NAAC executive committee chairman Nageshwar Rao Mumbai: Access and quality in higher education are no longer parallel concerns; they are now deeply intertwined, shaping the direction of policy and reform. It is this lens that Nageshwar Rao brings to his new role of executive committee chairman at the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), at…
Filed by: SruthyBengaluru: For a few awkward hours at Tumkur University’s 19th convocation, the most coveted prizes existed only in photographs.The university had lined up 90 gold medals for toppers graduating on June 3. The medals had been minted, packed and were supposedly on their way from Indore. But while the students made it to…
HYDERABAD: A second Sudanese national arriving in Hyderabad from Uganda was admitted to the Ebola isolation ward at Gandhi Hospital in the early hours of Friday, taking the number of individuals currently under observation to two. According to the Airport Public Health Officer (APHO), the 23-year-old traveller arrived at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in…
Kolkata: IndiGo Airlines will cancel flights from Kolkata to Singapore, Shanghai, Ho Chi Minh City and Siam Reap from July 1 and reduce frequency to Phuket, majorly impacting the city’s international flight connectivity.IndiGo is also slashing domestic flights, cutting back on sectors with multiple frequencies and those with low yields or profitability and relatively low…
Guwahati: A chain-snatching incident came to light in the city’s Boragaon area on Friday, after two unidentified men allegedly entered a house, incapacitated the homeowner, and stole her gold chain. Police officers from the Garchuk police station said the two men approached the woman when she was alone at home. “The two men approached the…
UPSTF apprehended Ajay Ramavatar Pasi in Siddharthnagar, wanted by Maharashtra Police LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) on Friday arrested a man wanted by Maharashtra Police in connection with a temple theft case that had triggered communal tensions in Thane district.The accused, identified as Ajay Ramavatar Pasi, was apprehended from Parsa Station Road…
Rajkot: A routine traffic enforcement drive on 150 Foot Ring Road escalated into a criminal case after a traffic policeman was allegedly threatened after detaining a dumper that had no numberplates, prompting Gandhigram police to book the accused and his accomplices.On Monday, traffic branch Sector 4 police inspector S D Gilwa was on patrol with…
Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit New Delhi: Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, an ace fighter and a highly experienced test pilot, has been appointed the next Vice Chief of the Air Staff. He will assume his new charge on July 1.Currently, the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (CISC) at Headquarters, Integrated Defence Staff, the officer has played…
TOI correspondent from Washington: For a country currently engaged in a vigorous debate about whether immigrants are stealing jobs, swiping opportunities, overwhelming the system, and generally causing western civilization to collapse, the United States has produced a rather awkward statistic.According to a new policy brief by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), immigrants have…
India and the United States have held “positive and constructive” discussions on finalising a bilateral trade agreement, the government said on Friday, following a fresh round of negotiations between the two sides.A delegation from the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) visited India from June 1 to 4 to advance talks on the…
