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 »
Israil Is The right place to hold an international conversation on innovation in education, OECD director of education and skills Andreas Schleicher said Monday. He made the remarks at the opening of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Global Education Industry Summit, organized jointly with Israel’s Education Ministry ... Read More »
Owners of Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphones covered by a new U.S. recall can get a replacement device beginning next week, the electronics giant said Thursday. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the voluntary recallThursday, which covers about 1 million devices. The recall is due to a battery defect that ... Read More »
Breaking his silence over the factional feud in the Samajwadi Party, its supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday said there can be no division in the party till he is there, a day after the dramatic resignation from the Cabinet and party posts by his brother Shivpal Yadav. Addressing party ... Read More »
Breaking his silence over the factional feud in the Samajwadi Party, its supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday said there can be no division in the party till he is there, a day after the dramatic resignation from the Cabinet and party posts by his brother Shivpal Yadav. Addressing party ... Read More »
We don’t usually hear much about women’s periods during the Olympics. That is, until Chinese swimming phenomenon Fu Yuanhui broke the silence last week in Rio and brought up her menstrual flow following a fourth-place finish. “My period started last night,” she told a Chinese journalist, “and I’m feeling pretty ... Read More »
If you’re a young man and the breadwinner for your family, beware: It could harm your health and well-being. A new study — presented Friday at the 111th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in Seattle — found that when young men are the family’s breadwinner, it may not ... Read More »
After six years of pendency, the Supreme Court on Wednesday referred to a five-judge Constitution Bench the question whether disclosure of information about judicial appointments, transfers of Supreme Court judges amounts to interference in judicial independence. The reference by a three-judge Bench led by Justice Ranjan Gogoi came on an ... Read More »
Cervical cancer has the possibility of elimination and can be eradicated from many countries in the world in four to five decades, said Dr. R. Sankaranarayanan, Special Advisor on cancer control and head of screening group with the World Health Organisation (WHO), at the Asia-Oceania Research Organisation in Genital Infection ... Read More »
The residents of Flint, Mich., received some welcome news this week: Researchers released the results of a new round of water tests, showing lead levels in that city’s water system falling just below the Environmental Protection Agency action level. Too many water samples above that level is a red flag ... Read More »
In my role as an advisory board member for several startups, I’m always excited to see that initial surge of revenue from a great rollout campaign. Unfortunately, many passionate entrepreneurs read this initial surge as success, and charge ahead with more of the same passion, leading to a series of ... Read More »
We’ve been talking about society’s transition to a cashless society for a long time, but it begs an important question: Can stores and other retail establishments refuse to take your dollars and cents? As odd as it sounds, this is not hypothetical anymore as a small number of stores and ... Read More »
