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NIIT appoints Anish Sarkar as CEO

Mumbai, Oct. 15 -- He succeeds Pankaj Jathar, who has decided to move back to Bengaluru for personal reasons after two years with the company. Anish brings experience across technology, digital servic... Read More


Economic Buzz: US mortgage applications down by 2.7%

Mumbai, Oct. 15 -- Mortgage applications in the United States slipped 2.7% in the week ending October 9, the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey report revealed on... Read More


Farmers' gift scheme: Fodder cutters to replace LED TVs

India, Oct. 15 -- LUCKNOW The Uttar Pradesh government has proposed replacing 43-inch LED televisions with fodder-cutting machines under the Chief Minister Krishak Uphaar Yojana to make gifts distribu... Read More


Punjab cop tasked with tackling drug smuggling arrested with 15kg heroin

Tarn Taran, Oct. 15 -- A Punjab Police constable, deployed with the state government's anti-drone system to keep tabs on cross-border narcotic smuggling in Tarn Taran district, was held with 15 kg of ... Read More


Three rebel SP MLAs join BJP; Smriti Irani targets SP, Cong

India, Oct. 15 -- LUCKNOW In a boost to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a fresh setback to the Samajwadi Party (SP) ahead of the 2027 UP Assembly elections, three rebel SP legislators joined the ... Read More


UP Police recruitment: 32,679 selected out of 28.86 lakh applicants

LUCKNOW, Oct. 15 -- The Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board (UPPRPB) on Wednesday declared the final results of the 2025 recruitment drive for 32,679 posts of constables and equivalen... Read More


Economic Buzz: US Fed Beige Book says economic activity grew modestly

Mumbai, Oct. 15 -- The Federal Reserve shared in its latest Beige Book on Wednesday that economic activity expanded modestly across most US Districts since the previous reports, with two reporting mod... Read More


Vietnamese Vice President holds talks with Azerbaijani leaders

Baku, Oct. 15 -- Vietnamese Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan held talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva in Baku on October 14, on the occasion of her at... Read More


LU becomes first state varsity to issue DigiLocker-based student IDs

LUCKNOW, Oct. 15 -- Lucknow University (LU) has become the first state university in the country to have successfully uploaded QR-code-based official identity cards of 21,268 students admitted in the ... Read More


DRI seizes 73 lakh kg of Pakistan-origin rock salt, arrests four

India, Oct. 15 -- The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has unearthed a large-scale operation to circumvent India's ban on the import of goods originating in or exported from Pakistan, detecti... Read More