Two women among six Indian researchers get Infosys Prize this yearThe award, which is given every year to honour the achievements of researchers and scientists, includes a cash reward of $100,000. This yea...
14 Nov, 2024, 01.31 PM IST
IPL 2024 in Iraq: Live updates, scores, highlights of Indian Premier League matchesIt is interesting to note that the auction for IPL 2024 was held in Dubai, for the first time since its beginning in 2008. The respective t...
21 Mar, 2024, 10.47 PM IST
List of 2023 Pulitzer winners in journalism, arts & lettersThe Pulitzer Prizes recognizing the best of journalism and the arts in 2022 were announced Monday.
09 May, 2023, 01.16 PM IST
Three imprisoned Iranian female journalists win top UN prizeThey were lauded "for their commitment to truth and accountability". Niloufar Hamedi broke the news that 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died last ...
03 May, 2023, 10.14 AM IST
That statistical rare figure, C R RaoRao's entry into the statistical arena was described variously as 'by chance' and 'a last resort' by several commentators. The Cramer-Rao b...
12 Apr, 2023, 10.49 PM IST
Indian-American mathematician C R Rao awarded International Prize in Statistics at 102In his remarkable 1945 paper published in the Bulletin of the Calcutta Mathematical Society, Rao demonstrated three fundamental results tha...
10 Apr, 2023, 11.23 PM IST
Scientists bat for hosting virtual conferences even after Covid pandemicIt has been a year since the American Physical Society (APS)cancelled its meeting just days before it was to begin in Denver, US, on March ...
08 Mar, 2021, 01.38 PM IST
Government announces global competition to develop cooling technology less harmful to environment than ACsUnion Minister Harsh Vardhan made the announcement at the inaugural of the Global Cooling Innovation Summit in Delhi.
12 Nov, 2018, 03.43 PM IST
CII youth wing to step up awareness campaigns on child abuseThe project intends to spread awareness among parents, teachers, and children on the need to differentiate between a "good touch" and a "ba...
06 Dec, 2017, 01.18 PM IST
All violence is "male-generated": Maneka GandhiParticipating in a live chat with users on Facebook, Gandhi called for increased participation from men in creating gender sensitivity as t...
14 Sep, 2015, 06.04 PM IST
India needs a new school every 7 minutes: Uninon Minister Maneka GandhiManeka Gandhi said that India needs a new school every seven minutes in order to give quality education to slum children.
14 Sep, 2015, 05.36 PM IST
IIM Calcutta: 24.8% rise in top salary offerIn the batch of 50 students, a total of 54 offers were made to 44 candidates, out of which three joined their previous organisations while ...
05 Sep, 2015, 11.44 AM IST
IIM-C sees 25% rise in top salary for executives programmeAverage salary for the eighth batch of students too jumped, climbing 21.6% from last year to Rs.22.69 lakh, according to a statement issued...
25 Aug, 2015, 03.11 PM IST
Oxford University VC Professor Andrew Hamilton attacks UK's student visa policyProf Andrew Hamilton views came soon after an attack on UK govt's immigration policy by Nobel Prize-winning British-American scientist John...
07 Oct, 2014, 09.06 PM IST
- Commodities cap biggest weekly decline since January
Commodities fell, capping the biggest weekly decline since mid-Jan, as easing tensions in Middle East sent oil lower and a stronger dollar ...
05 Mar, 2012, 05.01 AM IST
The effect of short supply of world-class mathematicians felt in Indian R&D workWorld-class mathematicians are in short supply, and the effect is felt in Indian R&D work. Hope now rests on newish institutes that are att...
05 Feb, 2012, 03.01 AM IST
- Infosys India Prize to promote research in sciences
Infosys Technologies on Tuesday announced the 'Infosys India Prize' for promoting research in Science for India's development.
17 Feb, 2009, 02.24 PM IST