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ISS, a leading global workplace experience and facility services company, today announced a reduction in the scope of a contract. Copenhagen, Oct. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The scope reduction represents an annual value of just under DKK 200 million in the United Kingdom and will take effect at the end of October. For media enquiries: Charlotte Holm, Head of External Communication, +45 4176 1989 For investor enquiries: Get the latest news delivered to your inbox Sign up for The Manila ...Read More >
Geographical Indication tags are significantly boosting obscure products and artisans in Tamil Nadu. Kallakurichi wood carvings and Thanjavur Veenai are seeing expanded markets and better earnings. Tamil Nadu leads in GI applications, with efforts to involve younger generations and academic research. This certification helps tackle market challenges and creates unique selling propositions for products. Geographical Indication (GI) tag filed for the lipsmacking Madurai 'Jigarthanda', a cold drin ...Read More >
The Federation of Associations of Telangana Higher Education Institutions (FATHI) is planning to go on an indefinite closure of colleges as the government failed to release ₹600 crore dues of the Fee Reimbursement scheme as promised to them a few days ago. The FATHI representatives have called for their general body meeting on Wednesday to discuss the future course of action, and in all likelihood they will close colleges from October 6 after the Dasara vacation. The FATHI earlier called an i ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: The University Grants Commission (UGC) declared 54 private universities across the country, including eight from Gujarat, as defaulters for failing to comply with mandatory disclosure norms. Despite repeated notices, these universities reportedly delayed or neglected to provide key information related to courses, faculty, research, infrastructure, fee structures, governance, and finances.The UGC has now instructed all defaulting institutions to immediately upload comprehensive details ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) B. Shivadhar Reddy on Wednesday assumed office as the Director General of Police of Telangana. After taking charge at the DGP's office, he stated that ensuring peaceful and smooth conduct of local body elections was their immediate priority. He told media persons that the police force was taking all steps to assist the State Election Commission to conduct free and fair elections. Replying to a query, he said that police act strictly according to laws in an im ...Read More >
Srinagar, Sept 30: "Those who speak the language of separatists and terrorists insult the sacrifices of our martyrs and hurt their soul and strictest possible action as per law of the land will be taken against such elements," Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said today. He said the land of UT of Jammu Kashmir is saturated with blood and sacrifice of J&K Police, Army, CAPF martyrs for the nation's integrity and if anyone disrespects the sovereignty of India and the memories of police martyrs, he ...Read More >
Lucknow, September 30: On the auspicious occasion of Navratri, the Mission Shakti 5.0 campaign, under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has taken women's safety, dignity, and self-reliance to unprecedented heights. Responding to the call of the Women and Child Development Department, Kanya Pujan programs are being organized across Uttar Pradesh on Ashtami and Navami (September 30 and October 1). On Ashtami alone, more than five lakh girls were honored with reverence, while over ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) At least 54 state private universities have been declared defaulters by the University Grants Commission (UGC) for not submitting mandatory information under section 13 of the UGC Act, 1956, and making public disclosures on their website, according to officials. Citing several reminders through e-mails and online meetings, the UGC said the universities had been directed to submit detailed information for inspection purposes, along with supporting documents duly attested b ...Read More >
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Odisha on September 27 during which he will flag off the Amrit Bharat Express connecting Berhampur with Udhna in Gujarat's Surat district via video conferencing and unveil railway projects worth over Rs 1,700 crore, official sources said on Wednesday. They said Modi will address a public meeting at Amlipali Ground, close to Veer Surendra Sai (VSS) Airport at Jharsuguda. Though his earlier meeting venue was fixed at Berhampur in Ganjam district, it was la ...Read More >
Jharsuguda: In a big push to accelerate development in Odisha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled projects worth over Rs 60,000 crore in key sectors like telecommunications, railways, higher education and health. During his visit to Jharsuguda, Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for a slew of transformative initiatives at the 'Namo Yuva Samabesh' event in Jharsuguda aimed at accelerating India's infrastructure and digital growth. The event was attended by Odisha Governo ...Read More >
Jharsuguda, Sep 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid the foundation stone and inaugurated several development projects worth Rs 60,000 crore in Odisha's Jharsuguda and reiterated his call for an 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India)'. These projects span various sectors, including telecommunications, railways, higher education, healthcare, skill development, and rural housing, among others. Addressing the large gathering, PM Modi extended Navratri greetings to ...Read More >
Jharsuguda (Odisha) [India], September 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday was felicitated by Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati and Chief Minister Mohan Charan Manjhi in Jharsuguda. The PM, during his visit, will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate multiple development projects worth over Rs 60,000 crore. Also Read | Eknath Shinde Orders Suspension of MSRDC Officer Over Traffic Woes in Thane, Mumbai Metropolitan Region; Announces MMRDA Will Use AI To Study Congestion Iss ...Read More >
Jharsuguda: In a big push to accelerate development in Odisha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled projects worth over Rs 60,000 crore in key sectors like telecommunications, railways, higher education and health. During his visit to Jharsuguda, Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for a slew of transformative initiatives at the 'Namo Yuva Samabesh' event in Jharsuguda aimed at accelerating India's infrastructure and digital growth. Chief Ministers of eight other states an ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar/Jharsuguda: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid the foundation stone and inaugurated multiple development projects across various key sectors worth over Rs 60,000 crore during his visit to Jharsuguda, Odisha. This is the Prime Minister's seventh visit to Odisha in 15 months since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in the state in June 2024. The projects unveiled today span across telecommunications, railways, higher education, healthcare, skill development, an ...Read More >
Jharsuguda: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Odisha on 27th September. At around 11:30 AM, he will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate multiple development projects worth over Rs.60,000 crore in Jharsuguda. He will also address a public gathering on the occasion. These projects span across telecommunications, railways, higher education, healthcare, skill development, rural housing sectors, among others. In the field of telecom connectivity, the Prime Minister will commission mor ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sep 27 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Odisha on Saturday, during which he will unveil development projects valued at more than Rs 60,000 crore in sectors such as telecommunications, railways and higher education, officials said. From western Odisha's Jharsuguda town, he will commission more than 97,500 4G telecom towers built with BSNL's 'swadeshi' technology, marking India's entry into a league of nations such as Denmark, Sweden, South Korea, and China th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Centre has entrusted the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) with the responsibility of granting certificates equivalent to that of the Secondary (Class 10) and Senior Secondary (Class 12 certificates awarded by various School Education Boards in India, officials said on Friday. This is aimed at facilitating smooth inter school education board migrations, they added. An official release from the Education Ministry said, "This responsibility will be exer ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Odisha on Saturday to lay the foundation stone and inaugurate multiple development projects worth over Rs 60,000 crore in Jharsuguda, an official statement said. These projects span various sectors, including telecommunications, railways, higher education, healthcare, skill development, and rural housing, among others. He will also address a public gathering on the occasion. In the field of telecom connectivity, the Pri ...Read More >
Meghan Thurlow, President of GE Aerospace Foundation and Global Head of Public Affairs at GE Aerospace, addresses a press conference at the launch of the Next Engineers programme in India, in Bengaluru on September 24, 2025. GE Aerospace Foundation has expanded its global career-readiness programme, Next Engineers, that is aimed at building a pipeline of STEM talent, to India by launching the initiative in Bengaluru, on September 24. The expansion of Next Engineers to Bengaluru would help incr ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Odisha visit on Saturday will inaugurate multiple development projects worth over Rs 60,000 crore in Jharsuguda. He will also address a public gathering on the occasion, a release from the Prime Minister's Office said. These projects span across telecommunications, railways, higher education, healthcare, skill development, and rural housing sectors, among others. In the field of telecom connectivity, the Prime Minister will commission more th ...Read More >
Chennai, Sep 26 (PTI) A gesture by the Tamil Nadu government has brought a significant transformation in the lives of underprivileged children, enabling them to fulfil their aspiration to pursue education. The monthly scholarship of Rs 1,000 under the 'Tamil Pudhalvan' and 'Pudhumai Penn' schemes for state-run school students, along with the skilling programme under the 'Naan Mudhalvan' platform, has helped many rural children begin realising their ambitions of becoming graduates, engineers, do ...Read More >
Kolkata: More than 70 per cent of first-year undergraduate seats in West Bengal's state-run colleges are vacant even after two rounds of counselling for admission, an official said on Thursday. There are a total of 9,36,215 undergraduate seats in state-run and state-aided colleges in the state. While 4,21,301 lakh candidates had registered in the centralised admission portal, only 2,69,777 got admitted, filling up 28.81 per cent seats, he said. In comparison, last year, 4.44 lakh seats were fi ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Thursday announced that a free breakfast scheme for government schoolchildren would be introduced in his state from the next academic year on the lines of the successful Chief Minister's Breakfast Scheme being implemented in Tamil Nadu. Speaking at the 'Kalviyil Sirantha Tamil Nadu' event organised by the state government here, Revanth made a slew of other announcements, including provision of cash assistance of Rs 2,000 per month to students o ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: EC on Thursday revised the rules relating to counting of postal ballots, making it mandatory for all postal ballot papers to be counted before the penultimate round of EVM/VVPATs counting is taken up.The new practice will be first implemented in Bihar where assembly polls are due in Nov.This restores the arrangement prior to May 2019, when EC had changed the guidelines to allow EVM counting to proceed regardless of postal ballot counting stage. The 2019 change did not rule out chances ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday announced that the Telangana government will launch the 'Chief Minister's Breakfast Scheme' for schoolchildren in government schools starting from the 2026-27 academic year, drawing inspiration from Tamil Nadu's pioneering initiative. While attending an event organised by the Tamil Nadu government to showcase its achievements in education, nutrition, and welfare, which was attended by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, Revanth Reddy pra ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday inaugurated completed projects worth Rs 67.34 crore and laid foundation stones for 20 new initiatives valued at Rs 78.57 crore at the State Secretariat. The completed works included four new industrial estates in Thiruvallur, Tirunelveli, Thiruvarur, and Chengalpattu districts, developed at a cost of Rs 28.33 crore over 77.86 acres. A private estate at Maruthadu village in Cuddalore covering 11.57 acres with Rs 3.60 crore investment, infrastructure u ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday announced that education loans provided under the state's Student Credit Card Scheme will now be completely "interest-free for all applicants." The move comes months ahead of the Bihar assembly elections.Sharing the post on X, the Bihar CM said that the decision would "boost students' morale" and encourage more young people to pursue higher education."I am extremely delighted to inform you that now the education loan provided under the Stud ...Read More >
Bengaluru -- Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, announced its collaboration with ICT Academy to scale the Snowflake Academia Program in India, a comprehensive initiative designed to equip educators and students with direct access to data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. At the core of this initiative is faculty enablement, equipping educators with knowledge, curriculum, and free access to Snowflake Platform, Snowflake technical foundations, and advanced courses such as data engi ...Read More >
Chennai: Chief minister M K Stalin launched 'Anbu Karangal' scheme for children without parents in Tamil Nadu, and said DMK considered politics service to people rather than a luxury."Some presume that politics is about coming to power, enjoy the benefits of being in power, implement a few fancy schemes and get ready for the election with an eye on power. But for DMK, being in politics is more about responsbility than being in power," Stalin said at the launch of the scheme on Monday, marking th ...Read More >
Mr Bhattacharya holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Notre Dame. New Delhi: The South Asian University (SAU) in New Delhi has sacked a professor, two years after suspending him for allegedly backing student protests against stipend cuts. Associate Professor Snehashish Bhattacharya's removal, effective from June 16, 2023, was announced on Thursday, citing "incitement of students against the interest of the university." Mr Bhattacharya, who joined SAU in 2011 and taught the universit ...Read More >
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