Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw (PTI) NEW DELHI: The Centre spelt out an ambitious vision for artificial intelligence that borrows directly from one of India’s biggest digital success stories – UPI.The idea, officials said, is to offer the world a “bouquet of trusted AI solutions”: A shared, reliable digital backbone that countries and companies can…
GPSC invites applications for Class-1 and Class-2 Engineer vacancies under GMB GPSC Recruitment 2026: The Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC) has put out a notification for online applications for various Class-1 and Class-2 Engineering vacancies in the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB). This recruitment exercise, advertised as Nos. 134/2025-26 to 139/2025-26, includes posts for Executive Engineers,…
NEW DELHI: SC on Tuesday criticised 12 ’eminent’ persons who together filed a PIL “targeting” CMs of BJP-governed states for alleged hate speeches while making a plea for framing guidelines to restrain constitutional functionaries and bureaucrats from breaching fidelity to constitutional morality. Appearing for petitioners, senior advocate Kapil Sibal told a bench of Chief Justice…
A strike that would have disrupted teaching, grading and research at the University of Pennsylvania was narrowly avoided on Monday night, after administrators and the graduate student union reached a tentative agreement following more than a year of negotiations.According to The Daily Pennsylvanian, representatives from Graduate Employees Together, University of Pennsylvania said the agreement was…
CHENNAI: Over eight years after a trial court acquitted 23 accused of killing a man over an election rivalry in Villupuram in 2013, Madras HC on Tuesday reversed the order and convicted and sentenced 21 of them to life imprisonment.“On a careful re-appreciation of the entire evidence on record, we find that the prosecution proved…
How apprenticeships are helping higher education weather challenges and create paid learning opportunities. (Getty Images) Colleges across the US are expanding apprenticeship pathways as they confront mounting pressures over enrolment, affordability and graduate outcomes. Leaders describe a volatile climate marked by demographic shifts, technological disruption and political scrutiny, prompting institutions to rethink how credentials are…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has ruled that development isn’t an absolute goal and that the right to a clean environment, which is part of the right to life, cannot be traded off with economic benefits. Declining permission for change of land for a cement factory to come up at Sangrur, Punjab, close to farms…
APSC CCE result 2026 cancelled Assam’s top recruitment body has abruptly withdrawn the Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) 2024 result, triggering confusion and anxiety among thousands of aspirants across the state.The Assam Public Service Commission (APSC), in a short notice issued from Guwahati on February 16, 2026, cancelled the result with immediate effect after detecting what…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: At a joint press meet with French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered Indian soldiers who participated in the first World War and Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar, as the PM recalled their association with France’s port city Marseille which he had visited last year.“Marseille is…
Why Indian students and professionals must track the US H-1B visa row A contentious debate over the H-1B visa programme in the US is increasingly intersecting with reports of racist rhetoric targeting South Asians, particularly Indians, who form the largest group of beneficiaries under the scheme. What began as a policy dispute over jobs and…
