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WANT TO DO MORE FILMS THAT CELEBRATE WOMEN: VAANI KAPOOR

10 Feb 2021 09:47 AM IST

MUMBAI: Vaani Kapoor wants to do more films that celebrate women, their lives and their decisions. “As a woman, I want to do more films that celebrate women, their lives and their decisions. I have been fortunate that in my short career span, I have got films like ‘Shudh Desi

ABEA TIES UP WITH JOHNS HOPKINS CTY TO BRING ONLINE PROGRAMMES

10 Feb 2021 09:46 AM IST

The Aditya Birla Education Academy (ABEA) has collaborated with Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) to offer scholarships for CTY’s online programmes for advanced learners in India. Both ABEA and CTY aim to identify and support the needs of bright young learners in India through these online programmes at

NURSERY SCHOOL ADMISSIONS IN DELHI TO BE CONDUCTED ONLINE

10 Feb 2021 09:42 AM IST

The admission process for nursery and other classes across the national capital will start soon. Nursery admissions in private schools in Delhi this year will be held completely online. All schools in Delhi have been closed for primary classes since the last 11 months. The Education Ministry of the Delhi

CAN CLASSROOM LEARNING RETURN TO NORMAL IN 2022?

10 Feb 2021 09:40 AM IST

As vaccines undergo trials and others are rolled out across the world, it is expected that a large part of the vulnerable population will be protected against Covid-19 by the end of 2021. While it will take a few years before everyone gets the shot, especially with new strains of

The changing dynamics of Indian education system

10 Feb 2021 09:37 AM IST

In the post-Covid ‘study at home’ era, online classes and digital content for students seems to be gaining prominence. In this scenario, reimagining the education system as well as making information and technology available to all key stakeholders is essential to make everyone across the board future-ready.

Time for RBI’s little brother NBFC to become Big brother for Fintechs

10 Feb 2021 09:35 AM IST

Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) are financial institutions that play a complimentary role in the banking sector along with the Financial Technology (Fintech) companies paving way for financial inclusion. However, certain events have brought online lending platforms in bad light recently: • Bold steps taken by the Government to check any

India, UK discuss ways to promote trade, investments as Piyush Goyal and Hardeep Puri meet Elizabeth Truss

10 Feb 2021 09:30 AM IST

The Minister for Commerce and Industry of India, Piyush Goyal, and UK Secretary of State for International Trade, Elizabeth Truss MP, met on Saturday, at New Delhi to discuss the India-UK trade and investment relationship. They were joined by the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry from India, Hardeep

INVESTITURE CEREMONY AT KONARK CORPS

10 Feb 2021 09:25 AM IST

In Keeping with the tradition of honouring its braves the Army organises investiture ceremony at regional commands, at nominated location every year. The Southern Command Investiture Ceremony is accordingly being organised at Konark Corps, on 12 February. The Indian Army will honour selected Officers, Junior Commissioned Officers and Other Rank,

Kashmir women cricket team visits Southern Command in Pune

10 Feb 2021 09:22 AM IST

Lieutenant General J.S. Nain, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command interacted with the Women Cricket team from Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir alongwith members of the Aseem Foundation at Headquarters Southern Command, Pune on Tuesday. All Women’s Cricket team from Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir is visiting Pune and Mumbai from 4 February

Back to Pakistani blackmail with a gun to US head

10 Feb 2021 09:19 AM IST

Islamabad is back with a gun-to-its-head policy. It is clearly telling the US that unless the Biden Administration takes the Pakistani side, it will spoil the American game in Afghanistan, Indo-Pacific and elsewhere.

VACCINES WILL NOT WIN OVER THE VIRUS, PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES NECESSARY, SAYS DR WILLIAM HASELTINE

10 Feb 2021 08:58 AM IST

Organised by NatHealth as part of its Thought & Leadership series, the session saw a riveting discussion on the future of biotech and the evolving global landscape with the Covid vaccines. Moderated by Dr. Sudarshan Ballal, Chairman, Manipal Hospitals, the session centred on the novel coronavirus and ways to tackle

PEOPLE CHOSE HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVES IN 2020: N. BALASUBRAMANIAN

10 Feb 2021 08:57 AM IST

In an exclusive conversation, as a part of a special series NewsX India A-List on NewsX, N. Balasubramanian, CEO, 24 Mantra Organic, spoke about his organic food brand and witnessing a shift in people consuming organic and healthy food. Speaking about what led to the start of Shrestha and the