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'India is only a 150-year-old name'

'Bharat is a name that is 7,000 years old.''We are not saying the name of the country should be changed from India to Bharat; we only recommended that the stress should be on Bharat.' Photograph:......

'If he was in India, Einstein wouldn't have got out of school'

'Most students find it difficult to cope with the way they are expected to learn at the IITs.''So, all the students face the same stress.''But those students who are mentally weak are more......

The rise & fall & rise again of statistics

Ajit Balakrishnan on the surprising drivers of mathematical innovation. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. The other day, in an attempt to lift the mood of three-dozen......

Only 0.33 per cent Indians have had COVID-19

'It might get worse. We don't really know what is it that is resulting in the high value of R now.' IMAGE: People queue to enter a metro station in New Delhi, September 14, 2020. Photograph:......

'India may see second wave of COVID-19 in monsoon'

Recent studies in China and Europe observed that the infection might relapse in those people who have already recovered from earlier phases. IMAGE: Vehicles ply on a road as it rains heavily......

6 professors awarded Infosys Prize 2019 for science and research

The annual award includes a pure gold medal, a citation and a prize purse worth $ 100,000 or its equivalent in the Indian rupees. IMAGE: Addressing an event organised to announce the winners of......

Meet India's best known teacher

'Kids like something when it is interesting, focused, and offers scope for self-exploration.''We teach them how to learn, not force them,' Byju Raveendran tells Bibhu Ranjan Mishra.Illustration:......

Why we need to avoid falling into the soft skills trap

A more rigorous training in core skills is required to boost the engineering talent in the country, instead of a varnish of ‘soft skills’, says Ajit Balakrishnan. Whenever......

'Great danger India will waste its demographic dividend'

'... for two reasons: the poor quality of education, and the low rate of female participation in the labour force.' 'Unless something is done quickly to remedy these problems, India will just have......

India tops in sending scientists, engineers to the US

Of the immigrant scientists and engineers in the US in 2013, 57 per cent were born in Asia. Image: India continued its trend of being the top country of birth for immigrant scientists and......

All India Rank Review: Tender Must Watch

All India Rank achieves a fine balance of authenticity and sensitivity in the fine portrayals of its young actors and old, points out Sukanya Verma. I first saw Varun Grover's All India Rank at......

Super 30 Teachers of Bollywood

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach. Aristotle's words acquire a larger-than-life embodiment in Bollywood's brand of educationists. In Super 30, starring Hrithik Roshan, Bihar-based......

'It's very important to make a happy film that entertains'

On Hrishikesh Mukherjee's 91st birth anniversary on September 30, we bring back excerpts from a Rediff interview with the brilliant filmmaker, just after the release of his last film, Jhoot Bole......

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