India News: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan urges higher education institutions to attain global standards in research. Thorough reforms in higher education and investment in the research sector are emphasized. Kerala aims to become a hub of higher education in the country and abroad.
Without mentioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said nowadays those who hold constitutional positions are turning into priests during religious ceremonies. The Left veteran was apparently referring to the recent consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya in which Modi was the yajman (master of a yajna) .
The Opposition Congress on Sunday attacked Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over the SFIO probe into an IT firm owned by his daughter and demanded his resignation, citing the investigation. Recently, the Karnataka High Court had dismissed a petition filed by now-defunct IT firm Exalogic, which was run by Vijayan s daughter Veena T, against the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) probe into its affairs.