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Over 2,500 Indian kids suffer from brain tumour every year
With a surge in the brain related ailments in the world, every year over 2500 of the Indian children suffer from medulloblastoma, a pediatric ...
Scientists turn CO2 into rock to combat climate change
Scientists have turned carbon dioxide into stone in a matter of months by pumping it deep underground, offering a revolutionary new way of storing the greenhouse gas to tackle climate change.
First and foremost, a brilliant novelist
By harping on the unconventional intensities of Charlotte Brontë’s personal life, we perpetuate the mistake of emphasising her life and gender at the cost of her writerly genius.
Distance learning is the way forward’
The Indian School of Business Management and Administration, one of India’s leading management institute, offers over 100 specialisations and management courses, specially designed for the working class. It has had 15,000 students in the last three years and 6,000 students in the last year alone. In an interview with The Hindu, Dr. Vinay Agrawal, executive director, ISBM, explains the concept of the fast track courses and the scope of distance learning in India.
Parents can know the performance of schools too with the school...
For years parents have been attending 'Open Day' at school with trepidation and anxiety in part due to the impending report card of their child.
Corporal punishment
When I was in school, I was never slapped by any teacher, not that I was a brilliant student, but I was too precious for my teachers just like all my classmates were. Taking this into consideration, I was a little surprised on the need to introduce guidelines for eliminating corporal punishment. As far as I was concerned, it never existed.
The codes of human behaviour: Behavioural sciences
It's that time of the year again, when students have to make choices that will define their careers. To have many choices is wonderful but when the options are many, and all appear compelling, making an informed decision is a challenge.
Green reading
That chunk of paper you’re curling up with was once a part of a very happy tree in a very happy forest. Here are some alternatives.
First element discovered in Asia named ‘nihonium’, after Japan
Japanese scientists behind the discovery of element 113, the first atomic element found in Asia — indeed, the first found outside Europe or the United States — have dubbed it "nihonium" after the Japanese-language name for their country.
Fish can distinguish between human faces
Despite having a much simpler and smaller brain than that of primates, fish have the remarkable ability to distinguish between human faces, new research has found.
