Dr Manmohan Singh is probably the most highly qualified Indian to serve as PM.
The tech creators, or the ones who made billions, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
'Our civil society here is vibrant, and courageous, although it is beaten up and beaten down, repeatedly.'
Known for his controversial remarks, Miandad apologised to Imran Khan
Kate Middleton and Prince William are expecting their second child, drawing congratulatory messages for the popular British Royal couple.
Amidst major funding cuts in British universities, a top US academic has told a London audience that India and China could soon build institutions that match Oxford and Cambridge.
UK study visa expert Jaspal Singh speaks with RMS Atwal regarding this and various other aspects of studying in the UK.
With chicken tikka being Britain's national dish, immigration issues notwithstanding, few other countries could match the welcome it provides.
The three-member Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and also comprising Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph, said the proposal for appointment of Kirpal as a judge of the high court has been pending for over five years and needs to be processed expeditiously.
No Indian varsities, including the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology, figure among world's top 200 universities this year while six Chinese universities were listed, signalling the rapid stride the Communist giant is making in higher education. Harvard University tops the league table followed by Cambridge and Oxford at second and third positions respectively. The top 10 universities are all either in the United States or the United Kingdom, a survey has found.
It is important to understand the resources that each boarding school offers.
'I think he would have liked to have thrown a ringed fence around India to keep out the modern world,' says historian Judith Brown.
No other community has played a greater role in building an 'India of tomorrow' than the teaching community, which was 'truly the nation builders of our society, our country,' he said.
The UK University League Tables and Rankings 2016 ranks the best institutes for graduate prospects.
United Kingdom-based FCUK has entered the Indian market by introducing its collection of watches that would be marketed by Timex Watches Ltd.
Around 75 professors and other academics of Indian origin working at some of Britain's prestigious institutions such as Cambridge and Oxford university and London School of Economics on Tuesday issued an open letter, sharply attacking Narendra Modi and saying, "The idea of Modi in power fills us with dread".
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced its 2013 "Nobel-class" Citation Laureates on Wednesday, which names 28 researchers representing 22 distinct academic and research organisations, and six different countries.
'The most intriguing thing (about COVID-19) is the range of the illness -- from asymptomatic or less symptoms to death and quite severe manifestations.' 'The vaccine will be at least another year away from having any effect.'
While Bibek Debroy echoed his view in Twitter, Pronob Sen questioned Kumar's conclusion
One of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein passes into worlds beyond our understanding.
The Department of Health and Social Care said a total of 81,959,398 doses of COVID vaccines have been administered in the UK, with 46,227,101 people receiving a first dose (87.8 per cent) and 35,732,297 people receiving both doses (67.8 per cent).
Quarantine, lockdown, pandemic, covidiot... Sabyasachi Dutta unravels how different nations arrived at their Word Of The Year 2020.
The international team of researchers combined lab-based experiments and epidemiology of vaccine breakthrough infections, showing that the Delta variant is better at replicating and spreading than other commonly-observed variants.
As India holds its breath for the Covid vaccination to be begin, Sudhir Bisht provides a quick checklist of what you must know about the vaccines that will be administered to citizens.
Did Prime Minister Modi receive a different kind of reception at the Biden White House on Friday than he has has been used to at the American president's home?
Free speech is the soul of a great university. By compromising on it, the founders have bartered away its soul, said Rajan.
When I met him last year for his 75th birthday, he seemed frail. There was a sense of urgency. I will miss Stephen. His passing fills me with sadness.
"We made a conscious decision that we will not get influenced by the years of experience," says Piyush Mehta, chief human resource officer, Genpact.
While Europe's rich culture and heritage may attract you, the American hype cannot be ignored too.
In 2012 Rediff.com had published a feature on the rare aspects of Hawking's life and work, based on a feature by popular edutainment website HowStuffWorks, which we reproduce.
Kolkata-born British author Neel Mukherjee's latest novel The Lives of Others, set in troubled Bengal of the 1960s and centres around a dysfunctional family, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize 2014, in its debut as a global literary award.
'Some of the longer-term implications of COVID-19 are not related to the virus itself.' 'They are actually related to immune responses from the virus.'
In an online chat with readers, overseas education consultant NNS Chandra addressed queries related to international admissions.
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'Since the NDA took office in 2014, and aggressively since 2019, the Union government seems hell bent on centralising all power and resources, only to fail spectacularly.'
After 10 teachers and a group of students were attacked on Monday in Patiala House court complex where Kanhaiya was produced on Monday, the teachers association decided to join the students in boycotting classes.
The survey, conducted by the Times Higher Education (THE), ranks universities according to 21 parameters that enhance student experience.
What the UK is getting out of the Serum Institute is what India is losing. And the responsibility of the Indian State ought to have been to dictate where Serum Institute's vaccine doses should go, argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Umpires can eject players, tethered bails approved
In any institution that has a passionate ideology, the moderate is always vulnerable to the person who is more extreme, because that is what the supporters want.
