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 »
With Major Defence Partner status, India will be offered simplified licensing requirements With U.S. designating India as a Major Defence Partner (MDP), licensing regulations to acquire sensitive military technologies, such as those that go into the F-16 and F-18 fighter jets, will be simplified. An official said on Friday that ... Read More »
The Peter Thiel-organized meeting is sure to be tense. Recode’s Kara Swisher has assembled a thorough list of who was invited, and who will or won’t attend, President-elect Donald Trump’s planned “technology roundtable” this coming Wednesday, December 14th. The meeting, organized in part by Paypal co-founder and Trump backer Peter ... Read More »
Some of Silicon Valley tech giants have been invited for a summit on Wednesday held by US-President-elect Donald Trump, as reported by Recode. Top executives — Larry Page (Alphabet CEO), Tim Cook (Apple CEO), Sheryl San (Facebook COO) are some of the names that are present in the list. The ... Read More »
