New Delhi: The Ministry of Education said Saturday it has constituted a high-level committee of experts led by former ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan to ensure transparent, smooth and fair conduct of examinations through the National Testing Agency (NTA). The seven-member committee will make recommendations on reforms in the mechanism of the examination process, improvement in […]
JERUSALEM: A Malayali was killed and two others were injured when an anti-tank missile was fired in Israel. The dead has been identified as Patnibin Maxwell of Kollam. The other two injured are also Malayalees and have been identified as Bush Joseph George and Paul Melvin. The missile hit a plantation in Margaliot. Lebanon is […]
San Francisco: Thousands of people logged complaints about problems accessing Twitter on Saturday after owner Elon Musk limited most users to viewing 600 tweets a day — restrictions he described as an attempt to prevent unauthorised scraping of potentially valuable data from the site. The crackdown began to have ripple effects early Saturday, causing more […]
LONDON: Prominent businessman and Hinduja Group chairman SP Hinduja (87) passed away in London. He had been unwell for some time. He is the eldest of four Hinduja brothers.Srichand P Hinduja joined the business in 1952 with his father PD Hinduja, the founder of the group. His brothers are Gopichand, Prakash and Ashok. His wife […]
Patiala (Punjab): Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu was released from Patiala Jail on Saturday, about 10 months after he was sentenced to one-year jail by Supreme Court in a three decades old road rage case. The Congress leader was sentenced to one year of imprisonment by the Supreme Court in May last year in the 1988 […]
KOCHI: Kerala High Court has granted 10 more days to examine witness in the actress assault case as requested by the prosecution. HC has earlier ordered to complete examination of new witnesses within 10 days. But the prosecution approached the court citing the impracticality. The government pointed out in the petition that some of the […]
CALIFORNIA: Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Thursday it would rebrand as Meta, a name change that comes as the company battles criticisms from lawmakers and regulators over its market power, its algorithmic decisions and the policing of abuses on its platforms. CEO Mark Zuckerberg, speaking at the company’s live-streamed virtual and augmented reality conference, said […]
NANDANA J NAIR A BIOMATERIAL is a substance that has been engineered to interact with biological systems for a medical purpose, either a therapeutic or a diagnostic one. Biomaterials are materials meant to be cut into the body to replace or repair damaged organs or tissues. The science that deals with the study of biomaterials is […]
NEW DELHI: The new owners of Air India will be decided in the next few days as the financial bids for the flag carrier are being scrutinised, sources said on Friday. Besides, conglomerate Tata Sons, which is one of the bidders, is touted to be the frontrunner to get hold of the carrier. Earlier, Tata […]
Kozhikode: Health minister Veena George stated that there are 251 people in the contact list of the 12-year-old boy who died of Nipah virus. Among them, 38 are isolated at the Kozhikode medical college hospital and 11 of them are showing symptoms. Samples of 8 patients were sent to NIV in Pune for testing, she […]