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Nalanda University History: India's 1600-year-old Ivy League-like institution, the world's oldest, with teachers like Aryabhata
Nalanda University History: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a new campus at Nalanda University, echoing its historic legacy dating back 1,600 years. The university, established in the 5th century CE in Bihar's ancient kingdom of Magadha, attracted global scholars and taught subjects from medicine to philosophy. Destroyed in the 12th century, it was revived in 2014 and now boasts eco-friendly infrastructure spread over 100 acres, hosting diverse academic programs and research centers.
More and more Andhra education barons eye political heft
The great, renowned coaching factories of Andhra Pradesh are regularly churning out batch after batch of successful candidates at competitive exams. Side by side, the highly successful owners of these institutions are also aiming for -- and many of them achieving -- grand success in the political arena.
Adani's strategic moves: How an Indian conglomerate is taking on China
Gautam Adani, the Chairman of Adani Group, is capitalising on a decline in China's global ambitions, especially through projects like the Belt and Road Initiative. Adani is competing with China by developing a terminal at Colombo port in Sri Lanka, supported by over half a billion dollars of US investment, as part of India's strategy to curtail China's influence in South Asia.
MG Motor to recast dealer network ahead of deal with Sajjan Jindal Co
MG Motor India is planning to revamp its dealership network by closing underperforming dealerships and opening new ones in different locations. The move comes ahead of a potential alliance between MG Motor's Chinese parent company and a private firm owned by Sajjan Jindal, chairman of JSW Group.
"Russia's ties with India exceptional but broken with West: Jaishankar
Earlier this week, Jaishankar met his UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly session in New York City. The two appreciated the rapid progress in India, UAE bilateral cooperation and valued regular exchange of perspectives on regional and global issues.
Universities around the world race to recapture lucrative international students
Australia is seeking to reduce its reliance on China, announcing a new education partnership with India this month that will make it easier for degrees earned in each other’s countries to be recognized. Deakin University will establish a branch campus in India — a common strategy that’s mitigated the impact of pandemic-induced border closures.
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Seattle becomes first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination
Calls to outlaw discrimination based on caste, a division of people based on birth or descent, have grown louder among South Asian diaspora communities in the United States. But the movement is getting pushback from some Hindu Americans who argue that such legislation maligns a specific community.
Amit Shah arrives in poll-bound Karnataka to hold road show, attend other public programs
The home minister is likely to attend a road show, a public meeting and a series of other public programs in Karnataka today as the southern state is likely to witness Assembly elections in mid-April or the beginning of May.
Gautam Adani lands in the middle of a India-China fight
While India lacks the financial firepower of its neighbor, Adani’s investments in countries such as Israel and Sri Lanka compete with Chinese state-owned firms. And it’s in Sri Lanka where that tension is playing out most acutely.
What is the cost of holidaying in Bihar
If, instead of foreign holidays, you prefer to travel within India, here’s a new series to help you plan the best vacations in each of the 28 states and 8 Union Territories. Look for tourist locations, sightseeing attractions, culinary choices, and the costs involved in each. In the fourth part, ET Wealth takes you to Bihar.
China falls into its own debt trap as loans under Belt and Road Initiative pile up
Under the BRI, China dumped over USD 1 trillion as loans to nearly 150 developing and least developed countries at high rates of interest, becoming the world's largest official creditor for the first time.
Former diplomats, academics share their views on Gotabaya Rajapaksa's private visit to Singapore
Although Rajapaksa has not requested asylum, it is within his rights as a passport holder to visit Singapore, the TODAY newspaper reported on Saturday.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa: A 'war hero' detested by his admirers over Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis
The economic crisis is caused in part by a lack of foreign currency, which has meant that the country cannot afford to pay for imports of staple foods and fuel, leading to acute shortages and very high prices.
Sri Lanka crisis: A fire sale looms as lenders won't make a bailout easy
The carrier struggled with a stretched balance sheet even before Covid-19 and may fail to make payments to aircraft lessors, Bloomberg Intelligence analysts wrote last month.
Thousands of Sri Lankans rally over government handling of crisis
On Sunday, opposition parties ended a week-long march from the central city of Kandy, with thousands of supporters thronging Colombo's Independence Square. Many carried Sri Lankan flags and wore headbands reading "Gota Go Home", one of the main rallying cries of the protests. Rajapaksa was hit by mass resignations from his cabinet earlier this month and now faces the possibility of a no-confidence vote in his reformed government later in the week.
China permits stranded Sri Lankan students to return, continues to remain silent on Indians
Thousands of international students from India and other countries studying in Chinese universities have been unable to return to China since March last year due to travel restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the pandemic which broke out in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in 2019.
Civil unrest, political crisis, Covid: What's ailing India's neighbourhood
Sri Lanka is facing its worst-ever economic downturn since independence while Pakistan is witnessing an intense political struggle between Prime Minister Imran Khan — who is barely clinging on to power — and the opposition.
Chinese defence minister calls on Sri Lanka's top leadership; discusses steps to boost bilateral ties
The Chinese Defence Minister's visit assumes significance in the backdrop of a public diplomacy campaign launched by the Chinese embassy on the Chinese-built Port City in Colombo.
Joe Biden administration appoints two Indian-origin experts to key positions
Sonali Nijhawan has been named Director of AmeriCorps State and National, and Sri Preston Kulkarni, 42, was appointed the new Chief of External Affairs.
ISIL-K's new leader heads India operations; may've earlier affiliation with Haqqani network: UN
The Haqqani network, which has the backing of elements within the Pakistani security establishment, is one of Afghanistan's most experienced and sophisticated insurgent organisations, according to the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based non-partisan, non-profit, public policy research organisation.
How Reaction Videos Took Over The Content Universe Amid The Pandemic
The virality of reaction videos on YouTube has made even Netflix and OnePlus directly approach creators to make such content. And India has emerged as the hub of this content explosion.
View: The ones using hateful labels to split society are being the real tukde-tukde gang
The default term to discredit those who disagree — ‘tukde tukde gang’ — has been used. No less than a Union minister has said that the ‘tukde tukde gang’ is using farm protests to destroy national unity. The question arises: who is the real tukde tukde gang? Who are the people actually trying to divide society?
ICC announces schedule for 2022 Women's World Cup, India to open against a qualifier
India have two more matches against qualifiers on March 12 and March 22 at Seddon park, Hamilton in the eight-team round-robin format event.
When East meets West: The world's first yoga university outside India launched in US
The university will offer online master's programme in yoga.
COVID-19 to hit South Asia very hard, likely to wipe out gains made in poverty alleviation:World Bank
The latest report 'South Asia Economic Focus' anticipates a sharp economic slump in the region's eight countries, caused by halting economic activity, collapsing trade, and greater stress in the financial and banking sectors. The bank said that governments must ramp up action to curb the health emergency, protect their people, especially the poorest and most vulnerable.
Dressing up demands: Evolution of robes and how they represented different purposes
As Indians started setting up their own institutions of higher education, they also tried to Indianise their academic robes. In 1919 at the first convocation of Benaras Hindu University, ToI reported that the graduates “looked well in their gowns of mauve with yellow border and large light green turbans.” The language used for the ceremony was Sanskrit.
Anantha Nageswaran appointed non-permanent member of PM's EAC
Nageswaran, dean of IFMR Graduate School of Business, Krea University, would serve as a non-permanent member of the Council, a university press release said here on Saturday.
SRiX inks pact with UK’s Cranfield varsity to help startups access new markets
In a joint statement, the partners said a 10-week immersion program was being developed with Indian startup companies mentored in the UK by leading Cranfield academics under the collaborative deal.
4 Delhi students among winners in Mars Art Contest 2017
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Four students from Delhi secured second and third positions in the US-based Mars Society's international "Student Mars Art (SMArt) Contest 2017", where they depicted a phase of humanity's future on the planet Mars, from first landing to full settlement.
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