May 11: More than 19 years after the bilateral agreement on tourism cooperation signed between India and the West Asia nation, Syria, the first joint working group meeting was held here on Tuesday.

May 11: The expert committee on National Film Awards, established by the Union I&B ministry to look into the upgradation of awards, has made several recommedations asking for drastic changes in the current format of the awards.

May 11: The government has proposed to induct a mammoth 338 air traffic controllers (ATCs) for training from June 1 this year to tackle the shortfall of ATCs which stands at about 400.

May 11: Severely hit by a shortage of young Army officers, the government on Tuesday approved a proposal to re-employ retiring brigadiers for two years. They will perform the task of lieutenant-colonels in this period but retain their rank and report to major-generals.

May 11: With the “National Do Not Call Registry” failing to prevent the harassment of consumers by telemarketers, telecom regulator Trai has proposed a “National Do Call Registry”.

Father Dominic Emmanuel

A young man once asked his grandfather about an injustice that had left him enraged. The grandfather admitted that he, too, had felt such rage.

May 11: External affairs minister S.M. Krishna will visit Islamabad on July 15 for talks with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi to discuss confidence- and trust-building measures.

New Delhi: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is suffering from multiple hernia in his lower abdomen that have swollen up and cause him sharp pain whenever he exerts himself.

May 3: The Indian Olympic Association on Monday came out strongly against the sports ministry’s guidelines limiting the tenures of chiefs and office-bearers of National Sports Federations, terming the move “draconian” and lacking “foresight” with the Commonwealth Games just five months away.

May 3: World number 5 Saina Nehwal will lead India’s charge at the BWF Thomas and Uber Cup finals in Kuala Lumpur from May 9 to 16.