Computer science is losing its exemption: Everyone can code nowA popular pyramid model for computer science professions is flawed. For decades, skill alone determined success in tech. Now, Artificial In...
02 Jun, 2026, 12.24 PM IST
Going online helps Pakistan's women doctors back to workThousands of Pakistani women doctors are returning to practice through telemedicine. This initiative connects home-based doctors with patie...
29 Apr, 2026, 11.16 AM IST
Tamil Nadu's spiral: From welfare to freebiesTamil Nadu’s welfare model has expanded into a competitive freebie-driven system, with parties like the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and All I...
23 Apr, 2026, 01.04 AM IST
Udhayanidhi Stalin alleges BJP fund squeeze on Tamil NaduTamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin criticized the central government for withholding funds and infringing on state rights....
18 Apr, 2026, 12.03 PM IST
Tamil Nadu polls: We must chase away 'Delhi team', says UdhayanidhiTamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin framed the upcoming Assembly elections as a battle between the "Tamil Nadu team" and th...
15 Apr, 2026, 02.08 PM IST
AIADMK-DMK MLAs spar in Tamil Nadu Assembly over free laptop scheme, 7.5% reservation for studentsTamil Nadu Assembly saw a heated debate between DMK and AIADMK members. The discussion focused on the distribution of free laptops to stude...
18 Feb, 2026, 05.07 PM IST
Tamil Nadu rolls out free laptop scheme for 20 lakh college students, CM Stalin says 'it is not a gift, but an opportunity to rule the world'Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin launched the "World in Your Hands" scheme, distributing 10 lakh laptops to college students in its fi...
05 Jan, 2026, 08.30 PM IST
MP CM Mohan Yadav distributes free bicycles to students, to give scooty next monthMadhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav distributed free bicycles to students and announced the distribution of scooties to class 12th to...
11 Jul, 2025, 10.20 AM IST
Cash woes for UP govt's free laptop poll promiseOne of the promises in the BJP poll manifesto included distribution of free laptops and internet data to all students who passed Class XII ...
14 Jun, 2017, 11.24 AM IST
Tamil Nadu Government to give 11 lakh laptops by December 2015: MinisterTamil Nadu Government has proposed to give away 11 lakh laptops under the free laptop scheme to students by December, one of the flagship s...
31 Aug, 2015, 05.43 PM IST
Government to distribute 11 lakh laptops in 2014-15, 2015-16AIADMK in its poll manifesto for the 2011 assembly polls had announced it would present free laptops to students of government aided high s...
18 Feb, 2015, 05.10 PM IST
Congress urges government to distribute free laptops to all studentsThe government had announced during the formation of the ministry in 2011 that all students would be given laptops from 2011-2012 academic ...
11 Feb, 2015, 12.47 PM IST
‘Mulayam wala laptop’ up for sale on e-tailing siteThe scheme was launched by the Akhilesh Yadav government in 2012 under which laptops were distributed among students in the state.
27 Oct, 2014, 10.46 AM IST
Beneficiaries selling Samajwadi Party laptops for Rs 4,000Several advertisements posted on the buy-and-sell websites are offering these laptops at a meagre Rs 4,000 to Rs 6,000.
17 Nov, 2013, 12.43 PM IST
90 per cent students covered under free laptop scheme in 2012-13The Chief Minister has ordered that 5.65 lakh higher secondary school and polytechnic students be issued laptops in 2013-14, it said.
09 Oct, 2013, 03.20 PM IST
Some forces trying to disrupt communal harmony in UP: Akhilesh YadavChief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today dismissed allegations that the Uttar Pradesh government was "partisan" towards some communities.
06 Oct, 2013, 04.59 PM IST
Odisha to launch free laptop scheme on August 15Odisha government today announced that its much awaited free laptop scheme for the meritorious plus II students would start from the Indepe...
25 Jun, 2013, 07.19 PM IST