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New Delhi: For the first time, IIT-Bombay has found a place in the top 10 list by bagging the ninth position (overall) in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranking of BRICS universities for 2018.  

BRICS stands for the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

IIT-B improved its rank by four positions from last year among institutes in BRICS nations. It was also the best-ranked among Indian universities.

Sadly, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, lost the sixth position it had secured in 2016; it now ranks 10. IISc, though, continues to be among the top institutions among BRICS nations.

New Delhi: MPs may have to attend Parliament on New Year's day as the schedule planned for the winter session will see proceedings begin on December 15 and continue into the first week of 2018 till January 5.

The dates are rather different from the usual winter sessions that end ahead of Christmas. The session is expected to have around 14 sittings and will be one of the shortest in the last 10 years. The winter session of 2013 was the shortest at 11 sittings.

Parliament will meet a day after polling in Gujarat ends and while the opposition has accused the government of delaying the session in order to escape being questioned on thorny issues like demonetisation and the rollout of the goods and services tax, finance minister Arun Jaitley said normally, elections and Parliament sessions don't overlap.

New Delhi: They created history in Indian Navy, by becoming the first woman pilot and the first batch of female officers at the Naval Armament Inspection (NAI) branch, which were considered a male bastion so far.

They were inducted in the force at an impressive passing out ceremony in the Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, in Kannur, in which as many as 328 cadets of the Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard and two overseas cadets, one each from Tanzania and Maldives, passed out on successful completion of their courses.

"I know, this is not just an exciting opportunity but a great responsibility also," said Shubhangi Swaroop, the girl from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, who became the first woman pilot in the Indian Navy. Now, she will undergo the pilot training at Dundigal Air Force Academy in Hyderabad.

New Delhi: The mortal remains of senior Congress leader and former Union Minister PriyaRanjanDasmunsi were cremated on Tuesday night with full state honours at Raiganj in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal. Congress supporters and local people in large numbers thronged Raiganj Bandar crematorium and bade him a tearful farewell.Among those present at Dasmunsi's funeral were his wife Deepa, son Priyadeep, state Congress president AdhirChowdhury and other senior party leaders. 

Earlier, Dasmunsi's body was brought from Kolkata in a helicopter and taken by road to his home in Kaliaganj, around 25 km away. In Kolkata, leaders cutting across political lines paid tributes to the former Union minister and recalled their association with him.