Indian diaspora / NRI students will be offered 60 paid short term internship positions in 23 Indian companies in major Indian cities during the summer of 2016 under a public-private partnership. The Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre (OIFC), set up by the Indian government in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), launched the India Corporate Internship programme for Indian […]
» Read moreA 23-year-old Telugu student from the city, Shiva Karan, committed suicide at the North Carolina State University on Thursday. Shiva, who was pursuing a master’s programme at the university in Raleigh (North Carolina), was found hanging in his hostel room. An alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Shiva went to the US six months ago to pursue MSc […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday visited the strategic Pathankot Air Force base for a first-hand assessment of the situation in the aftermath of the terror attack last Saturday. Security forces had on Friday declared the sprawling Air Force station fully sanitised after a massive combing operation spanning over three days. “The combing operation at the Air Force station is […]
» Read moreThe Ministry of Urban Development has commissioned Quality Council of India (QCI) to do an extensive survey on the progress of Swachh Bharat mission and rank 75 cities on sanitation and cleanliness. “The survey, the first for Swachh Bharat mission, will be conducted by the Quality Council of India (QCI) and has been aptly named as ‘Swachh Survekshan’. It will […]
» Read moreHailing the Union government’s notification clearing the path for organising jallikattu, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said she was “very grateful” to him for his prompt action. “I am very grateful to you for your prompt response, which has facilitated the conduct of ‘jallikattu’, a sport which upholds the cultural values […]
» Read moreThe Enforcement Directorate on Friday filed the charge sheet in the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case before a special 2G court. The ED named Dayanidhi Maran, Kalanidhi Maran and four others in the charge sheet. The Aircel-Maxis deal came under the scanner after Aircel owner C. Sivasankaran lodged a complaint in 2011 with the CBI alleging that he was pressurised to […]
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