NEW DELHI: In good news for students of Vedic studies, Veda Bhushan and Veda Vibhushan courses offered by Ujjain-based Maharishi Sandipani Rashtriya Ved Vidya Pratishthan (MSRVVP) are now equivalent to Class 10 and Class 12, the Ministry of Education, Government of India, stated in a notification. The decision also means that the certificates issued by […]
NEW DELHI: Banned Khalistani separatist group ‘Sikhs For Justice’ (SFJ) has threatened to remove India’s tallest national flag at Attari along the India-Pakistan border with the so-called Khalistan flag on August 15, Independence Day. In a statement, SFJ chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said that his organisation will start the Ghar Ghar Khalistan campaign in response […]
NEW DELHI: Many hilly areas reel from landslides and leave a trail of destruction, sometimes too massive to gauge. But the havoc can be mitigated if the threat is perceived in advance. The good news is that a remedy is at hand. An IIT Mandi-incubated startup, which developed a solution for early detection of landslide threats in […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a writ petition against some provisions of the Places of Worship, 1991 which bans the filing of a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek a change in its character from what it was on August 15, 1947. The petition was filed by senior […]
NEW DELHI: Populist election promises by political parties and freebies doled out by their governments have an adverse impact on the economy which often leads to economic disasters, the Central government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Representing the Centre, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that the Election Commission of India (ECI) should examine the […]
CHENNAI: Students aspiring to pursue BSc in Programming and Data Science at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras can get a four-year Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Data Science and Applications starting this year. As part of the optional BS level, students will have to do an 8-month apprenticeship or a project with companies […]
NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi has announced a two-year master’s programme in electric transportation in view of the growing electrification of the Indian transport eco-system. Classes for the first batch of students will begin next month. IIT Mandi’s School of Computing & Electrical Engineering (SCEE) and School of Engineering (SE) have collaborated to […]
NEW DELHI: The Central government on Thursday sought four-week time from the Delhi high court to file its response on the public interest litigation (PIL), challenging the constitutional validity of The Waqf Act, 1995. The next hearing is scheduled to take place on November 4. The petition, filed by BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Upadhyay, […]
NEW DELHI: Dr. Kafeel Khan, whose arrest by the UP Police for the 2017 Gorakhpur hospital tragedy and the 2020 anti-CAA speech was termed as a “witch hunt” by his family and Opposition parties, has, in his new book, ruled out any communal angle to the Yogi government’s actions against him. Initially hailed as […]
NEW DELHI: One hundred school students from across Himachal Pradesh learnt the principles of robotics and artificial intelligence over a period of 22 days to build a fully automated system at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi. At the summer camp that started on July 1, students were taught applications of robotics, programming, and artificial […]