Three astronauts return to Earth after a year in space. NASA's Frank Rubio sets US space recordNASA astronaut Frank Rubio and two Russian cosmonauts have returned to Earth after spending just over a year in space. Rubio set a record f...
28 Sep, 2023, 12.37 PM IST
The King’s gambit: A chess academy goes online to find India’s next GrandmasterFrom practising with peers to interactive sessions with titled players, from playing online to moving carved wood on a real board, Chessnit...
26 Sep, 2023, 11.33 AM IST
Daughter of scrap dealer makes Indian archery team after battling COVID, Amphan"There was a time when we would be lucky to get one meal a day when my father's shop was shut for close to two years during the lockdown," ...
22 Feb, 2023, 06.14 PM IST
View: India needs a new pedagogy, not any Kota factoryIn the US, young people are immersed in technology in their everyday life. In much of India, that is not the case. Things have to be learnt.
30 Sep, 2021, 12.27 PM IST
How to fund your child's sports dreamsSports is emerging as a possible career choice for many youngsters and parents need to plan their finances well in order to create future c...
15 Oct, 2018, 02.11 PM IST
Getting outdoors: Bengaluru's kids take to a new wave of sportsRecent research by sports education platforms indicates that children living in Bengaluru are taking up new-age games.
02 Nov, 2017, 04.00 PM IST
Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates try opposite paths to education tech in IndiaBYJU's approach - backed by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative - contrasts with that of Khan Academy, which has won the backing of Bill and Mel...
21 Jun, 2017, 03.10 PM IST
Techy tots: When parents started to enroll their kids in robotics classes!Keen to make their kids future ready, parents are choosing robotics courses over the stereotype drawing & drama lessons.
29 Jan, 2017, 11.33 AM IST
Happy that I was not good in studies: Pullela Gopichand"When I started coaching I had this dream that India would win an Olympic medal someday. I didn’t know that we could so soon in 2012."
01 Sep, 2016, 06.27 AM IST
He quit 'wasting time' as engineer, bagged an OscarSaajan Skaria, who works for Pixar Animation Studios, was the character supervisor in the animated comedy-drama, 'Inside Out'.
01 Mar, 2016, 10.45 AM IST
Hardware innovation goes beyond fancy wearables as maker movement gains paceAll these innovations, interestingly, are coming out of regular colleges that have zero affiliations with the high-profile IITs.
31 Aug, 2015, 08.35 AM IST
Kalaripayattu gives techies a big kick nowWhen gymming became too monotonous and yoga not challenging enough, the 29-year-old working at Allegis Services decided to switch to Kalari...
24 Jun, 2015, 10.33 AM IST
Stem India plans Rs 3,000 crore on 100 schoolsStem is a teaching methodology which is adopted from US to help students to foster greater interest among young kids in science and maths.
18 Jan, 2015, 05.03 PM IST
First jobs of famous mindsFrom a tea taster to a newspaper boy — what some wellknown names did for work before they became a success
11 Jul, 2014, 06.16 PM IST
Students aren’t too young nor too busy to E-learn; Edureka, Vedantu offer coursesExperts say online classes bridge the gap between small town students and larger cities making it a high potential market.
10 May, 2014, 09.17 PM IST
Obama announces software gifts to American school studentsObama has roped in two US software giants to donate USD 400 million to back his initiative to put American kids and classrooms on the cutti...
02 Mar, 2014, 11.04 PM IST
- Ramping it up: Models do the catwalk into business
They were there before fashion became fashionable. They have been muses to the best couturiers and photographers of India. Many of them hav...
06 Dec, 2009, 12.52 AM IST