NEW DELHI: Seven research centres across leading Indian institutions have been selected by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to develop priority medical devices and diagnostic technologies, with projects spanning portable screening for primary healthcare, biomaterials and technologies for eye and vascular diseases.The selected institutions are the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) at Kharagpur,…
Harish said India had “very high stakes” in the safety, security and stability of the region India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Parvathaneni Harish, on Friday condemned attacks on commercial vessels and civilian infrastructure in the Middle East, warning that the escalating hostilities pose a serious threat to regional stability and the safety of…
SC quashed a 37% fee hike for BTech courses for the 2023- 27 cohort at Dr BC Roy Engineering College in West Bengal. NEW DELHI: In a relief to students pursuing professional courses like engineering and medicine in private colleges who have to face a fee hike midstream, Supreme Court has held that any change…
BJP’sGaurav Bhatialauded the “landmark” ruling NEW DELHI: BJP Thursday said the SC judgement holding that quota benefits cannot be claimed by converts was “historic”, adding it is a “massive blow to the appeasement politics” of Congress and other opposition parties which have sought to provide reservation to Muslims on the basis of religion.While upholding the…
In the first case, the court declared Mushtaq Ahmed Mir, a native of Thanamang village in Rajouri’s Darhal tehsil, a proclaimed offender under BNSS Section 84 JAMMU: In separate orders in two terror-related cases, a special NIA court in Jammu has declared a Rajouri native allegedly living in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir a “proclaimed offender” for repeatedly…
Dipke questioned the decision to shut the park, saying the authorities could not close every location where the outfit might organise a demonstration NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday claimed police personnel were keeping him under surveillance and said he could be detained overnight or on Friday morning, ahead of…
TOI has learnt that the road transport ministry recently notified a “catastrophic event” in the case of widening and strengthening of a 45-km stretch of NH-727B in Uttar Pradesh after an accident during construction claimed two lives and left one with grievous injury in March. NEW DELHI: In a first, the road transport ministry has…
NEW DELHI: The parking operator at Terminal 3 (T3) of Delhi airport has removed FASTag-based entry restrictions, bringing much-needed relief to passengers and visitors. The move came a day after Indian Highways Management Company Ltd (IHMCL), under NHAI, warned the acquiring bank associated with the parking facility of action after it emerged that the operator…
SCBA clarified that it did not seek to prevent fair and temperate criticism of the judiciary. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Thursday filed a criminal contempt petition against journalist Nikhil Wagle and Uddhav Sena leader Sanjay Raut over their disparaging remarks against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant.Attorney General R…
Actor Dhanush’s organisation has unveiled a new flag and logo and plans to establish a grassroots network across five assembly constituencies in Coimbatore. NEW DELHI: Actor Dhanush‘s official fan club has been restructured as the ‘Dhanush Narpani Iyakkam’ (Dhanush Welfare Movement), fuelling speculation about a possible political debut. The organisation unveiled a new flag and…
