• Tuesday, February 25, 2025

India’s IISc, 6 IITs in world’s top 500 graduate employability…

INDIAN Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore and six Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are among 12 top Indian institutions which have found themselves in the list of top 500 universities in QS Graduate Employability Rankings (GER) 2022 announced on Thursday (23). IIT Bombay tops the Indian institutions in the elite…

India’s East Bengal rope in Croatian forward ahead of ISL

INDIA'S premier football club SC East Bengal on Thursday (23) acquired Croatian forward Antonio Perosevic on a one-year deal that will see him play for the club till the end of the 2021-22 season of the Indian Super League (ISL). Perosevic joined SC East Bengal from Hungarian top-division club Ujpest…

Who’s a better flyer? Congress mocks Modi with Manmohan picture

THE opposition Indian National Congress on Thursday (23) posted on social media some old photographs of former prime minister Manmohan Singh on board the Air India One, the official flight of India’s president, vice president and prime minister. It's a Boeing 777-337 ER aircraft which replaced the ageing Boeing 747-400.…

Pegasus snooping row: India’s top court to set up probe…

THE Supreme Court of India on Thursday (23) said that it will set up a technical expert committee to probe into the Pegasus snooping controversy and pass an interim order next week over a batch of pleas seeking an independent probe into the entire issue. The apex court’s observations on…

PM CARES Fund not govt fund, Indian court told

THE PM CARES Fund is not a fund of the Indian government and amount collected under it does not go to the Consolidated Fund of India, the Delhi High Court has been told. According to an affidavit filed by an under-secretary at the prime minister’s office (PMO) who is discharging…

Modi to meet CEOs of General Atomics & 4 other…

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi was set to meet the chief executive officer of armed drone manufacturer General Atomics in Washington DC on Thursday (23) besides the chief executive officers of four other top American companies. His meeting with the General Atomics head has attained particular attention in the backdrop…

Modi praises NRIs in US: ‘Our diaspora is our strength’

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (22) commended the Indian Diaspora on his arrival in the US for an official visit, saying it has distinguished itself across the world. He said this after receiving a warm welcome from the community after landing in Washington for a major visit to…

Modi visits US for 7th time, to meet 3rd US…

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (22) arrived in the US for a three-day visit. During this official visit, he will meet America’s top leadership including president Joe Biden and vice president Kamala Harris besides attending the first in-person Quad summit that also involves Japan and Australia besides India…

Indian subcontinent’s oldest mosque to reopen in Kerala

INDIA'S first-ever mosque and the oldest in the sub-continent is all set to welcome back devotees and history-lovers. The ‘Cheraman Juma Masjid’ in the southern Indian state of Kerala, which dates back to 629 AD, has been restored after a painstaking renovation and conservation process that spread over almost 30…

New Zealand cricket team got threat mail from India: Pakistan

PAKISTAN, which saw two major Test-playing nations pulling out of scheduled tours on its soil in a gap of just a few days, has now accused arch-rivals India of sending a threatening email to the New Zealand cricket squad prompting them to call off the tour just minutes before the…