As students scramble for admission into science stream, Nandini Singla, Ambassador Designate to Portugal, could well be an example of how an arts stream student from a small town can go places. “I was denied admission to arts stream initially at Basaveshwara College in Bagalkot as I had scored 88 per cent in SSLC and students with such a score […]
» Read moreIndia came closer to the first of four nuclear regimes it is trying to gain entry into, with countries belonging to the 34-member Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) raising no objection to India’s membership later this year. Diplomatic sources confirmed to The Hindu that after a proposal, circulated by the current Dutch chairperson of MTCR, had met with no objection […]
» Read moreAt least 25 Indian students in their first semester of computer sciences programme at Western Kentucky University have been asked to return to India or find placement in other schools, because they did not meet the admission standards of the varsity, The New York Times said on Tuesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a US visit. Some 60 […]
» Read more(Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the US President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington on Tuesday. Pic Courtesy: PMO) U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday welcomed the start of preparatory work on six nuclear reactors in India, a key step in closing the first deal stemming from a U.S.-India civil nuclear accord […]
» Read moreIn a major political development in Tripura, six Congress legislators on Tuesday joined the Trinamool Congress. Assembly Speaker Ramendra Chandra Debnath told reporters that he had received a letter from Congress legislator Sudip Roy Barman, who he said was accompanied by three legislators. “The letter was signed by six Congress MLAs informing me that they have joined the Trinamool Congress,” […]
» Read moreQatar on Tuesday released 23 Indian prisoners, in a special gesture just after the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr. Modi, who had taken up the issue of welfare of Indians in Qatar with the country’s leadership, expressed gratitude to Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani for this gesture that coincided with the start of holy month of […]
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