Chennai Mathematical Institute opens admissions to its BSc, MSc and PhD programmes in maths and computer science.
Giving rise to fresh worries about the COVID-19 pandemic rearing its head again, the R-factor, which indicates the speed at which the infection is spreading in the country, has risen recently leading to a sluggish pace in the decline of active cases while Kerala and northeast states have emerged as regions of concern.
Had he not been a student, admirer and follower of Amartya Sen, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan feels it might have been a Padma Bhushan.
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12s match between Bangladesh and South Africa, in Abu Dhabi.
The tiny Central American nation of El Salvador has embarked on an interesting experiment by recognising bitcoin as legal tender. This is proving painful for many of its citizens but it's a useful "pilot" project for larger economies that are contemplating the peculiarities of this new asset class. El Salvador has a population of 6.5 million and GDP of about $27 billion.
Educator Anand Kumar could not attend Cambridge University due to financial constraints. Today, he coaches deserving students for IIT-JEE.
The solution works on the pricing and scheduling algorithms that define key parameters necessary for most efficiently matching the supply and demand of freight and trucks.
The BJP is yet to open its account in the 32-member assembly of the Himalayan state.
India, Australia, Japan and the US on Friday pledged to work together for ensuring peace and prosperity of the Indo-Pacific and the world, as top leaders of the Quad grouping announced a slew of new initiatives to take on common challenges, amidst muscle flexing by an assertive China in the strategic region.
With Canada, Australia extending restrictions, admission seekers are deferring their studies or looking elsewhere.
Rediff readers shared these interesting macro shots of nature from their travels.
When the Delhi police served him a notice in May for a case involving tagging some political leaders' tweets as carrying manipulated media, a spirited Maheshwari said he was employed by Twitter Communications Private Limited, and not Twitter Inc, and, therefore, could not help them. The authorities were understandably not pleased.
The Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress are prepping for the upcoming May 12 Karnataka polls. Here's a sentiment meter.
Issues with the malfunctioning of heart beats go on without suspicion and are difficult to diagnose
Former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic says players are being hounded like 'serial killers' and demanded proof of the match-fixing allegations that have rocked the sport at the Australian Open.
Is the worst of the Covid crisis behind India? As cases dip three weeks after Diwali, the answer is a possible yes, say several experts, attributing the downslide to a large section of the population already exposed to the virus during the second wave and a stepped up vaccination campaign.
After 15 years in power, the Bharatiya Janata Party is facing significant anti-incumbency. The poll battle is expected to be a one-on-one contest between BJP and the Congress, albeit a possible bump courtesy Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party.
Declaring 2012 as the 'National Mathematical year' as a tribute to maths wizard Srinivasa Ramanujan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday voiced concern over the "badly inadequate" number of competent mathematicians in the country.
India is the fifth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic after the United States, Brazil, Russia and the United Kingdom, according to data issued by the Johns Hopkins University.
The ministry had last week announced that the re-examination of the CBSE Class 12 economics paper would be held on April 25.
A summary of Thursday's South American World Cup qualifiers.
Roshani Sonawane tells us how parents can use the time to teach the right values and build important skills in children.
The local government, meanwhile, is deploying more than 200 national police officers to prevent crowds assembling, with mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida also asking people to stay away.
'I am concentrating on working in Hollywood but if the right opportunity from the Indian film industry comes, I will be open to working there.'
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
'And they are going to be milder because we are dealing with the vaccinated and are much richer in terms of the immune response in the population.'
There are as many as three films and a Web series premiering on October 2.
The Indian high commission in London is making efforts to take the manuscript to India for display.
The four-member committee will be headed by Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi S Vempati. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said the present guidelines issued by it in 2014 on Television Rating agencies in India were notified after detailed deliberations by the Parliamentary Committee, Committee on Television Rating Points (TRP) constituted by the ministry and recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority etc.
Ramesh Batlish, Head-FIITJEE Noida shares crucial advice for engineering aspirants.
In a recent article, Wall Street Journal said that online mathematics education is the next phase of outsourcing in the US.
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12s match between England and Sri Lanka, in Sharjah, on Monday.
Hrithik Roshan's weird accent doesn't make any impact.
'The uneducated think of their rights as a gift. This is deeply troubling.' 'If they were educated they could claim what is rightfully theirs.'
A majority (61 per cent) of foreign born with engineering degrees were born in Asia, including 22 per cent, who were born in India, and 13 per cent who were born in China, the report said on Thursday.
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SunRisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner praised the team's middle order after victory over Rajasthan Royals, saying the batsmen showed they can build a platform 'for us to get across the line'.
If everything goes as expected, Arya, now a second year graduation student of a Thiruvananthapuram college, would not only become the new mayor of Kerala's capital, a position held by several significant personalities in the past, but also the youngest ever mayor in the country.
Gandhi went into rhyme over the series of leaks.
