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UK choir makes music with Mumbai's slum kids

Jesus College Choir -- a choir from the University of Cambridge -- teamed up with non-government organisation Songbound for an unique initiative that culminated at Blue Frog, a popular......

We need change in the system, not a dharna: Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen -- Nobel Laureate, former Master of Trinity College in Cambridge and Thomas W Lamont University Professor at Harvard University -- has squarely rejected the notion of using an......

Cambridge prof delighted at 'Manmohan Chair' offer

Ajit Singh, a leading economist based at the University of Cambridge, on Tuesday said that he will be "delighted" to take up the 'Dr Manmohan Singh Chair' at Panjab University that has reportedly......

First Manmohan Singh scholars to join Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is all set to welcome the first three outstanding Indian students who have been awarded scholarships named after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who graduated from the......

Docs use MRI to communicate with comatose patient

Doctors at Cambridge University's Medical Research Council's cognition and brain siences unit made startling doscovery when theymanaged to communicate with a man who was in a coma for seven years,......

GDP not enough to measure a country's progress

The key message from a Cambridge University study about a country's happiness is that the UK government, like many around the world, now recognises that economic measures such as GDP do not provide......

Mamata dumps Cambridge after agreeing to deliver lecture

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has again displayed a mercurial mind. Months after keeping the University of Cambridge, UK, waiting for an answer to its invitation to deliver a lecture and then......

Indian alumni help Cambridge raise 1-b pounds

Many Indians who studied at the University of Cambridge have contributed to a major fund-raising campaign that has reached the figure of one billion pounds two years ahead of schedule. This total......

Indian-origin Cambridge academic wins top UK prize

An Indian-origin professor at the University of Cambridge has been named the Innovator of the Year by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, which is Britain's leading funding......

Solar-powered racing car unveiled in UK

A solar powered racing car 'Endeavour' developed at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom has hit the road for the first time with a test drive, exhibiting its cutting-edge engineering......

Oprah Winfrey receives honourary degree from Harvard

Here's what Hollywood has been up to lately. Television mogul Oprah Winfrey donned the traditional black-and-red graduation regalia as she was handed an honourary doctorate at the prestigious......

Review: Land Gold Women is worth a watch

Land Gold Women is not a film for feeble-minded ot those looking for Bollywood style 'happy endings, writes Preeti Arora.The literal translation of Zan Zar Zameen is merely women gold and land. But......

Maths and Olympics: How fast could Usain Bolt run?

Usain Bolt, already the world's fastest man, could lop another 0.18 seconds off his 100 metre sprint world record even without running any faster. It's just a question of getting a few conditions......

MCC expects 'powerful' BCCI to embrace DRS sooner

The MCC World Cricket Committee is disappointed with India's continuous rejection of the Decision Review System but hoped technological flaws will be checked soon to leave BCCI with no choice but......

SA Police refuse comment on Roebuck death mystery

Mystery surrounds the circumstances that led to noted cricket writer Peter Roebuck's suicide with the South African Police refusing to confirm or deny reports that he had been questioned over......

FIFA approves poppies on armbands for England team

FIFA has agreed to let the England team wear embroidered poppies on their black armbands to mark Remembrance Day during Saturday's friendly against Spain, the English Football Association (FA) said......

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Q. If Nalanda Vishwa Vidyalaya reopens again will it beat Harvard or Cambridge soon ?
Ghost Singh: A. more

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Q. Rahul has an idea on growth.Where was he educated?
Victor: A. The work to reopen once again as International University is going on in the same district ! more

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Q. Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in modern world is the writer of which book? A) Beloved B) The Naked Ape C) A Brief History of Time
Rajan: A. Rahul Gandhi attended St. Columba's School, Delhi before entering The Doon School in Dehradun (Uttarakhand) from 198183. Meanwhile, his father had...... more

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Q. how did you learn.. crying?
Pawan Gupta: A. C) A Brief History of TimeStephen Hawking is the former Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge and author of A Brief...... more

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Q. What is the meaning of IELTS?
Neloy: A. Cambridge university !!! more

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Kolkata Tagore hub praised for starting without 'much money'

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State schools lag behind in race for places at North East universities

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