Rahul Gandhi with injured student protesters NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday shared a video of his interaction with three students who were injured during police action amid recent student protests in Bihar.The three were part of a group of students from Bihar who met the Lok Sabha leader of opposition at his…
The MEA said the resolution neither adopts nor authenticates any particular world map and does not address political cartography NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Sunday said India had voted in favour of a United Nations General Assembly resolution promoting the use of equal-area world map projections. It also made it clear that…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and accused him of turning his address at Delhi University‘s SRCC into “yet another political campaign” instead of facing questions from the youth.In a social media post on X, Kharge also attacked PM Modi for giving the opposition…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Sunday backed students protesting against alleged irregularities in Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) examinations, saying that “every student is tormented by the BJP regime”.In a post on X, Rahul said thousands of students were protesting in Maharashtra because their trust in the system had been…
A broader understanding of the word ‘inclusion’ is the need of the hour A broader understanding of the word ‘inclusion’ is the need of the hour, and meaningful change must go beyond numerical targets and provide people with genuine ownership and representation, speakers from the social and corporate sector said at a panel on ‘Scaling…
Cooking is a complex task from neurological point of view: Doc New Delhi: What if one of the simplest ways to keep the brain active later in life is already sitting in the kitchen? A six-year study from Japan has found that older adults who cooked at home at least once a week were less…
Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has called upon innovators and startups to develop low-cost and sustainable solutions to help civil society, the corporate sector and govt deal with initiatives that create social impact, such as cleaning up of lakes that he has started in his constituency.“May be one…
Technology will not deepen India’s education divide Technology will not deepen India’s education divide; used well, it could help close it.At the TOI Social Impact Summit, 2026, Pranav Kothari, CEO of Educational Initiatives, broke the myth that edtech is expensive or exclusionary. Technology, he stressed, is not a substitute for teachers, who remain better at…
In a session on tech and AI in scaling change, panelists highlighted ways in which they’d each worked with the technology, and underscored how it could be customised to local contexts.Aniket Doegar, co-founder and CEO, Haqdarshak, spoke about his organisation’s use of tech to help people access govt’s 20,000 schemes, including cash transfers, from which…
M P Ahammed, chairman of the Malabar Group of Companies Speaking at the inaugural session of the TOI Social Impact Summit, M P Ahammed, chairman of the Malabar Group of Companies, said his business practices, with 450 showrooms in 24 countries, are aligned with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make In India, Market to the World’…