In the murky depths of Panama’s Pacific coast, marine biologists witnessed what looks like a scene from “The Walking Dead”: Thousands of crabs marching like a zombie horde. The team stumbled upon the horror movie moment last April while exploring the aptly named Hannibal Bank Seamount, an underwater mountain home to a plethora of sea…
The cricket star James Taylor retired on Tuesday at age 26 after he was found to have a serious heart condition. In December and January, Taylor was a part of the England team that won a Test series in South Africa, scoring a 70 and 42 in the first match. He was expected to be…
After joining hands with Twitter, Election Commission Monday announced its partnership with Facebook to reach out to 31 percent of the electorate in Tamil Nadu and achieve 100 percent turnout. Chief Electoral Officer Rajesh Lakhoni and Director of Public Policy (India, South and Central Asia), Facebook, Ankhi Das in a joint press conference announced the…
Google was supposed to introduce its ‘Voice Access’ service back at last year’s Google I/O conference, but never did so. The search giant has finally launched an ‘Voice Access’ beta app using which people can control several more features of their smartphones with voice commands. Users can now give commands such as ‘Open chrome’ to…
Google Developers Reilly Grant and Ken Rockot have published a draft document to the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Incubator Community Group (W3C WICG) detailing a newly created API (application program interface) for directly connecting USB devices to webpages. It is envisioned for use as a Web connectivity platform for hardware manufacturers. The new API…
Accepting a job below your skill level can be severely penalising, says a study, because of the perception that someone who does this is less committed or less competent. To make ends meet in the short term, many workers may accept part-time positions and seek work from temporary agencies or take jobs below their skill…
When companies look for freshers, they prefer students who have done internships as they provide a lot of exposure and make them work in a real life work situation. No doubt, a college provides theoretical knowledge and confers a degree, but one has to pass the real exam at workplace. So, you cannot ignore the…
It’s been said that job interviews are like first dates: Initial impressions count, awkwardness can occur, and outcomes are unpredictable. Being good on paper is only one aspect of the screening process. “A lot of people assume that a great résumé is enough,” says Laura DeCarlo, president of Career Directors International and author of Resumes…
If you prepare for interviews as thoroughly as I think you do, you’ve probably got a (long) list of questions to ask. But you probably also worry about which ones are actually okay to bring up—and which could cost you the job. This post originally appeared on The Muse. Yes, when I was a recruiter,…
Inlaks Scholarships To support talented people in any field to broaden their vision abroad and improve their skills. This international scholarship is of two types: Scholarships for university courses at European, the U.S. and the U.K. institutions and scholarships for specific programmes abroad such as research, training or professional improvement. Eligibility: Graduates or professionals below…
