Eight Ps that make a statement of purpose special. Students who want to pursue higher studies abroad in the next academic session will soon be busy applying for colleges and universities of their choice to secure admission. A number of students who decide to study overseas approach me with requests to get their statements of…
King’s India Scholarships King’s College London is providing M.Phil./PhD research degree programmes to Indian students at the Dental Institute; Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine; Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery; Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience; India Institute; and the Faculty of Natural and Mathematical Sciences. Eligibility: Candidates who want to pursue M.Phil./PhD…
Java Developer at Pyx Studios Category: Software Location: Chennai Stipend: Rs. 3,000 – 6,000 per month Eligibility: Computer science students Website: http://bit.ly/Twenty19TH496 Digital Marketing Internship at Qureto Category: Content Writing Location: Bangalore Stipend: Rs. 5,000 – 10,000 per month Eligibility: All students Website: http://bit.ly/Twenty19TH497 Sales and Marketing for Wegilant Category: Business Development Location: Gurgaon Stipend:…
Thai Pongal (Tamil: taippongal) is a Tamil harvest festival. Thai Pongal is a four day festival which according to theGregorian calendar is normally celebrated from January 13 to January 16, but sometimes it is celebrated from January 14 to January 17. This corresponds to the last day of the Tamil month Maargazhi to the third day of the Tamil month Thai. The…
In a clear message that animals cannot be bullied into pain and suffering for the sake of custom and tradition in the 21st century, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed a January 7, 2016 notification issued by the Centre allowing Jallikattu despite a 2014 apex court ban on the sport as “inherently cruel”. A Bench…
2,711 facilities in India to be linked to National Health Portal; app to also maintain a database of regular donors. In a move to introduce transparency in availability and disbursement of blood units, all blood banks in India have been asked to update realtime stock status in public domain. Director-General of the National AIDS Control…
The Indian space scientists are expected to launch the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C-31 from the Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC) at Sriharikota here on January 20. This is aimed at putting the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System 1E satellite into a geo-synchronous orbit. The initial launch preparations have been started with the scientists likely…
Uber, the huge ride-hailing service, delivers millions of rides to passengers. Now the company wants to give people something to do while they’re in the car. On Tuesday, Uber introduced a way for smartphone app developers to create “trip experiences” for riders. The idea, the company says, is to give riders tailored information and entertainment…
Google, facing increased scrutiny from European regulators, has hired a former senior adviser to President Obama to lead its global public policy team. Caroline Atkinson, who left her position as a White House deputy national security adviser last month, will join Google in March and be based in Washington. Her most pressing task will be…
Picture a volcano. Now imagine that its main vent extends in a line. Now imagine that this line is so long that it runs for more than 40,000 miles through the dark recesses of all the world’s oceans, girding the globe like the seams of a baseball. Welcome to one of the planet’s most obscure…
