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New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): India will continue to grow robustly, even among major industrialised G7 countries, the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) said in a report on 'Population, Productivity, Partnership: Rethinking G7-India Collaboration'. The PHDCCI report added that with an average real GDP growth of more than 8 per cent from 2021 to 2024, India has consistently outpaced all G7 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has started the PhD admission process for the academic year 2025-26 but the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) launched an indefinite hunger strike on Thursday night in protest against exclusion of June 2025 UGC-NET candidates and refusal to reinstate the JNU Entrance Examination (JNUEE) as mode for admission. According to the official schedule released by the university, the online submission of PhD application forms will be ope ...Read More >
New Delhi: Meta has brought on Trapit Bansal, a highly influential OpenAI researcher, to work on its AI reasoning models under the company's new AI superintelligence team, according to a report by TechCrunch. Bansal is expected to work with Meta to develop a cutting-edge AI reasoning model that's competitive with industry-leading technology. OpenAI spokesperson Kayla Wood told TechCrunch that Bansal had left the company. According to Bansal's LinkedIn page, he left OpenAI in June. Trapit Bansa ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 26 (ANI): The Cyber Crime Unit of the Pune City Police has apprehended an Indian-origin Australian national for allegedly duping a woman of 3.60 crore through a fraudulent profile on a matrimonial website, officials said on Thursday. Officials stated that the accused, operating under the fake identity of 'Dr. Rohit Oberoi,' was detained at Mumbai Airport upon arrival from Singapore, following a Lookout Circular (LOC) issued by the authorities. According to Pank ...Read More >
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 27 (ANI): The family members of Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla gathered in Lucknow to celebrate as the Axiom Mission 4 mission crew successfully reached the International Space Station. The historic mission marks a significant milestone for India's space ambitions. Shambhu Dayal Shukla, father of Group Captain Shukla, expressed his gratitude and pride, stating, 'I thank all for coming to celebrate and bless my son. His achievement is a ma ...Read More >
Pune: The Pune Cyber police on Wednesday arrested Abhishek Shukla (42), an Australia-based Indian Overseas Citizen (IOC) card holder, at Mumbai international airport for allegedly duping a 40-year-old divorcee and software firm employee from Kharadi of Rs 3.6 crore in a matrimonial fraud in 2023-24. According to the police, the two came in contact with each other after the woman, a mother of two hailing from Delhi, uploaded her profile on a matrimonial website in 2023. She lodged a complaint wit ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Brihaspathi Technologies, an AI surveillance and security solutions provider, on Thursday said it has raised $10 million in funding from foreign institutional investors and others. Brihaspathi will use the capital to establish a new 72,000 sq. ft. CCTV manufacturing facility in Hyderabad, which is expected to be operational by the end of the current financial year, the company said in a statement. It also plans to hire over 400 new employees. The company has been awa ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Indian drone startup Raphe mPhibr raised $100 million, led by General Catalyst, marking the largest private fundraise in the sector by an Indian company to date. The round also saw participation from existing investors Think Investments, Amal Parikh, and other family offices, bringing the company's total capital raised to $145 million.The fresh funds will be used to expand Raphe mPhibr's end-to-end aircraft design, engineering, and manufacturing facilities as it positions itself to su ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 26 (ANI): The Cyber Crime Unit of the Pune City Police has apprehended an Indian-origin Australian national for allegedly duping a woman of ₹3.60 crore through a fraudulent profile on a matrimonial website, officials said on Thursday. Officials stated that the accused, operating under the fake identity of "Dr. Rohit Oberoi," was detained at Mumbai Airport upon arrival from Singapore, following a Lookout Circular (LOC) issued by the authorities. Also Read | Shub ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jun 8 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, instead of introspecting on the defeat in the 2024 state assembly polls, has been repudiating the mandate given by the people because they rejected him. The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha is preparing his excuses for future defeats in the upcoming assembly elections, including Bihar, Fadnavis said in his articles published in the Indian Express and Marathi daily Loksatta. On Saturda ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: As PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the world's highest railway bridge over the Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, the spotlight was on the engineering feat. Behind the scenes, a Bengaluru-based academic played a quiet yet critical role in shaping this marvel.Dr G Madhavi Latha, a professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has spent the past 17 years working as a geotechnical consultant on the Chenab Bridge project -- which is part of the ambitious 272 km Udhampur-Srin ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 7 (PTI) Former Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Vice Chancellor S Mahendra Dev has taken charge as the new Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM). The eminent economist replaced Niti Aayog vice chairman Suman Bery, who was holding the additional charge of EAC-PM. The EAC-PM had been without a full-time chairman since last November, following the death of its first chairman, Bibek Debroy. An order issued by the Cabinet Secretariat ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Coming from Yedugundlapadu, a small village in Andhra Pradesh, where she was the first engineer ever, Professor Madhavi Latha is now among the technical minds behind the Chenab Rail Bridge -- the world's tallest railway bridge -- inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. Madhavi, who hails from a family of farmers, completed her entire schooling in government school. The youngest of four siblings, she had initially dreamt of becoming a doctor. But with limited resources, ...Read More >
The Delhi High Court annulled Vaidya Jayant Yeshwant Deopujari's appointment as the chairperson of the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine. The court found him ineligible due to lacking the necessary postgraduate qualifications mandated by the NCISM Act, highlighting the emphasis on educational standards in Indian medicine. In a significant judicial development, the Delhi High Court on Friday overturned the appointment of Vaidya Jayant Yeshwant Deopujari as chairperson of the Nati ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 6 (ANI): A Sessions Court in Bengaluru on Friday remanded four individuals, including senior Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) official Nikhil Sosale and three event managers, to 14 days of judicial custody in connection with the stampede outside M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here. They were arrested in a joint operation by the Cubbon Park Police and the Central Crime Branch (CCB) at Kempegowda International Airport in the early hours of June 6 (Friday). Also Read ...Read More >
Berhampur (Odisha), Jun 6 (PTI) Environmental activist Medha Patkar on Saturday appealed to the people of Odisha for protection of Rushikulya river. The government planned to construct a dam in the river Pipalapnaka under Sorada block in the district. While participating in the Save Rushikulya river movement in Ganjam district, she said, "Rivers may be small or big, but they are our mother. We have to protect the rivers from attacks." She attended a meeting were organised by the Rushikulya Ban ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday cancelled the bail granted to former Karnataka minister Vinay Kulkarni in connection with a 2016 case related to the murder of BJP worker Yogesh Gowda. A bench of justices Sanjay Karol and Satish Chandra Sharma passed the order while noting that there was sufficient material on record to suggest that attempts were made by Kulkarni to either contact the witnesses or alternatively, influence them. Also Read | Bengaluru Stampede: Police Complaint ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) The Delhi Police has lodged an FIR against "anti-social elements" for allegedly spreading misinformation regarding slum demolitions on a complaint by the DUSIB, a statement from the government said. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta had earlier issued an order to take strict legal action against those spreading misinformation about the demolition drive. Also Read | Bengaluru Stampede: Police Complaint Lodged Against Virat Kohli Over Stampede Tragedy Near Chinnaswamy Stadi ...Read More >
Ghaziabad (UP), Jun 6 (PTI) A death threat to Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was made on the emergency helpline in Ghaziabad, prompting police to launch a probe to trace the caller, officials said on Friday. Police have so far not been able to identify the person who made the threat call on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. Also Read | Bengaluru Stampede: Police Complaint Lodged Against Virat Kohli Over Stampede Tragedy Near Chinnaswamy Stadium. According to officials, a call wa ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Jun 6 (PTI) Karnataka BJP general secretary P Rajeev on Friday said he has filed a police complaint seeking legal action against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his deputy D K Shivakumar and Home Minister G Parameshwara for the June 4 stampede that killed 11 people. The stampede occurred on Wednesday evening in front of the Chinnaswamy stadium here, where a large number of people thronged to participate in the RCB team's IPL victory celebrations. Eleven people died and 56 were injured i ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) An Apache helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) made a "precautionary landing" in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur on Friday due to a technical issue while on a routine sortie, officials said. Both the pilot and the co-pilot are safe, they said. Also Read | Bengaluru Stampede: Police Complaint Lodged Against Virat Kohli Over Stampede Tragedy Near Chinnaswamy Stadium. An IAF Apache helicopter made a "precautionary landing" in Saharanpur around 11 am due to a technical issue ...Read More >
Kota, Jun 6 (PTI) A relationship manager in an ICICI bank branch in Kota allegedly swindled around Rs 4.58 crore from customers' accounts only to lose the lot of it in the stock market, police on Friday said. She was arrested last week and is currently under judicial custody, they said. Also Read | Bengaluru Stampede: Police Complaint Lodged Against Virat Kohli Over Stampede Tragedy Near Chinnaswamy Stadium. The accused, Sakshi Gupta, was posted as a relationship manager at ICICI Bank's DCM b ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 6 (ANI): The Karnataka High Court on Friday granted interim relief to the office bearers of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), who had approached the court seeking the quashing of the FIR registered against them in connection with the stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium here, which claimed the lives of 11 people. In an interim order, the court directed the state police to not take any coercive action against them until further orders. Also ...Read More >
There were no external injuries on the body. New Delhi: A student has been found dead in his hostel room at IIT Delhi. The room was locked from the inside and there were no external injuries on his body.. Officials said they received a call at the Kishangarh police station on Wednesday about a student not opening the door of his hostel room despite repeated knocking. When they reached the premier institute, police officials found that the door was locked from the inside, and it was forced ope ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Ali Khan Mahmudabad, a 42-year-old Ashoka University associate professor and head of political science department, was recently arrested for social media commentary on 'Operation Sindoor,' thrusting the academic, writer, and former spokesperson of Samajwadi Party into the national spotlight. The Supreme Court on Monday has agreed to hear a plea challenging his arrest, with senior advocate Kapil Sibal calling his statements "entirely patriotic." Academics, opposition leaders and right ...Read More >
Kanpur: A 24-year-old PhD scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, dies by suicide by hanging himself in his hostel room on Monday. The deceased student, identified as Ankit Yadav, took his own life by hanging himself from the ceiling of his hostel room. The incident came to light when Ankit's friends tried to contact him, but their calls went unanswered, prompting his hostel mates to inform the IIT-Kanpur authorities. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jan 13 (PTI) The UGC-National Eligibility Test (NET) scheduled for January 15 has been postponed on account of festivals, including Makar Sakranti and Pongal, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Monday. The exam for admission to PhD programmes, awarding Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and appointment as assistant professors is being conducted from January 3 to January 16 for 85 subjects in the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode. Also Read | BPSC Examination Row: Khan Sir Ref ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jan 13 (PTI) The UGC-National Eligibility Test (NET) scheduled for January 15 has been postponed on account of festivals, including Makar Sakranti and Pongal, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Monday. The exam for admission to PhD programmes, awarding Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and appointment as assistant professors is being conducted from January 3 to January 16 for 85 subjects in the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode. ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The newly appointed Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati arrived at the Bhubaneswar Airport here on Thursday. Upon arrival at the airport, he was welcomed by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Deputy CM KV Singh Deo, Deputy CM Pravati Parida and other Ministers. A Guard of Honour was offered to the newly appointed Governor at the airport from where he proceeded to the Raj Bhawan, the official residence of the Odisha Governor. Governor Kambhampati later headed to Puri where he wi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) The Centre's high-level panel on exam reforms has advised against permanent staffing in the National Testing Agency (NTA), instead recommending longer tenure for executives and domain experts with attractive service conditions. Under fire over alleged irregularities in the conduct of medical entrance exam NEET-UG and PhD entrance NET, the government set up the panel in July to study the functioning of the NTA. The Opposition had claimed that NTA operates with fewer than ...Read More >
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