Tata Institute of Fundamental Research: News
16 Apr 2022
Social MediaAvoid posting anti-government content on social media: TIFR to employees
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), one of India's top research institutes, has instructed its employees to avoid posting "anti-government" content on social media platforms.
29 Jul 2020
MumbaiCoronavirus infected 57% slum-dwellers, 16% societies' residents in Mumbai: Survey
A sero-survey, conducted by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in Mumbai to judge the extent of the spread of coronavirus, found that more people living in slums were exposed to the deadly virus than those staying in other areas.
27 Jan 2019
Mukesh AmbaniExpert panel recommends increasing Institutions of Eminence to 30
The Empowered Expert Committee (EEC) set up by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) for selecting Institutions of Eminence (IoE) has put in a recommendation to increase the number of IoEs from the current 20 to 30.
26 Nov 2018
IndiaThis black hole could be making space itself rotate
ISRO and NASA together have discovered a black hole that is spinning so fast that it might be making the space around it rotate.
30 Jul 2018
IndiaAll five Indians win gold at International Physics Olympiad
At the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO 2018) that concluded on July 29, India created history.
09 Jul 2018
Narendra ModiJio Institute named 'Institution of Eminence' with IITs, IISc. Seriously?
Two years after the Modi government announced that it would brand some top educational institutes as 'Institution(s) of Eminence', only six institutes have made the cut.
25 May 2018
MumbaiUGC: Autonomy for 9 new universities, St. Stephen's left out
On Thursday, the University Grants Commission (UGC) at its Full Commission meeting granted graded autonomy to 9 deemed universities, and also approved online degree, diploma, and certification programmes from this academic session.
21 Mar 2018
MaharashtraSpecial cover on Stephen Hawking released by India Post
A special postal cover on Stephen Hawking was issued by the India Post to pay tribute to the renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist on Tuesday.
14 Mar 2018
IndiaWhat did Stephen Hawking think of India and Indians?
Stephen Hawking, the celebrated British physicist-cosmologist, who died today (14 March) aged 76, visited India twice: for the first time in 1959 and then again in January 2001.
18 Jun 2017
MumbaiBMC's plan to reduce flooding in Mumbai not even done by half
Drowning in the complaints about rains every year, Mumbai's BMC's ambitious projects that were planned after July 26, 2005 flood are not even halfway done.