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By C. Raj Kumar The Indian higher education system commanded awe and respect in the ancient world. Important seats of learning like Nalanda and Takshashila attracted the best students and academics from across the globe....

Paris: Six global lending institutions led by the World Bank Group, having contributed $100 billion to combat climate change in developing nations, will enhance such contributions substantially to ensure the global development is sustainable and...

New Delhi: One of India’s top wrestlers, Bajrang Punia, says he is not bothered about who represents the country in men’s 65 kg freestyle at the 2016 Rio Olympics as long as the nation gets...

Beijing: The IMF has decided to include the Chinese currency yuan in its Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket that will make it the fifth reserve currency after the US dollar, Euro, British pound sterling and...

Mumbai: As Priyanka Chopra scored four million followers on Instagram, Bollywood’s ‘Desi Girl’ sent out love to her virtual family, and thanked her admirers for showering her with love and appreciation. “Four million and counting…my...

London: Researchers have developed a new camera that can photograph and film methane in the air. It can be an important part of the efforts to measure and monitor greenhouse gases, according to researchers from...

New York: Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a gene involved in the control of sleep that, when working properly, appears to reduce the risk of heart failure and improve treatment...

Bengaluru: American productivity guru and acclaimed author of “Getting Things Done”, David Allen has forayed into India to train individuals and executives on the art of leading a stress-free productive life. “Getting Things Done (GTD)...

New Delhi: Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday warned BJP members of parliament from making provocative statements, saying it diverts the attention from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s development agenda. “We should be careful with...

Mumbai: The Indian central bank on Tuesday kept its short-term lending and borrowing rates unchanged, in line with expectations, balancing its policy action between a comforting, 7.4 percent economic growth for the second quarter of...

Mumbai: Reforms coupled with a dovish stand taken by the country’s central bank over future rate cuts drove the Indian equity markets higher with a barometer index gaining 68 points or 0.26 percent during the...

Washington: Two followers of the Islamic State (IS) group carried out the California attacks that killed at least 14 people and injured 20, the group’s radio broadcast said on Saturday. US citizen Syed Farook, 28,...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday he felt sapped by the day-to-day “interference” by the central government and this was the main reason why he was not holding any portfolio himself...

Patna: Microsoft founder and one of the world’s richest men Bill Gates on Saturday met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to discuss support to health, education and other sectors for human development, officials said. “Bill...

Jammu/New Delhi: The busting of Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI’s module in India saw the nabbing of a school teacher from Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, while more arrests are likely to take place, police said....

Bangkok: Thailand has contributed $100,00 to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) fund to run a regional information campaign aimed at raising awareness among migrants, the media reported on Saturday. “Thailand will also play a...

Washington: NASAÂ’s New Horizons spacecraft has returned the sharpest images ever of cratered, mountainous and glacial terrains on Pluto and the best close-ups of the mysterious system that humans may see for decades. These latest...

New Delhi: Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan, who is married to actor Saif Ali Khan, said that she never wants her husband to change. Kareena responded to a question “if marriage has changed anything?” at...

New Delhi: Actress Kangana Ranaut, who has been lauded for her versatile acting skills, believes that Indian audience is ready for cinema which comprises of both art and glamour. “Today we have everything coming together...

New DelhiL: The Delhi assembly on Friday passed the Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill, 2015, which the AAP government has described as the “strongest” anti-graft legislation in the country. The house cleared the bill with two...