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Meet Aaryan Shukla, the mental-maths prodigy recognised among the world's young achievers for his extraordinary calculating skillsAaryan Shukla, an Indian teen whose amazing ability to do math in his head is taking the world by storm. So far, he has received six world ...
- IITs and the pressure trap: When rank becomes an identity
A 2nd-year IIT Bombay student recently took his own life after being accused of exam misconduct. Statistics reveal a troubling trend of sui...
Psychology says people who break eye contact while explaining something complicated may be protecting their attentionEye contact carries powerful social information. When you look directly at someone, your brain is taking in more than their eyes, it is als...
People who listen to music while working might be making their brain work harder than those who don't, says behaviour scienceListening to music while working may seem like an easy way to stay focused, but songs with lyrics can give the brain another stream of info...
Quote of the Day by John D. Rockefeller: “I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that...” — a powerful life lesson on humility, wealth preservation, self-discipline and why daily self-reckoning protects long-term prosperity by the legendary American industrialist known for building one of history’s largest private fortunesQuote of the Day by John D. Rockefeller: “I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might on...
Psychology says people who always check the bill twice before paying may be seeking financial certaintyChecking a bill twice before paying may sometimes reflect a preference for financial certainty over speed. The person simply wants to be su...
Psychology says the loudest person in your office may be changing everyone's behavior without realizing itNoisy open-plan offices significantly impact employee behaviour, research reveals. Studies show perceived noise triggers negative emotions ...
Bulldozer mentality of PM: Congress slams govt for not sharing Constitution amendment billsCongress has strongly criticized the government. They state that not sharing Constitution amendment bills for the upcoming special Parliame...
In India, home to IITians, IIMians, 'school kids struggle with day to day calculations'A study published in Nature reveals that Indian kids working in markets excel at mental math but struggle with academic math taught in scho...
India excels in mental math skills, secures maximum awards at UCMASIndia triumphed at the 2024 UCMAS International Competition in Delhi, winning over 1,250 trophies. 6,000 students from 30 countries partici...
Lolling on Saturday: Stoneheads Inc, quick math Murugan and HNI babytalkSanta and Banta visit a graveyard and compare ages on gravestones. Murugan, during a job interview, quickly but incorrectly answers a menta...
NVS releases JNVST Class 6 2023 admit card. Here’s how to downloadCandidates who have applied for JNVST Class 6 2023 can now download their admit cards from the official website.
Hyderabad youth bags gold medal at Mind Sports Olympiad in London, breaks Shakuntala Devi’s RecordCity-based 20-year-old math prodigy Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash Jonnalagadda, holding the fastest human calculator in the world record, has d...
Indian-origin girl Sohini Roy Chowdhury enters UK's Mathletics Hall of FameThe eight-year-old competed with pupils from across Britain and other countries to also make it into the top 100.
- Sleepwalkers are better at automatic walking: Study
London, Oct 29 (IANS) Sleepwalkers are known to perform complex movements such as walking in the absence of full consciousness. This abilit...
Rahul Gandhi does not talk anything, he talks confusedly: Mukhtar Abbas NaqviTaking a swipe at Modi for his "raincoat in bathroom" barb at Manmohan Singh, Gandhi today said the Prime Minister was more interested in "...
Parents, take note! Teach your kids to count on fingers, it will make them smartChildren who have better perception of their hands tend to be more skilled at math.
Easy shouldn’t also mean lazyIf we hadn’t had to work, push, fight, deceive, our way out of diverse situations, we would not have been able to eventually invent the int...
Vapi teen is world’s new mental math championGranth Thakkar mathematics wizard from Vapi has been crowned the world's fastest mental calculator.
Mathematical genius Shakuntala Devi served to bring the wonders of mathsA felicity with numbers not only gets as many headlines and as much TV time as the next celebrity, but movies feature in the equation too.