The annual fee for undergraduate courses at IITs has been hiked by more than double, sources in the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry said on Thursday. The annual fee has been hiked from Rs. 90,000 to Rs. 2 lakh. Confirming the development, a senior official at HRD Ministry said: “The fee for all IITs has been increased from Rs. 90,000 […]
» Read moreReliance Industries director Nita Ambani and State Bank of India chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya have been ranked top two in Forbes’ “Asia 50 Power Businesswomen 2016” list, which acknowledges the inroads women are making in the business world, despite gender inequalities. Including Ms. Ambani and Ms. Bhattacharya, eight Indian businesswomen have made the cut in the latest list who among them […]
» Read moreRapping the BCCI and cricket associations in Maharashtra and Mumbai over water wastage when the State is reeling under severe drought, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday said ideally Indian Premier League (IPL) matches should be shifted elsewhere, where there is no water crisis. “Only if water supply to the BCCI is cut, you will understand,” the court observed. The […]
» Read moreThe Panamanian government said that it would not accept the country being used as a “scapegoat” for the apparent financial misdeeds detailed in the Panama Papers. “We are not going to allow Panama to be used as a scapegoat by third parties. Each country (implicated) is responsible,” presidential chief of staff Alvaro Aleman said on Tuesday. Panama “rejects and regrets” […]
» Read moreKamla Advani, the wife of BJP veteran L. K. Advani, died today at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) due to heart failure. Sources close to the family said she complained of uneasiness and breathlessness and was rushed to the AIIMS where doctors tried to revive her but in vain. “She suffered cardiac arrest,” they told PTI. Kamla […]
» Read moreThe Reserve Bank on Tuesday cut the key interest rate by 0.25 per cent and introduced a host of measures to smoothen liquidity supply so that banks can lend to the productive sectors and indicated accommodative stance going ahead. Given weak private investment in the face of low capacity utilisation, a reduction in the policy rate by 0.25 per cent […]
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