'One good thing that has come out of all this is that it shown people that online ordering is the way forward.'
'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.
In his first attempt, Chirag Jha, a BTech student from the IIT-Bombay scored a perfect 100 in the CAT 2015 results declared earlier this year.
And Patrick D'Souza managed to score a perfect 100 in 4 of his attempts!
Who says Bollywood gals have it easy?
'When we go to war, we also take our families.' 'It's not just fighting the war ourselves, but our families are doing that too. And that's the biggest sacrifice.'
'At any given point in time, we expect only 25 per cent of our workforce will need to be in office.' 'And any given person will only be required to spend only 25 per cent of their time in office.'
One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968. At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.
They needed a person who could build and execute their vision: A frontiersman; a problem solver and an institution builder. It was their and India's good fortune that Faqir Chand Kohli more than measured up to their requirements and indeed laid the foundation to take TCS to unimaginable heights and to the giant success that it is today. Shivanand Kanavi salutes the incomparable F C Kohli, who passed into the ages last week.
Hima Das missed the Asian Championships mark on the final day of competition
No untoward incident has been reported from the district over the past three days.
There is clearly something deeply rotten in the systems of institutional governance in the bastions of higher education in India, says TCA Anant.
In an Independence Day Special series, Rediff.com celebrates India through the lives of her people. Today: Dr Ruveda Salam, the first IPS officer from the Kashmir Valley.
Being a student means a lot of things, not only grades, says overseas consultant NNS Chandra, in his advice to readers.
'As the Aisi Taisi Democracy folk so aptly put it, time to choose who will s**** us most', says Geetanjali Krishna.
The NIT Sringar has agreed to many of students's demands but did not reply to another major demand that the HRD minister or the PM should hoist the tricolour at the campus.
'If Mr Modi believes in empowering the youth, he should definitely start a career cell in every college that will organise job fairs and guide youngsters on how to grow in their respective careers.'
Online learning platforms have become go-to places for those suffocated by the current curbs on movement.
The Union Health ministry put the number of positive cases at 82, eight more since Thursday night, which includes the woman and a 76-year-old man from Karnataka who became the country's first coronavirus fatality besides 17 foreign nationals, Health Ministry officials said.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Make the most of these eight weeks to optimise your score and secure admission in a top b-school.
If you want to get the perfect score, you must take as many mocks as you can.
'You come out of the theatre feeling happy, inspired, with moist eyes and in awe.'
Everybody must have a Sunday Project, says author Chandan Deshmukh
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra shares advice on how to pick the right international education.
The TOEFL scores are accepted by more universities than any other English language test. You can take the test as many times as you wish.
'The people of Jharkhand know that Modi is not going to become chief minister, so why should they vote for the BJP?'
He said "it is very essential that the police keeps four steps ahead from criminals and criminal-minded people".
Should we really pay attention to them, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
'Muslims must show patience and endurance.' 'The perception that has been created against them needs to be changed by them.'
Anushka Panda, who has spinal muscular atrophy tells us how she scored 97.8 per cent and topped CBSE class 10 examination.
'We often celebrate scholastic excellence while ignoring the majority of students who aren't there yet,' Pratham CEO Rukmini Banerji tells Geetanjali Krishna. 'It's time we celebrated the bottom.'
'I can finally tell my father that he need not go fix tiles in other people's homes.'
India's premier boxer legend Sarita Laishram Devi has started an endeavour to train young talents from her state of Manipur, with many budding boxers undergoing training at Sarita's boxing academy.
'Whenever I felt like giving up, I'd think about my father.' 'I think about all the hardships he'd undergone to put me in a good school and give me the best of coaching.'
'Just as a wave brought the BJP into power; an anti wave will blow them away.'
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra shares advice on how to pick the right international education.
'You've got to be a doer to be re-elected.' 'You don't have to be a great communicator or an orator any more because voters want to see action and development on the ground.' 'And they want a doer rather than just an orator.'
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra offers advice on how to pick the right international university.
Consider each and every answer choice and eliminate the wrong ones.
The reputation of Bihar's schools has taken a knock. Satyavrat Mishra explains how a student-teacher nexus has gamed the system to produce toppers by the dozen.
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