Category: India News

Chennai Professor bags prestigious award

Chennai, Oct 7: Professor Saket Saurabh of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) here has been awarded the ‘coveted’ Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2021 in Mathematical Sciences. Saurabh is Professor in the Theoretical Computer Science group of the city-based institute. “This award given by the […]

PM Modi completes 20 years in public office, BJP leaders laud him

New Delhi, Oct 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday completed 20 years as the head of a government, including over 13 years as Gujarat chief minister, with top BJP leaders lauding his leadership and crediting him for ushering in good governance and development. Home Minister Amit Shah, who […]

Assailants fatally shoot 2 schoolteachers in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India — Assailants fatally shot two schoolteachers in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Thursday in a sudden rise in targeted killings of civilians in the disputed region, police said. Authorities blamed militants fighting against Indian rule for the attack in the outskirts of Srinagar, the region’s main city. Police […]

Coronavirus impact worsens India’s educational divide, U.N. agency says

NEW DELHI, Oct 6 – India’s school closures and its children’s lack of smartphone and internet facilities amidst the COVID-19 pandemic have worsened an educational divide, the U.N. cultural agency said, flagging risks to young people’s futures. About 248 million students were hit by school closures since March […]

Indian town on edge after 9 die during farm protest

LUCKNOW, India — Indian authorities suspended internet services and barred political leaders from entering a northern town Monday to calm tensions after nine people were killed in a deadly escalation of a yearlong demonstration against contentious agriculture laws. Four farmers died Sunday when a car owned by Junior […]

Assailants fatally shoot 3 men in disputed Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India — Assailants shot and killed three men in Indian-controlled Kashmir in separate attacks blamed by police on militants fighting against Indian rule in the disputed region. In the first incident Tuesday, police said militants fired at a prominent pharmacist, Makhan Lal Bindroo, at his drug store […]

As Lebanese got poorer, politicians stowed wealth abroad

BEIRUT — A trove of leaked documents confirmed that for years, Lebanon’s politicians and bankers have stowed wealth in offshore tax havens and used it to buy expensive properties — a galling revelation for masses of newly impoverished Lebanese caught in one of the world’s worst economic meltdowns […]

Banking Sector shows high discrepancy trends in Q2-21

Eds: Disclaimer: The following press release comes to you under an arrangement with PRNewswire. PTI takes no editorial responsibility for the same.) Sectors like Banking, BPO, Engineering & Infra, Financial Services, FMCG, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Pharma, and Telecom display discrepancy percentages way above the industry average of 8.7 percent […]

Lakhimpur Kheri violence hits local Sikh community hard

By Arunav Sinha Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), Oct 6 (PTI) The spot near Tikonia village where violence erupted on Sunday during a farmers’ protest is amid an area linked to the life of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism. Granthi Baljeet Singh from Kaudiyawala Ghat Gurdwara says the Guru […]

Kept in illegal confinement: Priyanka Vadra

New Delhi, Oct 5:  Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday alleged that she was being held illegally at the PAC compound in Sitapur and no notice or FIR has been provided to her even after her 38-hour detention and was not allowed to meet her legal […]

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