New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Talat Ahmad Wednesday said the university would work to bring madarsa students to mainstream education. “We want to bring students of madarsa to the mainstream with the help of bridge courses, so they can get into B.A. and B.SC degrees directly. On Nov 11 we will […]
Perth (Australia), Oct 29 (IANS) In an incident of mistaken identity in Australia’s Perth city, a Gurdwara was spray-painted by vandals with anti-Muslim graffiti. Sikh Gurdawara Perth treasurer Amandeep Singh said CCTV captured two vandals spray-painting the underconstruction Bennett Springs gurdwara early Wednesday (about 1.30 a.m.), WA today.com.au reported. “I think they have confused us with […]
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) The cabinet Wednesday approved ratifying the Nagoyaa-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol that provides procedures on liability and redressal of damage to biodiversity resulting from living modified organisms (LMOs). The protocol supplements the Cartagena protocol on biosafety and will help promote innovation in agricultural and healthcare research. “The supplementary protocol would promote sound […]
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Giving a boost to India’s scientific research, the government Wednesday approved the acquisition of a polar research vessel for Rs.10.51 billion. The approval was given by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an official release said here. The vehicle, which is an […]
Hyderabad, Oct 29 (IANS) Tech Mahindra, a leading software service firm, has posted a quarter-on-quarter growth of 14.1 percent in net profit during the second quarter ended September, at Rs.719.7 crore against Rs.630.7 crore in the previous quarter. However, the increase was marginal compared to the corresponding quarter of the last year. The net profit was […]
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the National Green Tribunal to proceed against the grossly polluting industries discharging their untreated effluent into the drains flowing into River Ganga, as it took a dim view of the central and state pollution control panels’ lackadaisical approach in hauling up these units. Asking the NGT […]
Washington, Oct 29 (IANS) India was ranked 142nd among 189 nations in ease of doing business in a new World Bank Group report, even as it found that the country set the pace for regulatory reform in South Asia in 2013-14. India’s overall ranking fell by two notches in “The Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency” […]
Hyderabad, Oct 29 (IANS) Pharmaceutical major Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Limited has reported 17 percent decline in net profit during the second quarter ended September, at Rs.574.10 crore against Rs.690.25 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. The Hyderabad-based drugmaker attributed the drop in margin to lower sales in US market, the biggest contributor to its revenues. […]
Beijing, Oct 29 (IANS) The value of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened by 16 basis points to 6.1405 against the US dollar in its central parity Wednesday, authorities said. In China’s foreign exchange spot market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 percent from the central parity rate each trading […]
Los Angeles, Oct 29 (IANS) Actress Julia Roberts feels she has taken a “big risk” by not going under the knife to fight the ageing marks. “By Hollywood standards, I guess I’ve already taken a big risk in not having had a face-lift,” the 47-year-old actress told You magazine, reports contactmusic.com. Roberts, who married Danny Moder […]