THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It may not lessen the societal stigma faced by transgenders, but in a first, the state government has decided to institute a scholarship for students from the community to fund their studies. The scholarship instituted by the Social Justice Department is touted to be the first-of-its kind in the country. Students in five categories,…
If private equity and venture capital firms are looking to fund startups, the nation’s second largest lender by assets, ICICI Bank, has gone a step ahead by tying up with 22 educational institutions to fund ideas of students. But this comes with a catch: the bank will own the intellectual property rights (IPR) of the…
Online education platforms are rapidly gaining in popularity as more and more people revel in the idea of learning just about anything – from sciences to the arts, all from the comfort of their own homes. Khan Academy, the non-profit educational organization that works towards providing a word-class education to everyone, has announced that it…
Bangalore: Search engine giant Google and online education company Udacity on Monday launched IT courses in India, branching outside the US to tap the country’s millions of software developers scrambling for jobs. The pair teamed with Indian conglomerate Tata to offer online technical training courses, focusing on teaching software developers to build apps for Android,…
With Apple inviting a Microsoft executive on stage during their event recently, it seems there’s no end to the instances of blindsiding of disbelief in technology these days. The newest development is this: Microsoft is working on an operating system that is actually based on Linux. After you’ve had a chance to digest that sentence…
Teenage sensation Dutee Chand. Image courtesy: Facebook Promising Indian sprinter Duttee Chand, who recently won a landmark gender case against the world athletics governing body IAAF, may head to Chula Vista High Performance Training Centre in the United States in her bid to make the cut for Rio Olympics 2016. The 19-year-old Railways sprinter on…
PARIS: Computer security firm Zerodium has offered a $1 million bounty to hackers who can find a way to breach Apple’s latest iOS 9 mobile operating system. Zerodium, launched early this year in the United States by French online security expert Chaouki Bekrar, said it would pay out $1 million each to as many as…
After making Thane proud by being a part of the Indian contingent at the World Biathalon championship, eight-year-old Savar Akuskar brought more laurels after winning a bronze at the competition in Georgia, US, on Sunday. “She is probably the first Indian woman after Sania Mirza to win in a world championship,” claimed Manoj Kamble, secretary…
SYDNEY/SAN FRANCISCO: The new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus hit stores on September 25, with dozens of people — and a robot — queueing in Sydney to kick off a global sales cycle that will be scrutinized for signs of how much juice Apple Inc’s marquee product has left. Analysts expect 12 million to 13…
Berlin, Germany: Robert Lewandowski scored all five goals within an official time of eight minutes, 59 seconds after coming off the bench at half-time with Bayern 1-0 down at the Allianz Arena. The 27-year-old admitted he had little idea how fast his goals flew in after scoring five times in nine minutes to write Bundesliga…
