Panel headed by former ISRO chief to oversee NTA reforms

Amid a row over irregularities in competitive exams National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and National Eligibility Test (NET), the education ministry on Saturday notified a seven-member......

Bhima Koregaon: Hope and despair for accused

Will the latest development see a marked break from the way the case has been going?Jyoti Punwani reports. IMAGE: Protesters at Bhima Koregaon near Pune in Maharashtra. Photograph: PTI Photo......

'COVID-19 is a man made pandemic'

'Wild animals lived in their natural environment.''So, viruses could not be communicated.''Then came mass production and mass quartering of animals -- whether it be poultry, pigs and cattle --......

From Oxford to Harvard, voices of support for Jamia, AMU

IMAGE: A demonstrator attends a protest against the Citizenship Act and to show solidarity with the students of Jamia Millia Islamia in Amritsar on Tuesday. Photograph: Munish Sharma/Reuters The......

The Next Big Tech Revolution

Blockchain's promise: Dramatically speeding up transactions, explains Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   The term 'blockchain' in an ordinary citizen's mind probably......

'I hope Dr Urjit Patel thinks beyond continuity'

‘When a soldier becomes a king, he better be a king. He should now just forget the past and move beyond continuity. He should catch the potential of India’s moment and play a......

Six sectors that will open up market for India-US

In its communication to the Office of the US Trade Representative imploring the agency not to put India on its trade hit list when the Special 301 Foreign Trade Barriers report is released next......

Should new 2G licensees be bailed out?

Mahesh UppalDirector, Com First (India) It sounds perverse to sympathise with companies who wish to surrender the mobile licences they received in early 2008. The over 100 licences were awarded at......