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L K Advani: The emperor has no clothes

I was in school when I had first read the famous fairy tale by Hans Anderson titled The Emperor’s New Clothes. Anderson’s story was about two weavers who promise an emperor a new......

Malala Yousafzai goes back to school

Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting girls' education in her country, on Tuesday defied her attackers by returning to a school in......

Indian American kids create history at Intel competition

The Indian American high school children who were among the 40 finalists in the Intel Science Search competition -- often dubbed the Junior Nobel Prize convention -- may have failed to win any of......

'We rectified a mistake to invite Modi'

Despite fierce criticism by Narendra Modi's supporters that the Wharton Business School has violated the Gujarat chief minister's freedom of speech by cancelling his keynote speech at this month's......

Wharton regrets Modi confusion, denies inviting Kejriwal

Ending its silence, Wharton School has backed the organising committee of Wharton India Economic Forum on cancelling the address of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, but regretted the confusion......

B-schools increase course fee by 10-15%

Last week, the Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow (IIM-L) reduced the fee for its flagship programme by 10 per cent. If you thought other management institutes would take a cue from this, you......

An iPhone app made this 17-year old a millionaire

Got a tech idea and want to make a fortune before you're out of your teens? Just do it, is the advice of the London schoolboy who's just sold his smartphone news app to Yahoo for a reported $30......

Upgraded Aakash 2 is here, but will it reach the sky?

"I had bought the first version of Aakash for my little sister, a school student, but within five days she refused to use it."It was such an underperforming tablet," says Ankit Sharma, who runs his......

SC case: B-schools seek compromise

Management institutes, which dragged the All India Council for Technical Education to the Supreme Court, now wish to withdraw their case. But the AICTE is in no mood to relent.Last February, the......

COLUMN: B-schools and their discontents

On the face of it, times have never been as good for management schools worldwide as they are now. Their graduates command higher starting salaries than those from any other discipline; members of......

Review: Asha Bhosle is earnest in Mai

Asha Bhosle's effort in Mai is applause-worthy, writes Savera R Someshwar.I was still in school when my grandmother came to live with us. Permanently.It was hard for us and, looking back now, I......

Like the Student Of The Year trailer? Tell us!

In a move harkening back to his debut film, the guru of gloss Karan Johar shows us a school that'll make our alma maters appear less shiny, our students less toned, our high-school......

Review: Madagascar 3 is a must watch

Preeti Arora says Madagascar 3 is a film that you want to hurry up and watch with the kids before their school-bus begins To call any of the 'Madagascar' productions a 'movie' is like saying it......

Review: Snowhite And The Huntsman is impressive

Director Rupert Sanders does an impressive job of weaving an old schoolfairytale with modern day sensibilities with his first film Snowhite And The Huntsman, writes Sukanya Verma.'Someday my prince......

After The Fox: Meet the new Transformers babe

Back when she was in school, Rosie Huntington-Whitely was routinely teased by her classmates for her flat chest, her 'poncey' double-barrelled surname, and the fact that she had a massive pair of......

Federer plays big brother to village kids at charity event

"Big brother Roger," as the village schoolteachers call him, smiles at the small children and asks them to guess which sport he plays. Most of the bright-eyed three-year-olds have no idea who their......

We're planning to open sports schools: Singh

Sports Minister Jitendra Singh said the Ministry is planning to open sports schools, sports universities and 30 centres of excellence across the country to ensure better facilities for the......

Six-year boy debuts in U-14 Mumbai schools tournament

After elder brother Sarfaraz Khan hogged the limelight about two years ago by surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's score of 326 not out in the Harris Shield tournament at the age of 12, it was the turn of......

'Hat-trick won't matter much if England don't win'

Bikash Mohapatra reports from Trent Bridge. For Stuart Broad, it was his first hat-trick since he left school. It was (self-admittedly) an atmosphere, a reaction he hadn't experienced when he......

Wasim Jaffer's nephew sets new school record

Mumbai, a city which has produced several record-breaking batsmen, found yet another child prodigy when Armaan Jaffer, nephew of Mumbai Ranji captain and former India opener Wasim, compiled the......

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Britain denies bail to radical cleric who faces deportation

By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada could be deported to Jordan to face trial on terrorism charges within weeks,... ...

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Khan Academy Receives $2.2 Million Grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust to Create Common Core-Aligned Online Content and Tools for Mathematics

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust today announces that it is awarding Khan Academy a $2.2 million grant over... ...

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Swipe Telecom Eyes Rs 300 Cr Revenue By 2014

Tablet vendor Swipe Telecom is targeting INR 300 crore in revenues in the fiscal year 2013-14 by capturing 11 per cent market share of the total... ...

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Focus on providing basic amenities in schools, says Kimmane

From Our Special CorrespondentDaijiworld Media Network - Bangalore Bangalore, May 20: The focus of the new Primary and Secondary Education Minister... ...

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Vishakha Singhs first Malayalam film called Motorcycle Diaries

Bollywood News: Vishakha Singh, the past year has been crazy. I co-produced Peddlers and now Haramkhor with the same team. I am shooting four films... ...

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