IISc Bengaluru, 5 IITs among Asia’s top 100 universities madurai l Wednesday l November 04, 2026 l `9.00 l PAGES 14 l late city EDITION India continued to remain Asia’s second most represented higher education system, with 325 ranked universities, as per QS rankings Here’s how indian institutes fared IIT Delhi bagged 66th spot this year, IISc B’luru, 79th, IIT Bombay 83rd, IIT Madras 85th, IIT Kharagpur 90th, and IIT Kanpur 97th as per report of the London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) rankings India leads in research output per faculty India leads Asia for universities excelling in research output per faculty, with 27 universities in the top 50 for papers per faculty and five in the top 10 Seventh rank obtained by iit-b in employer reputation category CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI prof’s arrest ‘CM’s personal intervention is not a remedy’ R S I VA K UMAR @ Chennai The Madras High Court severely criticised the state government over the illegal detention of noted economist and Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) associate professor A Kalaiyarasan by the police, saying an apology, however high its source, was not accountability and a reme, dy that depended on the CM’s personal intervention was no remedy at all. The illegal detention had sparked widespread outrage and condemnation from political parties, social organisations and eminent A Kalaiyarasan persons. Kalaiyarasan was detained recently under the pretext of an inquiry into an alleged derogatory comment against a woman MLA of the TVK, made from a social media account that displayed the economist’s picture. It was alleged that the police action was intended to intimidate him following his caustic comments against the TVK government over its failure to check the rising prices of essential commodities. A minister had expressed an apology while , CM C Joseph Vijay met Kalaiyarasan as tempers ran high.  P7 SC: No one can India, Israel vote against arms resolution occupy a protest site indefinitely j aya n t h j a c o b @ New Delhi Says protests must be time-bound, directs traders to implead organisers in their plea gued that the Opposition parties’ protests against the Special Intensive Revision have led THE Supreme Court on Tues- to traffic diversions, police barday said everyone has the right ricading and restricted access to protest but no one can oc- to shops, causing huge financupy a site indefinitely as it cial losses to small shops and businesses. The plea will deny the right of sought directions to others to use it. shift the protest to an “You cannot occupy a alternative site or limit site for all times. The the duration of the designated sites must demonstration. be given for a designatS e n i o r a dvo c a t e ed period,” said a bench Mukul Rohtagi, appearof Chief Justice Surya Notice ing for Kirana CommitKant and justices Joyto Rahul tee Delhi, said: “We malya Bagchi and V The SC asked have lost thousands of Mohana, emphasising that the right to protest Congress leader crores. Nobody is able Rahul Gandhi to do business in Conmust be balanced to file his reply naught Place. Thouagainst others’ rights. The bench was hear- to a plea filed sands of auxiliary by a female workers connected to ing a litany of petitions journalist these businesses are including one filed by Kirana Committee Del- alleging that he without jobs as sales hi, which alleged that had pushed her are down in the middle traders suffered huge during a protest of the festive season.” at the apex Rohtagi said busiloss of business due to court premises nesses have suffered the protests. losses running into Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for thousands of crores and sought the Centre and Delhi Police, a two-month restriction on prosaid the Cockroach Janta Par- tests, especially during the festy’s protest in July was allowed tive season. The court asked him to imfor a day but they remained in plead the organisers of the proJantar Mantar for 17 days. In their plea, the trades ar- tests as parties to the plea. S UCH I TRA K ALYAN MOHANTY @ New Delhi INDIA and Israel were the only two countries to vote against a United Nations General Assembly First Committee resolution on conventional arms control at regional and subregional levels, with New Delhi arguing that security concerns cannot be confined by geographical boundaries. The draft resolution, moved by Pakistan and Belarus, was adopted with 180 votes in favour, two against and no ab- stentions in the 193-member world organistation. Explaining India’s vote, Anmol Sher Bedi, First Secretary at India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, said conventional arms control was a global issue and should not be addressed primarily through regional and subregional frameworks. “We read this request with a certain degree of curiosity,” Bedi said, questioning the need for further deliberations on a subject that had already been extensively discussed within the UN Disarmament Commission. The resolution argues that conventional arms control should primarily be pursued at regional and subregional levels, noting that most threats to peace and security in the post-Cold War era arise among countries within the same geographical regions. It also calls for agreements aimed at strengthening TN man killed as two choppers collide near Mt Everest base camp in Nepal G a u t h a m S e lv a r a j a n @ Chennai Two helicopters collided on Tuesday while trying to land just below Mount Everest’s base camp, killing Vasanth Kumar Balaramaramadu (47) of Chennai and injuring three others at Pheriche village, which is located at an altitude of 4,200 metres (13,780 feet) in Nepal’s Solukhumbu district. Vasanth’s fellow passenger Shailesh Krishna Patel from New Zealand and Nepalese pilots Rabindra Prajapati (Fishtail Air) and Prajwal KC (Air Dynasty), who were injured in the incident, were taken to Kathmandu for treatment. According to the Nepal police, Vasanth’s mortal remains were sent to Kathmandu for a postmortem. The two helicopters collided Rescue workers inspect the mangled wreckage of the helicopter at Pheriche in Nepal on Tuesday | pti around 8.11 am (local time) while landing at Pheriche in Solukhumbu, according to Nepal police. Vasanth’s chopper took off from Lukla Airport, the gateway to Mt Everest. The base camp trek lasts up to two weeks and goes from the only airstrip in the area at Lukla to base camp located at 5,300 metres (17,380 feet). Anxiety gripped Vasanth’s house on the Peramballu Street in Old Washermenpet as shocking visuals of the chopper crash flashed across news channels. The family had been tense ever since they saw the news, as they knew Vasanth was in Nepal for a trek. A visit from revenue department officials confirmed what they had been dreading. The cries of Vasanth’s elderly parents Balaramanadu (80), mother Parameshwari (74) and maternal grandparents from their first-floor house could be heard on the street as the family struggled to come to terms with the news of the death.  P7 regional peace and security while maintaining armaments and military forces at the lowest possible levels. India also objected to the resolution’s emphasis on maintaining a balance in defence capabilities within specific regions, arguing that national security concerns often extend beyond geo g raphical boundaries. “This assumes security concerns of States politely stop at their regional borders. They do not,” Bedi said. express read South TN, delta likely to witness rainy Deepavali Chennai: TN is likely to witness heavy rainfall during the Deepavali weekend, with heavy rain forecast in several southern districts, delta and Western Ghats from Nov 6 to 8. On Nov 8, heavy rain is forecast in Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Kanniyakumari, Coimbatore, Theni and Dindigul, besides Puducherry and Karaikal | P7 Bombay HC raps BJP netas over Dia Mirza video Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday slammed BJP leaders for their remarks against actor Dia Mirza for her video calling for a pollution-free Diwali, which was in accordance to HC orders. Stating that India is a secular country, the HC said politicians should not give a religious colour to awareness campaigns. It told the BMC, which had taken down the video, to re-upload it | P10