From IIT to global success and back: How alumni are transforming campuses with crores in donations For decades, the IITs watched some of their brightest graduates leave campus to build technology companies, global businesses and careers around the world. Now, a reverse flow is becoming increasingly visible: successful alumni are returning with donations large enough…
Salman Khan and Raj & DK to collaborate for a superhero film (Image Credits Instagram) Salman Khan‘s slate for the next couple of years is shaping up to be one of the busiest of his career, and at the centre of it is a project unlike anything he’s attempted before, a big-budget superhero film with…
Tejahswi yadav targets Bihar CM over BPSC official remark NEW DELHI: Bihar leader of opposition and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has demanded an apology from BPSC examination controller Rajesh Kumar over his “dog-barking” remark against protesting students. While RJD scion also took a sharp dig at chief minister Samrat Choudhary, alleging official’s language “mirrors the…
A replica of the world’s first liquid propellant rocket, PC: Wikimedia Commons On March 16, 1926, on a snowy farm in Auburn, Massachusetts, physicist Robert H. Goddard set up a slim, 10-foot rocket he had nicknamed Nell on a launch frame in an open field. Fueled by gasoline and liquid oxygen, the rocket climbed just…
File photo: Vice President JD Vance (Picture credit: AP) US Vice President JD Vance has backed the Trump administration’s proposal to impose a new $103,265 fee on most new H-1B visa petitions, saying American companies should prioritise hiring and training US workers.Vance shared a US media report on the proposal on X and wrote, “If…
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan (Reuters) Former England captain Michael Atherton has revealed why he joined a group of 21 former international cricketers in calling on Pakistani authorities to ensure imprisoned former Pakistan captain and Prime Minister Imran Khan receives proper medical treatment.Imran has been in prison since 2023 after being convicted in corruption cases,…
Annapurni Subramaniam becomes first Indian woman to win COSPAR Vikram Sarabhai Medal. (Photo: Indian Institute of Astrophysics, FB) For decades, Professor Annapurni Subramaniam has studied some of the universe’s most fascinating mysteries—from star clusters and galaxies to the evolution of stars and ultraviolet light that cannot easily be observed from Earth.Now, the Director of the…
Rocking Star Yash is gearing up for the release of his upcoming gangster action thriller ‘Toxic’. While promoting his film in Chennai, he spoke about the actor-turned-politician and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay, praising his dedication to work and commitment to the people of the state. Yash praises Vijay’s dedication The event was held at…
PM Modi said the launch of UPI 10 years ago marked a “major turning point” in India’s digital payments journey (Photo: PTI). NEW DLEHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday marked a decade of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), describing its scale and reach as a milestone in India’s digital payments journey and calling on…
In Nevada, 23,000 people remained under evacuation orders around Reno on Monday as the Hawk Fire burned more than 15,000 acres. (GIF: @HotshotWake) In Nevada, 23,000 people remained under evacuation orders around Reno on Monday as the Hawk Fire burned more than 15,000 acres, while California lawmakers weighed utility wildfire liability and scientists warned that…
