IIT Kharagpur’s Houston Centre Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur is expanding its academic footprint to the global stage with the launch of a two-day in-person Artificial Intelligence (AI) programme for engineers and scientists at its Houston outreach centre.As the institute celebrates its platinum jubilee, the initiative signals a transition from 75 years of nation-building to a new…
Carrying flags, some 20 ABVP members raised slogans at the main gate of Christ University Ghaziabad: A group of around 20 youths claiming to be ABVP members entered Christ University’s Ghaziabad campus on Friday, blocked its main entrance and staged a sit-in outside the administrative building after 13 law students were not promoted to fourth…
Margao: Nearly eight months after 25 people died in the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub fire at Arpora, a Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) survey has confirmed what many in the industry long suspected—between 80% and 90% of Goa’s industrial units are operating without valid fire clearances.The finding raises a larger question about the state’s…
Varanasi: A Banaras Hindu University (BHU) research project is examining the socio-economic challenges confronting artisans of Toda embroidery, a unique indigenous craft of Tamil Nadu‘s Nilgiri Hills, while exploring strategies for market expansion and policy support to ensure the long-term sustainability of the traditional art form and strengthen artisan livelihoods.The project, titled “Sustaining Toda Embroidery:…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Parthivrajsinh Kathavadiya has alleged that Gujarat University (GU) has destroyed its historic botanical garden for other projects.Addressing a news conference at GU, Kathavadiya claimed that the botanical garden, which had been maintained since 1960, has disappeared along with several natural wetlands on the campus. He alleged that decisions related…
BJP MLA Sudhir Sharma, centre, arrives to appear before the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau in Shimla on Friday Shimla: Sudhir Sharma, BJP MLA from Dharamshala, appeared before the state vigilance and anti-corruption bureau in Shimla on Friday for further questioning regarding an FIR registered in Dharamshala in the alleged disproportionate assets case.Sharma served as…
The union in the state has appealed to all primary teachers across Maharashtra to refuse any orders related to gram sabha duties. Pune: Escalating their protest against the imposition of non-academic duties, the Maharashtra State Primary Teachers’ Union on Friday announced a total boycott of duties assigned to them as gram sabha secretaries. The move…
Surat: Since Aug 18, health teams have checked 971 hotels and 182 open food outlets. Of them, 639 were issued notices to comply with the guidelines, and 4,368 kg of food unfit for human consumption was destroyed. Apart from this, a total of 83 samples of food products have been collected for testing. During the…
Mizoram CM Lalduhoma inaugurates the new deputy commissioner’s office building in Siaha Aizawl: Mizoram CM Lalduhoma on Friday inaugurated the new deputy commissioner’s office building in Siaha of southern Mizoram.Expressing his happiness at inaugurating the new office, one of the district’s key govt establishments, Lalduhoma said, “This is a landmark development not only for Siaha…
The agency seized 15,50,922 pouches of finished goods Lucknow: The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) has busted an illegal pan masala and tobacco manufacturing network in Uttar Pradesh after seizing 27 unregistered pouch-packing machines and detecting an alleged tax evasion of around ₹185 crore. Lucknow Zonal Unit of DGGI also arrested the proprietor of…
