It was yet another feather in her cap for Pallavi Shah, an accomplished math teacher and coach in northern California, who has been honored twice by President George W Bush in the Oval Office when her students took first place and were the top individual scorers in the Mathcounts National Competition.
The larger virtue of maintaining fiscal credibility should not be unduly diluted by quibbles on the fiscal math, says Sajjid Chinoy.
The winners were selected from among the 97 students in 50 states, including 85 high school seniors and 12 high school juniors, who were chosen as state winners in the award programme sponsored by the Siemens Foundation and run by the College Board, which administers the AP programme. The national winners -- a girl and a boy -- are each awarded a $5,000 college scholarship.
In a circular, the ministry said all NGOs registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act should receive foreign donations in a single designated bank account.
Some 2,000 mourners packed the soaring Gothic sanctuary, with hundreds more watching the ceremony, which began minutes after a heavy rainstorm, on a giant screen outside.
There was also no fresh incident of violence and there is a heavy deployment of security personnel
The 25-year-old from the District of Columbia is 'the most intelligent contestant in recent memory'!
For many years Leela Prasad, associate professor of ethics at Duke University, had known Sringeri only as visitors know it: As the home of a 1,200-year-old Shankara Math and Sharada Temple. But in this pilgrimage town in Karnataka, she also discovered the importance of orally transmitted stories in shaping ethics and daily life.
Lalgola Royal Estate in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, where Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay conceived his epic creation Ananda Math, is all set to get a facelift albeit via the stars and stripes.
Premji said the talent shortage makes a mockery of the claim that India is stealing jobs from the West.
The subject of autism should have been dealt with some sensitivity, instead of entering the fantasy world of brain-boosters.
The finding is based on a study that involved 1,500 school kids by researchers at University College London. The research found that while 2.5 and 4.3 per cent of kids suffer from dyslexia, a higher number -- 3 and 6 per cent -- of kids suffer from its mathematical equivalent dyscalculia.
The biggest challenge all three faced was that they had had no prior experience in taking an online test, Roshni, Manish and Karan tell Geetanjali Krishna.
'If you yourself don't believe in the product, you will never be able to sell it.' 'If you have got the basics right, if you have understood the consumer needs well, success will always follow.'
Once the alarm goes off, the user has to rattle his cell phone until the 'shake meter' fills up -- or else it resets.
BJP chief Rajnath Singh and senior party leaders, including Arun Jaitley and Om Mathur were present at the meeting.
Creating a security scare, a man carrying a bag ran parallel to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's convoy in Mysuru on Saturday before being taken into custody.
A well deserved century by A Mannu helped Himachal score 430 in their second innings as their four day Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match against Mumbai ended in a draw in Dharamsala.
The School of Management Studies of Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology invites applications for a two year full-time MBA programme.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra shares advice on entrance examinations, admission procedures at international universities.
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'Ayodhya will once again become Ram's city.'
The government has to take difficult decisions in the budget, which can include cutting subsidies to curb expenditure on items like fertilisers and also upping revenues.
The Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gujarat announces admissions for its B Tech (Information and Communication Technology) programme.\n
The top court said there are serious infirmities in the oral accounts of Nirmohi witnesses that the disputed structure was not a mosque but the Janmabhoomi temple.
'Frankly, no one is prepared for Begin Again or whatever this is called.'
'Many who have experimented with online education will adopt a blended model once things return to normal,' edX CEO and founder Anant Agrawal tells Anjuli Bhargava.
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If the Bank's numbers are wide of the mark, they will make a difference to the poverty debate.
The William and Flora Hewlett and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations announced a $9.1 million grant for Pratham, a non-profit organisation, recently to help 60 million children in India get added help in basic math, reading and writing.
'I'm just about getting out of the cocoon now,' the former investment banker-turned-politician tells Kavita Roychowdhury.
Many students make the mistake of cramming all that they have learnt at one go. Here's a better plan of action.
If you prepare well for an interview, you can cover up for mistakes you might have made during the Group Discussion.
The apex court asked the students who have challenged the decision of the CBSE, to appear in the examination, if conducted.
Separately, the Delhi high court on Monday asked the CBSE about its plans, if any, to re-conduct the class 10 maths test.
When you look at a CAT paper, there are two variables which help you maximise your score viz Attempts and Accuracy. Neatly juggling these two parameters will help one score the marks that would be required to get that coveted call from the IIMs.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra shares advice on how to pick the right international education.
An Indian-born professor collected a leading maths award for work on probability theory and said he planned to use some of the almost $1 million in prize money to aid an Indian town.
NITI Aayog recommendations cite the need for greater industry-academia collaboration to meet skill demand
