The number of Indian students applying to study at the
University of Cambridge remains steady despite the United Kingdom’s (U.K.)
immigration curbs, Leszek Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor of the varsity,
maintained. Terming it an “erroneous policy,” Prof. Borysiewicz told that
he continues to oppose the government’s stand. He said Indian students are the
third largest group at the varsity, after students from China and the United
States of America. “The number has been stable,” he added.
Assam Police on Friday formed a Task Force to assess the threat
from al-Qaeda and other such militants groups, inside and outside India. It
will submit a comprehensive proposal report within a month. The Task Force
headed by Inspector General (Special Branch) Hiren Chandra Nath has been asked
to submit a comprehensive proposal incorporating intelligence input on their
activities, extent of preparation, training, infiltration and indoctrination,
possible areas of operation and sustenance and possible VIP targets
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday
called on Governor E.S.L.Narasimhan and spent over three hours discussing
various crucial issues, including the provisions in the 9{+t}{+h}and
10{+t}{+h}Schedule of the AP Bifurcation Act 2014.
Minister
for Health and Family WelfareU.T. Khader visited to Naganadoddi
village in Raichur taluk as the death of two children
caused by suspected dengue got reported from Naganadoddi village.
Chief
Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday made a strong pitch before the
14{+t}{+h}Finance Commission for liberal grants that include Rs. 1.02 lakh
crore for building the new capital and a special grant-in-aid of Rs. 41,500
crore to undo the damage done due to the ‘unscientific bifurcation’.
hennai
Metro Rail is considering auctioning the names of stations to companies or
brands in an attempt to raise revenue, according to its officials. In this
system, a company’s name or brand would be attached to the station’s name
The National
Investigation Agency (NIA) has sought the Union Home Ministry’s permission to
send a team to Sri Lanka as part of the investigation into the espionage case
in which a Sri Lankan national, Arun Selvarajan, was arrested in Chennai
earlier this week.
China will
be the focus country for the 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)
2014, scheduled to be held in Goa between November 20 and 30. The content is likely
to be worked out by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B)
during the visit of Chinese delegations headed by Chinese President Xi Jinping
to India later this month. Minister for Information and Broadcasting
(Independent charge) Prakash Javadekar is scheduled to visit Goa next week to
review the infrastructure for the forthcoming IFFI. A committee of the Ministry
of I &B, headed by noted cinematographer A. K. Bir, will arrive on Sunday
to finalise technical details.
Japanese
researchers on Friday conducted the world’s first surgery to implant ‘iPS’ stem
cells in a human body in a major boost to regenerative medicine, two
institutions involved said. A female patient in her 70s with age-related
macular degeneration (AMD), a common medical condition that can lead to
blindness in older people, had a sheet of retina cells that had been created
from iPS cells implanted. “It is the first time in the world that iPS cells
have been transplanted into a human body,” said a spokeswoman for Riken, one of
the research institutions. The research team used induced Pluripotent Stem
(iPS) cells — which have the potential to develop into any cell in the body —
that had originally come from the skin of the patient.
Former
Northern Irish First Minister Ian Paisley, the firebrand Protestant leader,
died on Friday at the age of 88.
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