Celebrated IIT professor HC Verma retires

New Delhi: HC Verma, the celebrated professor at IIT-Kanpur, has retired after a 38-year career, and his students across the country took to Twitter to express their gratitude. Apart from authoring books on ‘Quantum Physics’, he taught several courses and guided doctorate students, besides commendable research in Nuclear Physics. The two-volume ‘Concepts of Physics’ remains his most celebrated work to date. ANI

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Money in Swiss banks: India slips to 88

Zurich/New Delhi: India has slipped to the 88th place in terms of money parked by its citizens with Swiss banks, while the UK remains on the top. Also, the money officially held by Indians with banks in Switzerland now accounts for a meagre 0.04 per cent of the total funds kept by all foreign clients. India was placed 75th in 2015 and 61st in the year before that. PTI

PM: Pranab cared for me like a father 

New Delhi: Days before Pranab Mukherjee demits office, PM Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed deep admiration for the outgoing President, saying he cared for him as a father would for his son. Releasing a book, “President Pranab Mukherjee–A Statesman”, Modi said, “I am saying this from deep within. Like a father caring for his son...” PTI

TMC’s 6 Tripura MLAs to vote for Kovind

Agartala: Even though party supremo Mamata Banerjee has voiced support to Opposition’s presidential nominee Meira Kumar, the six Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislators in Tripura have decided to vote for NDA’s Ram Nath Kovind on July 17. “We will not vote someone who is supported by CPI (M),” they reasoned. PTI