though no formal letter has been received by the state......

HRD's plan for 20 IIITs fails to get ministry nod

An ambitious proposal of HRD ministry to set up 20 Indian Institutes of Information Technology could be a non-starter with the finance ministry not favouring it during the 11th Plan. A note issued......

IIITs to come up on public-pvt partnership mode

The HRD ministry has prepared a public-private-partnership model for setting up 20 IIITs under which the expenditure could be shared in the ratio of 85 to 15between the government and industry.......

'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......