INS Nilgiri, INS Udaygiri, and INS Himgiri in formation. Photo credit: X/ @IN_HQENC The Indian Navy received its sixth Project 17A Nilgiri-class stealth frigate, INS Mahendragiri, on Saturday as defence minister Rajnath Singh commissioned the indigenously built warship at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam, further strengthening the country’s maritime combat capabilities.“There was a time when…

NEW DELHI: The iconic “Dancing Girl” of Mohenjo-daro, one of the most celebrated artefacts of the Indus Valley Civilisation, appeared in an altered form in the NCERT’s new Class 9 arts textbook, with its traditionally bare torso visually covered, sparking debate over the representation.The 4,500-year-old bronze figurine, traditionally depicted with its bare torso visible, appears…

Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi NEW DELHI: Congress on Wednesday slammed the Supreme Court judgment on SIR for not mentioning a clutch of “major flaws and contradictions” in EC’s process that, it said, has “deprived crores of citizens” of voting rights. It said the judicial challenge by political parties and civil society pertained to flaws on…

NEW DELHI: Foreign medical graduates who studied partly online will have to undergo mandatory hands-on clinical training before practising in India, as the National Medical Commission (NMC) tightens registration norms.In a public notice – issued on March 18 – NMC has made it clear that online medical education cannot substitute real-world clinical exposure and must…