President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday expressed the hope that India will once again lead the world in higher education, just like it did for 1,700 years through 6th century BC to 11th century AD. Speaking at the 60th founder’s day celebrations of the Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya (SKV) in Gwalior, Mukherjee ... Read More »
REFUGEES’ RIGHT TO EDUCATION An enabling policy and legislative environment guarantees access to education for refugees: The Ministry of National Education (MoNE) is responsible for ensuring that all refugee children enjoy access to schools and has taken steps to remove administrative barriers to enrolment. Refugee/asylum-seeker children registered with the authorities ... Read More »
The Kelvin LED Green is a forward thinking, LED light designed by the award-winning furniture and industrial designers, Antonio Citterio and Toan Nguyen. The light, which is designed and created in Italy, comes in five models (base, two desk mount versions, wall bracket, and desk clamp), is equipped with 30 ... Read More »
With its sunny yellow collection Mex, consisting of a two-seater sofa, chair, bench, stool and swing, a string of half a centimeter thickness wound – a coil similar – tightly around a simple wire frame , galvanized white painted metal. Small bent ears on the sides keep the tracks close ... Read More »
Constructed on a site that has been changing hands since the 80s, Thaipan studio has created a simplistic but charming aesthetic in its new interior for Butterfly – an organic milk bar chain in Thailand. A milk bar is a type of restaurant that exclusively serves dairy-based desserts and drinks. ... Read More »
Hong Kong tycoon Cheng Yu-tung, the patriarch behind the Chow Tai Fook jewelry chain and a global real estate empire that includes New York’s Carlyle Hotel, died Thursday. He was 91 years old. Mr. Cheng “died peacefully” with family by his side, according to a statement from New World Development ... Read More »
Architects office Studioplusthree has overhauled a traditional house in Sydney for a pair of musicians, adding a recycled-brick extension that features a projecting black steel awning. Situated in the suburb of Marrickville, Llewellyn House is a typical example of the Federation style that was prevalent in Australia at the turn of ... Read More »
We always had a “soft spot” for contemporary Barcelona interior design. This new project of StudioP10 andMiel Arquitectos presents us with a luminous, fresh and cheerful ambiance that through stretching the apartment’s physical dimensions and limits and utilizing clever quirks offers not only vibrant decor but also amazingly functional layout. ... Read More »
French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have used wooden moulds to produce giant versions of their diamond-shaped Ruutu vases. The vessels are named after the Finnish word for diamond, and were originally released by the design duo in 2014. Unlike the previous range, the larger limited-edition pieces for London’s Galerie Kreo were ... Read More »
Gurgaon-based DLF has been ranked India’s most reputed real estate brand followed by Godrej Properties and Lodha Group in second and third places respectively, according to a report. The study conducted by BlueBytes in association with TRA Research (both part of the Comniscient Group), features Hiranandani Developers at the fourth ... Read More »
Donald Trump’s campaign manager downplayed an investigative report in Newsweek on Thursday that the candidate violated the Cuba embargo by spending money there in the 1990s to explore a potential real estate investment. In the report, Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts partnered with Seven Arrows Investment and Development Corp. to ... Read More »
An overhaul of the business rates system is to dramatically increase the tax paid by businesses in central London and cut the bills for struggling northern towns. Shops on Regent Street in London face an 87% increase in their business rates bill next year, while northern towns such as Bolton ... Read More »
