New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Saturday that he was “proud” of the Gen Z for their efforts towards ensuring the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan as Union Education Minister, following weeks of massive student protests over exam irregularities.In a self-made video posted on his official X account, Tharoor addressed the viewers as “young Indians and those young at heart”, saying that the resignation of the Education Minister is an “important moment” and “reminds us s…
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Thiruvananthapuram, July 14 (IANS) Kerala will have another moment of pride on Tuesday evening when NASA astronaut Dr Anil Menon, whose family traces its roots to Ottapalam in Palakkad district, blasts off to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft.The launch is scheduled for 8.17 p.m. IST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, marking the beginning of an eight-month mission that will conclude with the crew’s return to Earth in April next year.Dr Menon, the son of …
Tokyo (Japan), July 6 (IANS) O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) successfully convened the 3rd India-Japan Higher Education Forum 2026 on the theme “Shaping Universities of the Future in the Era of Human and Artificial Intelligence.”The Forum in Tokyo brought together senior university leaders, diplomats, policymakers, academics and students from India and Japan for a substantive dialogue on higher education, academic mobility, research collaboration, technology, sustainability and education…
Tokyo, July 1 (IANS) On the eve of the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to India, Professor C. Raj Kumar, Founding Vice Chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), and Dr Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, addressed a distinguished bipartisan gathering of Members of the National Diet of Japan at the National Diet Building in Tokyo.The significance of the interaction was heightened by coinciding with the official visit of the Prime Minister of Japan, Sanae Takaichi, to In…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 26 (IANS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday called for a legislative overhaul to end the controversy over the legal status of Indian passports, arguing that both passports and Aadhaar cards should be recognised as conclusive proof of Indian citizenship unless they are cancelled or withdrawn by the state.Reacting to the Ministry of External Affairs’ clarification on Passport Seva Divas that an Indian passport is primarily a travel document and not conclusive proof of c…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday took potshots at Rahul Gandhi and the Congress, calling out their propaganda over India’s diplomacy in the conflict-ridden West Asia and said that they stand exposed after their own MP Shashi Tharoor’s admission of the Indian govt’s clear and unambiguous stance against American ‘misadventurisms’ in the Strait of Hormuz. A BJP spokesperson said that instead of giving gifts to Rahul on his birthday, they chose to ‘punctur…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday stated that for the US-Iran peace deal to sustain, both sides should feel that “they have won”, while highlighting that apart from Tehran and Washington, the deal comes as a relief for all those nations, including India, who were reeling with the impact of the West Asia crisis.During an exclusive interaction with IANS, Tharoor also raised questions on the viability of having 850 MPs in the Lok Sabha if the Constitution (131st Amendme…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor, expressed his views on the split in the Trinamool Congress in an exclusive interview with IANS. “Look, frankly, I don’t think anyone has any very serious doubt that either some inducements, some incentives or some threats have been involved. And that can only come from the ruling party because they have the power,” Tharoor said.Referring to the decision by the rebel MPs to back the NDA, he said t…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stance on ensuring safety of seafarers, importance of maintaining the freedom of navigation and unimpeded commerce through the international waterways continues to draw appreciation from various political quarters with Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday detailing how ably PM Modi conveyed the message during the G7 Summit meetings in France this week. “I think that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was particularly able to convey a message t…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership as the latter recently became the longest and continuously serving elected head of government in India, while also flagging concerns on “communal divide” and “hollowing out” of constitutional establishments.Speaking to IANS, Tharoor called PM Modi a “powerful orator”, having an “articulate vision”.He said, “I think we all recognise that he has a tremendous amount of dynamism and energ…