India optimistic about use of AI in everyday life: Bosch’s Tech Compass surveyBosch's Tech Compass survey shows that India is ready for AI transformation in work, education, and daily life. Many Indians are learning A...
09 Jan, 2025, 10.59 PM IST
UK to tax private schools in £1.5 bn boost to public educationThe UK Labour government will end the tax exemption for private schools, introducing a 20% VAT on tuition fees from January 1. Expected to ...
29 Dec, 2024, 11.56 PM IST
49% of teachers not prepared for AI impact, need urgent support: ReportAs artificial intelligence (AI) becomes all-pervasive, at least half (49 per cent) of the teachers feel unprepared for its impact, saying m...
22 Oct, 2023, 11.54 AM IST
ETS announces new scholarship for Indian students aspiring to study in UKThe scholarships are intended to provide financial support for various college expenses, including but not limited to tuition, books, housi...
26 Apr, 2023, 04.01 PM IST
Internet access must be a basic human right in developing nations: studyThe study said people around the globe are so dependent on the internet to exercise socio-economic human rights such as education, healthca...
09 Apr, 2023, 11.24 AM IST
UK man who couldn't read or write till 18 becomes youngest-ever black professor at Cambridge UniversityArday, 37, became the youngest-ever black professor at Cambridge university. He began to read and write in his late teens, supported by his...
01 Mar, 2023, 11.49 AM IST
UK economy: A crisis in the making for some time, with India trade deal offering hopeEconomic experts agree on the massive scale of the challenge, even as they hold out the prospect of a free trade agreement (FTA) with India...
13 Nov, 2022, 10.34 AM IST
75% Indian students find it risky if colleges reopen, 71% feel it’s vital for economy: StudyThe survey conducted on behalf of Pearson in May 2020 by The Harris Poll found that only 64% of students think that colleges and universiti...
10 Aug, 2020, 06.33 PM IST
India ranks among the bottom 15 of Oxfam world inequality indexThe index is based on a new database of indicators which measures government action on social spending, tax and labour rights.
10 Oct, 2018, 04.03 PM IST
Leaders in intangible economy will do better, and laggards worse: Author Stian WestlakeMarket economy, marked by intangibility, behaves differently and has profound social and economic implications. Inequality and social polar...
13 Jan, 2018, 11.30 PM IST
Robots, AI may replace 30 per cent of UK workers: ReportHowever, new AI-related technologies will also boost productivity and generate additional jobs elsewhere in the economy, the report found.
24 Mar, 2017, 05.41 PM IST
Muslim job-seekers are disadvantaged in UK: GovernmentBritain's 2.7 million Muslims were found to have the highest levels of disadvantage in finding work and face significant pay gaps compared ...
15 Jan, 2017, 03.03 PM IST
UK Opposition MP resigns with reference to Indian politicsHunt stepped down to take charge of the Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum in London, one of the world's greatest museums.
13 Jan, 2017, 08.47 PM IST
Indians in UK most educated among minorities, shows report"The lowest unemployment rate was among Indians (9.2 per cent) and the highest among Pakistanis/Bangladeshis (17.3 per cent)," it said.
18 Aug, 2016, 07.02 PM IST
Amartya Sen describes caste divisions as 'anti-national'"I would say caste is anti-national because it divides the nation. We want to be national, not anti-national, for which it is important to ...
16 Jun, 2016, 10.44 PM IST
Generational justice: Target poverty reduction than income inequalityThe developed country angst about inequality stirred by Thomas Piketty’s book Capital in the Twenty-First Century is irrelevant for India.
02 May, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Why India Inc's CEOs are overpaid and will it changeExperts almost universally expect the gap to reduce as the talent pool in India becomes more robust and the phase of volatile growth settle...
01 Jul, 2012, 07.02 PM IST