Divya Nair

4 days ago | rediff.com | Divya Nair |Savera R Someshwar

All India JEE toppers Rajit Gupta and Saksham Jindal reveal the strategies that helped them crack this competitive exam. Delhi Zone's Rajit Gupta bagged the top rank in the IIT Joint Entrance Exam (Advanced); the results were announced on June 2. "A total of 180,422 candidates appeared for both papers 1 and 2 in JEE (Advanced) held on May 18; 54,378 candidates have qualified," a senior official said.

5 days ago | mid-day.com | Divya Nair

At his first press conference in Lucknow, 1991-batch IPS officer Rajeev Krishna said his top priorities will be ensuring women's safety, fighting cybercrime, and resolving public complaints.

5 days ago | mid-day.com | Divya Nair

Revellers at the new promenade at Haji Ali After seven years of seeing it boarded up and closed off for coastal road work, citizens will soon be able to walk along the Worli Sea Face again The 7.5-km walkway, developed by the BMC between Priyadarshini Park and the Worli-end of the Sea Link, will be open to the public by June 15 This is part of the authorities’ plan to develop 70 hectares of open space on reclaimed land along the coastal road Mumbai’s Coastal Road Project (MCRP) also includes...

6 days ago | mid-day.com | Divya Nair

The exercise brought together units from the Indian Navy, Indian Air Force, Indian Coast Guard, Force One (Maharashtra), and Mumbai Police The two-day drill aimed to enhance inter-agency coordination, assess readiness levels, and test integrated responses to a range of multi-dimensional security scenarios Key operations rehearsed during the exercise included coordinated tactical response drills, rapid deployment operations, area sanitisation and threat neutralisation, casualty evacuation...

1 week ago | rediff.com | Divya Nair

As India's Nandini Gupta enters the penultimate stretch of the 72nd Miss World pageant, let's revisit the landmark women and moments from India's Miss World history. Miss World is one of the oldest international pageants in history. Back then it was known as Festival Bikini Contest and Sweden's Kiki Hakansson was the first woman to win the title in 1951. Fifteen years later, India entered the contest and won its first ever title in 1966, creating world history.