An NRI education pioneer, known for his innovative 'hole-in-the-wall' experiment to give computer education to slum children, has been awarded with the prestigious $1 million TED prize. Dr Sugata Mitra, a Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, UK, accepted the award - TED's annual prize of $one million that gives an exceptional individual the chance to conceive and launch a...
11:59 AM, Feb 27, 2013
Your salary may rise or shrink depending on your male boss' firstborn, according to a new study which found that employees can expect a hike if the child is a daughter but salaries may decrease if it is a son. ...
01:12 PM, Jan 07, 2013
New Delhi: Austrian filmmaker Julian Polslers new film The Wall (Die Wand) features a woman who one day finds her movements restricted due to some invisible walls. She is completely cut off from the real world now and is facing the challenge of surviving in an alien environment. Julians psychological drama has been praised at different film festivals including the 14th Mumbai film festival. Julian Polsler speaks about his film,...
04:08 PM, Oct 28, 2012
When Rahul Dravid announced his retirement from the international cricket arena, for days there was a flurry of writings, interviews and pictures, all giving an ode to the cricketer, who has retired as a 'great' and the man who remains to be as gentle and balanced as ever. The book 'Timeless Steel' comes across as another ode to the man. But this one, being a great compilation of what the...
02:08 PM, Jul 28, 2012
I was in my early teens when I got hooked to cricket. My father has been a cricket freak all his life and I somehow ...
02:16 PM, Mar 09, 2012
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Rahul Dravid finally calls it a day from One-Day Internationals. My only memory of being absolutely in love with someone is this man. Call me ...
06:08 PM, Sep 16, 2011
New York: Former investigative reporter Jill Abramson will become the first female executive editor in the nearly 160-year history of The New York Times in September, the newspaper announced on Thursday. Abramson, 57, is to succeed Bill Keller, who will continue to write for the daily as a columnist. The Times' Washington bureau chief, Dean Baquet, will replace Abramson as managing editor, a post she has held since 2003. "In...
11:16 AM, Jun 03, 2011
Infosys has topped the list of 10 most admired Indian companies. ...
07:56 PM, Aug 14, 2009
Centurion: South African captain Graeme Smith on Sunday said that winning the ODI series against India was all the more commendable as they had fought back from 1-2 down and this victory would be a morale booster for next month's World Cup. It was lot more exciting than what I had thought. Going into the Port Elizabeth match, we were 1-2 down. We were the team under pressure and we...
07:57 PM, Dec 03, 2007
