An American translator who lives in Vermont, a Hindi novelist who lives in Delhi, a Bengali translator who played matchmaker and introduced them to each other, and a publisher based in the UK. It’s this unique collaboration that made literary history on Friday with Geetanjali Shree’s Hindi novel “Tomb of Sand“, translated into English by
NEW DELHI: Making the competition tougher, the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) or NEET-UG 2022 for the first time breached the 18-lakh registrations mark and recorded an increase of 2.57 lakh aspirants this year from 2021. Moreover, there is a 274.3% increase in the number of candidates taking the exam in 12 Indian languages
Japan has described as “provocative” a joint patrol by Chinese and Russian air forces over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea, conducted when Quad leaders met in Tokyo to discuss regional security. At Tuesday’s meeting, the leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the United States declared a “steadfast commitment to a free
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will look to further stregthen the Special Strategic and Global Partnership between India and Japan during his conversation with Japan PM Fumio Kishida in Tokyo In a statement released by the PMO ahead of Modi’s Japan tour, the Prime Minister gave details of what’s on the agenda for the
U.S. President Joe Biden has embarked on a five-day trip to East Asia, his first visit to the region since he took office, to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to the Indo-Pacific amid the Ukrainian war and an increasingly assertive China. The trip takes him to Seoul then Tokyo, where Biden is also expected to attend
NEW DELHI: The consumer affairs ministry has urged the registrars of all consumer commissions not to grant any adjournments for more than 30 days and has also suggested imposing costs on parties where there is delay beyond two months in resolving cases due to adjournment requests. Data from the online consumer case monitoring system, Confonet,
NEW DELHI: The agriculture ministry on Thursday said that wheat output will shrink nearly 3% to 106 million tonnes this year — the first decline since 2014-15 — and blamed the unsual hot weather for the fall in production. Wheat production stood at a record 109 million tonnes in the 2020-21 crop year. In February,
PATNA: Unmoved by ally BJP’s objections, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Monday asserted that he would soon convene an all-party meeting to take a decision on conducting caste census in the state. It would not take long to begin the process, Nitish said in the presence of BJP leader and deputy chief minister Tarkishore Prasad.
NEW DELHI: Describing ties with Nepal as unparalleled, PM Modi, ahead of his visit to Lumbini on Monday, said civilisational and people-to-people contacts between India and Nepal formed the “enduring edifice” of the close relationship and that his visit is intended to celebrate and further deepen these “time-honoured linkages that have been fostered through centuries
JAIPUR: A Delhi Police team tasked with arresting Rajasthan cabinet minister Mahesh Joshi’s son Rohit on charges of rape and blackmail returned empty-handed from Jaipur on Sunday after pasting a notice at his family home, asking him to show up at the capital’s Sadar Bazar police station latest by 1pm on Wednesday. Rohit’s father told
