Undergraduate and postgraduate students across the country will now get a two-year grace period beyond the scheduled duration of their degree programmes to clear their backlog papers The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued guidelines to this effect to bring in uniformity over the grace period across universities. Universities and higher education institutions are expected…
Coursera, in partnership with researchers at University of Pennsylvania and University of Washington, revealed a survey aimed to understand the motivations and results for people who complete open online courses. The survey sampled around 52,000 learners out of millions on Coursera and the results revealed that 72% reported career advancement and 61% registered educational advancement….
Back in August 2012, Abhishek Patil and Satish Kumar, the founders of Oliveboard, an online test preparation platform, noticed that their nephews and nieces often travelled from tier two cities like Belgaum all the way to Bangalore in order to coach for entrance examinations. “My relatives would set up shop for about two-three months in…
An update to Google’s Chrome browser last year let you see which tab was playing sound by displaying a little speaker icon on the tab. The natural progression has finally occurred, and the new version of Chrome (version 46) will let you mute individual tabs. It was all well and good to see, at a…
Engineers have created an artificial skin that can tell how hard it is being pressed and send that information straight into the brain. The researchers hope that the creation of the new sensor could be another step towards creating an entire virtual skin — a flexible fabric full of sensors that could be put over…
NEW DELHI: BSNL mobile subscribers will soon be able to avail free calling benefits offered on their landline phone as the state-run firm is going to roll out a convergence platform that will sync subscribers’ mobile and fixed line connections. “We are in the process of rolling out fix mobile convergence platform by Diwali. This…
Xiaomi on Monday launched its first two-wheeled, self-balancing, and battery-powered electric vehicle, named Ninebot mini. The Chinese company also announced a brand new Mi TV 3 alongside other products. The all new Ninebot mini scooter marks Xiaomi’s entry into the two-wheeled segment and has been developed in collaboration with Chinese transportation robotics firm Ninebot, which…
Washington: Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old Texas boy who became a cause celebre after he was detained and handcuffed for taking a homemade clock to school, visited the White House on Monday for its second astronomy night. After Ahmed’s detention on Sept. 14, President Barack Obama invited him to bring his clock to the White House….
Amazon is suing more than 1,000 users who are misleading customers by providing fake reviews of products on its online retail platform. The e-commerce giant filed a complaint in Seattle court on Friday. The latest lawsuit comes months after the company sued several websites that peddled reviews to sellers. The lawsuit is targeting 1,114 users…
An international team of scientists has identified potential ‘tipping points’ where abrupt regional climate shifts due to global warming could trigger a natural disaster. The scientists analysed the climate model simulations on which the recent 5th Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports are based. They found evidence of 41 cases of regional abrupt changes…
