LARAMIE, WYO. — After her family moved from suburban New Hampshire to the wind-whipped plains of southeastern Wyoming, Monica Morin embraced small-town life, forging lasting friendships and celebrating her own quirky style. Dark-haired, with hipster glasses and a disarming sense of humor, Monica was a “why-not kind of kid,” her mother, Kim Morin, said. The…
A 14-year old schoolboy, who was trying to take a selfie on his cellphone atop a stationary train wagon, was electrocuted and died a few hours later on Tuesday evening, officials said. The incident happened at Nahur station yard in Mumbai when the victim, Sahil C. Eshwarkar, allegedly climbed atop a goods train wagon parked…
Misbah-ul-Haq captained Pakistan defeated England by 127 runs in the third and final Test in Sharjah to claim the series 2-0 and with this victory they moved from 4th to 2nd in the ICC Test Rankings. This is first time in nine years that they have attained the second spot. England slipped to sixth from…
Kolkata: Responding to Sourav Ganguly’s statement that he will fly back to Kolkata if not allowed to open the innings in the Cricket All Stars league, Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday quipped that the former India captain’s “application is being processed”. “Dada your application for the opener’s position is being processed!Hope the off drive is coming…
Mumbai: Remembered specially for his exploits at the 1974 US Open where he knocked out then French Open champion and World No.4 Bjorn Borg, Indian tennis legend Vijay Amritraj couldn’t refrain from praising Sania Mirza for her consistency and dream run which has fetched her 10 doubles titles in 2015. The unstoppable duo of Mirza…
NEW DELHI: At his age, boys are just stepping into the fantasy world of Hogwarts and beginning to identify with the Wimpy Kid, but Reuben Paul has his eyes on the rain — the green code rain of The Matrix. The third-grader is already an accomplished hacker, app developer, cybersecurity expert and, not surprisingly, CEO…
The world’s largest professional network, Linkedin, launched Linkedin Placements on Wednesday, aimed at making graduating students across India easily find their first job. “Our conversations with students, placement officers and recruiters involved in campus recruitment point to an unmet need for efficiency and effectiveness,” said Ganesan Venakatasubramanian, head, engineering, Linkedin India in a statement on…
The department of education will start an online portal that would ensure transparency in the transfers of employees and put an end to the menace of corruption. According to a report in Press Trust of India (PTI), Minister of State for Education, Priya Sethi said, “To promote transparency and plug the menace of corruption in…
China is set to provide free senior high school education to more poor students to further escalate school enrolments, the media reported on Tuesday. Vice president of the National Institute of Education Sciences Zeng Tianshan pointed out that China’s senior high school enrolment rate is still lower than that in developed countries, China.org reported. “The…
The first reaction to electric scooters is usually that they might be good from the environmental standpoint, but aren’t as efficient as petrol-powered ones. But two IIT Madras graduates, Tarun Mehta and Swapnil Jain, are all set to change that perception. Ather Energy, the Bengaluru-based startup they founded in 2013, is making, “the best scooter…
