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Bhubaneswar, Oct 17: Soyeb Aftab, who topped the NEET on Friday with a perfect score of 720, credited his parents for the success, saying he never expected to bag the first rank in the medical entrance exam even though he was optimistic. Mr. Aftab, the son of homemaker Sultan Razia and Sheik Mohammad Abbas who owns a small business, said it was his mother who motivated him to aspire for becoming a

India may get a Covid-19 vaccine as early as March since several manufacturers are working on it, according to Dr Suresh Jadhav, executive director of Serum Institute of India. The institute is working with Oxford University and AstraZeneca to develop a Covid-19 vaccine in India. Dr Jadhav said that provided regulators approve the vaccine candidates, India is moving fast towards having a vaccine

New Delhi, Oct 16: With LJP's abrasive comments on JD (U) raising suspicion within Bihar NDA and apprehension of damage due to vote division, BJP has decided to showcase its unity with Nitish Kumar, who might be attending the odd dozen rallies that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kickstart from October 23 in the state. Indications are that the despite Chirag Paswan's "Modi se Bair Nahin, Nitish

Mumbai, Oct 16: As people have settled down to remote work that became a norm following the nationwide lockdown, a global survey found that 52 per cent employees and 64 per cent C-suite executives interviewed in India prefer to continue with the new ways of doing business or work. Almost overnight, the business world shifted to remote work, unleashing a more agile workforce and a period of

The Bharatiya Janata Party has become the party of corporate companies, with 82.3% or Rs 2,319.48 crore of the Rs 2,818.05 crore corporate donations given to national parties in seven years between 2012-13 and 2018-19 reaching the BJP. Despite being India’s oldest political party, Congress received only Rs 376.02 crore during these seven years while other national parties -- NCP (Rs 69.81 crore)

Wayanad, Oct 15: The Congress in Kerala on Thursday alleged that the Wayanad district administration had not granted permission for the online inauguration of a school here by Rahul Gandhi, MP, as prior permission was not sought. Senior party leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi was to have virtually inaugurated the newly constructed plus-two (12th standard) block of the government vocational higher

New Delhi, Oct 15: Following the fake Television Rating Points (TRP) scam, the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) on Thursday announced a temporary suspension of weekly ratings of news channels across languages. The council intends to review and augment the current standards of measurement to improve on "statistical robustness", and the exercise will result in a "pause" in the weekly

Palakkad, Oct 15: Jnanpith laureate Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, popularly known as Akkitham, the renowned poet of simplicity in Malayalam literature, passed away due to old age related ailments at a private hospital in Thrissur on Thursday. He was 94 and is survived by his son and a daughter. Akkitham's wife predeceased him in 2019. The well known literary genius of Malayalam, Akkitham was

London, Oct 15: Ongoing illness after infection with Covid-19, sometimes called "long Covid", may not be one syndrome but possibly up to four causing a rollercoaster of symptoms affecting all parts of the body and mind, doctors said on Thursday. In an initial report about long-term Covid-19, Britain's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) said one common theme among ongoing Covid patients

India is expected to have 60,000 start-ups and 100 companies with valuation of over USD 1 billion by 2025, a TiE Global report, in association with Zinnov, released on Wednesday said. The report observed that business recovery of start-ups is back on track after the lockdown. However, 12-15 per cent of start-ups are facing risk of survival and a similar percentage of start-ups have closed their