Neeru Dhanda, left, and Kumkum Mohod (Agency Image) New Delhi: India’s 21-gold campaign at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games has thrown up an interesting set of numbers: champions who reached the continental podium despite receiving relatively modest targeted financial assistance under the govt’s elite-athlete programmes.Their stories do not diminish the broader support extended to Indian sport….

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu higher education department is verifying credentials and service records of senior-most professors in 10 state universities to select vice-chancellors-in-charge within the next few days.The universities have submitted details of four to seven senior professors to the govt. Of the 13 state universities under the higher education department, only Mother Teresa Women’s…

Roma have blocked Paulo Dybala and Nahuel Molina from attending Lionel Messi’s final Argentina farewell due to scheduling and travel concerns/ Image: Instagram Lionel Messi’s final Argentina appearance was supposed to bring together almost the entire group that helped him win the 2022 World Cup, but two familiar faces will be missing from the occasion….

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Government Collegiate Teachers’ Association (TNGCTA) has opposed the state govt’s decision to permit the University of Western Australia to establish a campus in Chennai, alleging that the move revealed an attempt to privatise higher education.The association also criticised the govt for relaxing norms for setting up private universities while failing to…