Wednesday, November 27
Qualitative changes in India's higher education sector over the past decade, aimed at boosting research, learning, and innovation, have once again helped the nation outperform China, becoming the most represented higher education system in Asia. As per a release, a total of 162 Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) from India are ranked in the QS Asia University Rankings 2025. India showed the highest growth in university representation, with 162 HEIs, including 21 new entrants, as compared to second-placed China, which has 135 universities, and third-placed Japan with 115 universities. The London-based university ranking organization evaluated 6,278 universities from Asia, using 11 performance indicators such as Employer Reputation, International Faculty Ratio, International Research Net
Donald Trump has claimed victory in North Carolina, securing a crucial battleground state in his bid to return to the White House. Trump’s win in North Carolina marks a successful defense against Kamala Harris, who aimed to flip the state to bolster her pathway to 270 electoral votes. In the final days of the campaign, the former president focused heavily on North Carolina, making several appearances to strengthen his support in the state.While results remained uncertain in other swing states like Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Nevada, the contest continued to be closely watched across the U.S. Both Trump and Harris concentrated their campaigns on these pivotal states. Trump had already claimed Florida, further solidifying his foothold in traditionally Republica
Shares of state-owned GAIL (India) Ltd on Wednesday jumped around 6% to Rs 209.4 on BSE after reporting a 11% year-on-year (YoY) rise in September quarter net profit to Rs 2,672 crore.Its revenue from operations increased 3.5% YoY to Rs 32,931 crore in the July-September period.The profit growth was led by an increase in earnings from gas transmission business and as a turnaround in petrochemical business neutralised fall in marketing margin.India's biggest natural gas transmission and marketing firm reported a 26% drop in operating profit in the gas marketing business during the quarter to Rs 1,329 crore. Operating profit in the gas transmission business increased 8% to Rs 1,403 crore.The petrochemicals business swung to a profit of Rs 158 crore during the quarter from a loss of Rs 160 cr
While results are still pouring in for the US presidential election, Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump has 277 electoral votes and has the majority to win the White House. He is leading in key races left to be called, including Michigan. Trump declared victory as he addressed his followers at his campaign's watch party in West Palm Beach, Florida. He told the audience that it was “time to unite” as a country. “It’s time to put the divisions of the past four years behind us,” he said.“We have to put our country first for at least a period of time,” he added. “We have to fix it.”The New York Times Needle, the newspaper's election night statistical model which estimates the final outcome of US presidential election based on partial results, showed more tha
