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Rajasthan first off new IIT blocks

The Centre is launching the Indian Institute of Technology, Rajasthan, as the first among a new breed of upcoming IITs, hoping to counter chief minister Vasundhara Raje’s allegations of bias against the poll-bound state. The ministry of human resource development has decided to launch the Rajasthan institute as India’s eighth IIT .....

Locations for 8 new IITs, 7 IIMs announced

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