Saskatoon, Calgary and Winnipeg offer Canadians the best in life satisfaction and healthy lifestyle, according to the Conference Board of Canada’s first ever city health rankings report. The national research organization gave the three major Canadian cities straight A grades followed by Vancouver. Saskatoon finishes first in our city health ... Read More »
Australian golfers have watched a 4m scrub python swallow a wallaby at a course in Far North Queensland. The incident happened on the 17th fairway at Paradise Palms Golf Course in Cairns at the weekend. The scrub python, Australia’s longest snake, often ambushes prey by hiding in trees or long ... Read More »
The city of Calgary gets an ‘A’ in socio-economic and physical health, according to the first-ever City Health Monitor report by the Conference Board of Canada. Second only to Saskatoon, Calgary ranks ahead of seven other metropolitan hubs in categories such as access to health-care services and life satisfaction. Winnipeg ... Read More »
Saskatoon gets top marks when it comes to the health performance of the city and its citizens, according to a new ranking comparing 10 Canadian cities. The Conference Board of Canada released its first-ever City Health Monitor report on Tuesday, assigning grades for the physical and socio-economic health of 10 ... Read More »
Widening access to education had been an important achievement of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) government since it took power in South Sudan in 2005, following a peace deal with the Sudanese government in Khartoum. In 2003-4, only 400,000 children, about a quarter of the school age population, were ... Read More »
The Home Office is considering cutting international student numbers at UK universities by nearly half, Education Guardian can reveal. The threat is being greeted with dismay by university heads, who say some good overseas applicants are already being refused visas on spurious grounds. The home secretary, Amber Rudd, pledged ... Read More »
Quashing an order of a nationalised bank refusing to grant education loan to a student who intended to pursue his doctoral research abroad, the Madras High Court has observed that loan-seekers must be given a chance to rectify defects in their applications. “Even if the document is defective, the authority ... Read More »
A bombing at Cairo’s largest Coptic cathedral killed at least 25 people and wounded 49, many of them women and children attending Sunday mass, in the deadliest attack on Egypt’s Christian minority in years. The attack comes as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi fights battles on several fronts. His economic reforms ... Read More »
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC 11: ‘Vardah’ a very severe cyclone, has closed in on the north Tamil Nadu and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts and is projected to make landfall at a place close to Chennai on Monday afternoon. An India Met Department (IMD) warning said that a tidal wave of about ... Read More »
Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are on high alert as the severe cyclonic storm, Vardah over west central and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal moved further nearly west-southwest-wards and lay centred at about 180 km east-northeast of Chennai and 250 km east-southeast of Nellore according to Cyclone Warning Centre in ... Read More »
Last year, IIT Bombay’s Techfest saw a staggering footfall of 1,65,000 enthusiasts in a span of three days. The Asia’s biggest Science and Technology Festival is back once again, with a bang. The fest will see an interesting lineup of events, lectures, panel discussion and competitions this season as well, ... Read More »
