New Delhi, 15/7: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras bagged the top spot among educational institutions in the country for the fourth consecutive year while the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru is the best university, according to the Ministry of Education’s National Institutional Ranking Framework. The 2022 rankings were released by…
New Delhi, 15/7:An IndiGo flight from Delhi to Vadodara was diverted last night to Jaipur as a precautionary measure, following vibrations in the engines for a fraction of a second, according to ANI. A probe has been ordered, as per the DGCA.
Colombo, 15/7:The resignation of Sri Lanka’s president has been accepted, the crisis-hit country’s parliamentary speaker announced Friday, after Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country earlier this week and notified him from Singapore that he was stepping down. “Gotabaya has legally resigned” with effect from Thursday, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana told reporters. “I have accepted…
London, 14/7: Rishi Sunak tightened his grip on the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and British prime minister as he bagged 101 votes to again emerge as the winner of the latest voting round on Thursday. There are now five candidates left in the Tory leadership contest after Suella…
Colombo, 14/7: Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has submitted a letter of resignation, two government sources said on Friday, after he fled to Singapore following mass protests over his country’s economic meltdown. Rajapaksa emailed a letter of resignation to the speaker of the country’s parliament late on Thursday, two sources said. It…
Mumbai, 14/7: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said no word has been banned from use in Parliament and members are free to express their views while maintaining decorum of the House. Birla’s comments came amid a controversy over publication of a booklet by the Lok Sabha Secretariat that listed words such…
UAE,14/7: The government of the United Arab Emirates and the private sector of the United States will invest in a $2 billion project to set up agricultural parks in India with technical support from Israel. The project is likely to be announced at the first I2U2 summit which will be held later on…
Mumbai, 14/7: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday arrested former NSE MD Chitra Ramkrishna in a money laundering case connected with alleged illegal phone tapping and snooping of stock exchange employees after getting the nod from a Delhi court to probe the matter. Special Judge Sunaina Sharma allowed four-day custodial interrogation of Ramkrishna. …
Mumbai, 14/7: Maharashtra government has decided to reduce value added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel by Rs 5 and Rs 3 per litre respectively, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said here on Thursday. Shinde informed reporters after a cabinet meeting at Mantralaya that the decision would entail a burden of Rs 6,000 crore on…
New Delhi, 14/7:Rohit Sharma will lead India’s team for T20I series against West Indies, the BCCI announced on Thursday. Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah rested from five-match T20 series against West Indies The squad includes Rohit Sharma (C), I Kishan, K L Rahul*, Suryakumar Yadav, D Hooda, S Iyer, D Karthik, R Pant, H…
