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India set to host IIAS conference on administrative reforms in 2025

The annual conference will be attended by 30 countries, 18 national sections, and over 50 IIAS universities/ institutes of public administration

India's billionth baby turns 23 today: Here's how life has been for her

Soon after her birth, her mother was taken to New Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital where ministers, bureaucrats made a beeline to get photographed with the nation's billionth citizen

52% Indians lost data in last 5 years, high back-up cost major deterrent

Almost one in every two technology device user has lost data at least once in last five years, still 62 per cent respondents do not take full back-up of data, a survey commissioned by Western Digital said on Friday. In a survey of 1,102 device users, the study found cost has major deterrent in taking back-up of their data. "52 per cent respondents have lost the data at least once in last 5 years time. 45 per cent respondents have lost the data at least once in last 1 year time," the survey said. Highest number (56 per cent) of data loss has been due to the physical damage of the device, followed by system crash (52 per cent), losing of device (39 per cent), device stolen (30 per cent), virus (22 per cent), forgetting password (21 per cent) and accedental deletion (7 per cent). The survey found that most video bloggers (50 per cent) took full back-up of their data, followed by IT professionals (43 per cent), photographer (31 per cent) and student (30 per cent). "While there is high

Indian-origin worker stabbed to death in New Zealand; two arrested

Of the two men, a 34-year-old has been charged with murder and aggravated robbery, while a 42-year-old has been charged with robbery

Pak court dismisses plea of visa to Indian who wants to do Hajj on foot

A Pakistan court on Wednesday dismissed a petition that urged the federal government to issue a visa to a 29-year-old Indian national, who wanted to enter the country so that he could complete a marathon journey on foot to Mecca in Saudi Arabia for Hajj pilgrimage. Shihab Bhai, who hails from Kerala, embarked on a 3,000-km journey on foot from his home state till the Wagah border last month, where he was stopped by Pakistan's immigration authorities as he did not have a visa. On Wednesday, a Lahore High Court division bench comprising Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal and Justice Muzamil Akhtar Shabbir dismissed an intra-court appeal filed by a local citizen Sarwar Taj on behalf of Shihab. The single bench observed that the "petitioner was not related to the Indian citizen, nor did he hold his power of attorney to approach the court." It also sought "a complete particulars of the Indian citizen," which the petitioner could not furnish. The High Court's division bench on Wednesday up

Indian prisoner attacked thrice in Pak jail: Report

Hamid Nehal Ansari was arrested in 2012 for illegally entering Pakistan from Afghanistan to apparently meet a girl he met online