Excitement is never in short supply across India when the sport we are talking about is cricket. But the Twenty20 format, IPL in particular, has taken it to a different level. And BCCI is a veteran at feeling the pulse of the nation. The South Africa tour beginning with the T20s is thus the perfect…
Confused about all the different rankings for universities? We pick out the ones that matter, ask why they are important and tell you how to read them University rankings have always proved popular, both among prospective and current students – not to mention the university alumni who happily share new tables should their university be…
Spacing study sessions will win hands down in improving learning skills. Navya is dejected when she sees her exam results. Tears well up as she stares at her mark sheet. As her friends cheerfully post their marks on Facebook and Whatsapp, Navya’s hurt only intensifies. Even peers, whom she had helped on homework assignments and…
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an all-India examination being conducted and administered by the Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technology. It is conducted by the National Coordination Board GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. In the present competitive scenario, where there is…
LONDON: A smart glove that features sensors to convert hand and finger movements into text and spoken dialogue is being developed by a university student in London. The SignLanguageGlove is being developed by designer and student at Goldsmiths, University of London, Hadeel Ayoub. The first experimental version of the glove was equipped with five flex…
Sanmay Ved, an ex-Google executive, luckily became the owner of ‘Google.com’ domain on Tuesday for just one minute. The executive said he was wandering inside the Google Domains page when he found the ‘Google.com’ domain as available to buy. Interestingly, Ved was able to add the domain to his cart and was able to make…
The Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio will return over 100 stolen Indian artefacts. These antiquities were donated to the museum by Subhash Kapoor who is being investigated by US Departments of justice and homeland security, reports an English daily. According to the reports, Kapoor donated over 115 objects. Some of them were from Gupta…
Geneva: In a big jump, India has moved up 16 positions to rank 55th on a global index of the world’s most competitive economies, where Switzerland remains on top. The jump in India’s position underlines the country’s recent economic recovery, improvement in the competitiveness of the country’s institutions and its macroeconomic environment and a “slight…
Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo announced on Monday that he will open 30 soccer schools in China and train Chinese youngsters with his special method. When attending the opening ceremony of his soccer school in Campinas of Sao Paulo state, Ronaldo showed his optimism towards Chinese soccer market, and hoped his understanding of soccer could help…
New Delhi: Beijing Olympics champion Abhinav Bindra produced some excellent shooting to clinch the gold while London Games bronze medallist Gagan Narang failed to finish on the podium in the men’s 10m Air Rifle event of the Asian Air Gun Championships on Sunday. 32-year-old Bindra, who won gold in 2008 Olympics in 10m Air Rifle…
