Every day at 9 am, five 20-somethings who live in a 4-bedroom apartment in Bengaluru have a session with their physical trainer. After a workout, they spend the next 8 to 10 hours in their spacious living room, headphones in place and computer screens in front of them. Their salaried job: To play video games for the rest of the day.
Experts believe adoption of AI in developing countries will be much faster than in developed nations, as the magnitude of change it will bring will be far larger.
Computer whiz Jefferson Prince, who has built a 70-employee gaming company from scratch, tells S Saraswathi about motivations and challenges of entrepreneurship.
Global IT consulting and professional services major, Satyam on Monday announced its tie-up with Hungary's premier science and IT institute MTA Sztaki.
US President Barack Obama will honour three Indian Americans among others for their innovative and path breaking startups.
This is your chance, says Ranjita Ganesan
Some of the 19 NIT scholars who spent a week at the Rashtrapati Bhawan as part of an 'in-Residence Programme' share their learnings with Upasna Pandey
There is too much focus on building, infrastructure, the number of teachers (as opposed to quality), number of laboratories and so on, says Vineet Gupta.
The chronic dry eye is a common disease in which natural tears fail to adequately lubricate the eyes, thus drastically affecting its functioning.
Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and US scientist Shuji Nakamura won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes, a breakthrough that spurred the development of LED technology used to light up computer screens and modern smartphones.
Hopefully, the grey world of central banking in a nation hit by demonetisation, will lighten up with some of his notes soon.
'If our body is able to mount a very successful immune response, we can negate the virus.'
Two days after a gunman opened fire at the peaceful precincts of the Indian Institute of Science, killing one academic and injuring four, the sense of unreality was heightened by a bomb hoax.
Announcing its unique recruitment model, eLitmus.com, promoted by IT recruitment firm Browse Consulting, has said that it had signed up with 53 companies in IT, BPO, banking and financial cervices and life science sectors to hire 7500 fresh graduates
On its 250th birthday, the Survey of India will send 30 mountaineers, armed with the most modern equipment, to measure the height of Mount Everest.
Prime Minister Modi, who was addressing the Indian diaspora at the Wembley Stadium in London, said that he was sure of India's bright future because his vision of India, was the India of Imran Khan who created and gave education apps for free
Israeli scientists have developed a DNA nanocomputer which could roam the human bloodstream, fixing disease on the spot.
IT firm Nucleaus Software Exports on Tuesday said it has featured in the Deloitte Technology's ranking of the Fast 500 companies in Asia Pacific. \n
Adapting to an inevitable digital intervention is India's only hope at beating a long-standing job crisis. To do so, focus on quality education and better skill development is fundamental, says Dr Yogesh Kumar Bhatt.
Researchers are investigating how software-defined cellular networking might be used to give smartphone users the next generation of super-superfast broadband - 5G.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended 46 points lower at 24,824 and Nifty50 settled at 7,555, down by 8 points after hitting intra-day high of 7,600.45.
G Madhavan Nair also propounded the theory that some shlokas in the Vedas mentioned about the presence of water on the moon
'Above 2,000 metres the gradient of the Himalayas is very steep and if you build any infrastructure (roads, dams, hydro power projects) in these regions, it will not be able to sustain these events (the onslaught of debris that comes down with great speeds).'
'China feels India will be hard-pressed not to go after China because we are so badly dependent on them -- and that is the reality.'
Research and teaching have remained Professor Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao's first priority and first love, and that is what sets him apart, says Dinesh C Sharma
'There was a time when I went without salary for about six months,' says Amod Malviya, an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and currently CTO, Flipkart.
A round up of all the health news from around the world.
CEO Vishal Sikka's strategy is in line with focus on academic research in new technologies.
Heavy rains lashing Mumbai since Sunday have thrown rail, air and road traffic out of gear, with several trains and flights being cancelled. With IMD forecast of heavy rains for Tuesday, the authorities declared a holiday in the city and adjoining regions, asking people to avoid stepping out of their houses.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra offers advice on how to pick the right international career for you.
With just 10 detectives under his leadership and in about three weeks' time, Senior Superintendent of Police of Uttar Pradesh's Special Task Force Amit Pathak cracked an online digital racket that swindled 600,000 people and is now worth Rs 3,700 crore and counting.
Himanshu Sehgal is traveling across India, armed with a plate and a camera.
Chanda Kochhar is among the three Indians in Time's Most Influential list.
Sudha Murty worries that India has still not learnt its lessons from history.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra tells you how to pick the right international university and course for you
Engineering student Hemanth Joseph, who bypassed Apple's activation lock, is now the poster boy for a young community of ethical hackers.
'They want to establish the silence of the graveyard in university campuses across India.' 'They cannot bear any questioning or dissent. They want subordination and obedience.' 'And that is not going to happen,' says Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Brinda Karat.
A 25-year quest by nearly 1,000 scholars to document and present one of the world's oldest living traditions came to fruition when the 'Encyclopedia of Hinduism' was unveiled in Columbia.
Here's a list of the full first-time ministers in the second term of the Narendra Modi government.
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