Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his British counterpart David Cameron in Washington on the sidelines of Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) during which the two leaders discussed defence co-operation and Make in India issues. “My meeting with PM David Cameron focused on defence cooperation, make in India and other key issues,” ... Read More »
The British company said it would not file patents in these countries. Chief executive Sir Andrew Witty said he wanted to take a “graduated” approach to the company’s “intellectual property” based on the wealth of nations around the globe. Experts have described the plans as “brave and positive”. GSK hopes ... Read More »
It marks the third call-back of electric cars over recent weeks. Earlier this month, Nissan revealed it needed to reprogramme the software that controls its Leaf vehicles’ brakes. Days later, Renault said it needed to check and replace faulty brake hoses on its Zoe cars. The problems appear to be ... Read More »
The British company said it would not file patents in these countries. Chief executive Sir Andrew Witty said he wanted to take a “graduated” approach to the company’s “intellectual property” based on the wealth of nations around the globe. Experts have described the plans as “brave and positive”. GSK hopes ... Read More »
Five CRPF personnel were on Satuday injured in a series of improvised explosive device (IED) blasts carried out by Naxals in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand. Deputy Inspector General (Bokaro range), Upendra Kumar Singh, said the CRPF personnel were on a patrol when the IED blasts took place at Chitpur village ... Read More »
The research, led by scientists from Imperial College London and published in The Lancet, compared body mass index (BMI) among almost 20 million adult men and women from 1975 to 2014. It found obesity in men has tripled and more than doubled in women. Lead author Prof Majid Ezzat said ... Read More »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Riyadh on Saturday on his maiden two-day visit to the oil-rich Saudi kingdom as both countries are set to firm up a raft of pacts to bolster their strategic partnership besides exploring ways to enhance security and counter-terror cooperation. Combating threat of terrorism and ... Read More »
HAWTHORNE, Calif., April 2 — The affordable Tesla Model 3 is already a hit among electric car consumers, with a reported 232,000 vehicles ordered in less than 24 hours, according to CEO Elon Musk. The Model 3, with its 215 mile battery range and $35,000 starting price, became available for ... Read More »
Fears of being branded an extremist are preventing pupils from engaging in debate in the classroom, teachers have warned. Delegates at the National Union of Teachers’ annual conference voted to urge the Government to withdraw its “Prevent” strategy – which puts a duty on teachers to report any signs that ... Read More »
Brainy girls are keeping quiet in the classroom to avoid being labelled as “swotty”, a teachers’ leader has warned. They fear that if they show themselves to be clever they will be seen as unattractive to the boys in their class. Members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers will ... Read More »
Police in England and Wales are being called to children’s homes thousands of times a year, according to figures. One force, West Mercia, saw the equivalent of more than five call-outs a day to homes in 2014-15, the Howard League for Penal Reform found. It said children were being wrongly ... Read More »
Every nursery in England should have a qualified early years teacher to help toddlers develop skills like speech and language, a children’s charity says. Save the Children says pre-schoolers can be “set back decades” if their brains are not adequately stimulated before they start formal schooling. It says early years ... Read More »
