Early childhood edu startup Bulbul Apps raises Rs 3.5 croreFounded in 2015 by Prakash Dantuluri to focus on building apps for pre-school students, Bulbul Apps had raised seed capital of $200k and an...
27 Feb, 2019, 02.20 PM IST
Leverage EdTech gets $1.3 m in pre-series A fundingLeverage EdTech will use the proceeds to further invest in product development, particularly in K-12 segment, growing its team and expansio...
15 Jan, 2019, 09.21 AM IST
Sesame Street's 48 years of educating and entertaining childrenCreated by Jim Henson (in pic below), the show has been nominated for a grand total of 268 Emmys (winning 108, as well as receiving a Lifet...
05 Nov, 2017, 12.00 AM IST
Polluted environment kills 1.7 million children each year: WHOEvery year 570,000 children under five years die from respiratory infections, such as pneumonia, attributable to indoor and outdoor air pol...
06 Mar, 2017, 02.04 PM IST
From TNT's Wilbrand to Ecstacy's Kollisch, inventions used differently than expectedWilbrand, who discovered the yellow dye has now become a war weapon & Ecstacy which was invented to stop excess bleeding is now a party dru...
14 Dec, 2016, 12.36 PM IST
Hindi to be part of foreign languages for Australia pre-schoolersBirmingham said almost 10,000 children had been part of the $9.8 million programme so far, with almost two in three students studying eithe...
14 Nov, 2016, 12.28 PM IST
Hippocampus, a children's library, blossoms into a chain of pre-school learning centres in rural IndiaHippocampus stands out in building a sustainable and scalable business model. Farmers are busy working in the rain-washed fields in the gen...
30 Aug, 2015, 04.09 AM IST
Five food myths every parent should knowDid you know that there is no relationship between sugar and hyperactivity? Five such food related myths busted!
28 Jul, 2015, 03.11 PM IST
Congress slams Rajnath's English language remark"I sometimes feel like laughing at our friends. On one side their vision document is outsourced to people who don't speak any language othe...
19 Jul, 2013, 03.22 PM IST
- To pre-school or not? A good pre-school does not guarantee admission to a good school
EuroKids, where Educomp owns 50%, also has K-12 schools. Kangaroo Kids, Kidzee and Mother Pride have also started high schools.
01 Dec, 2011, 06.30 AM IST
- 'Disney Junior' for pre-school kids debuts on Disney Channel
Disney Junior, a new multi-language and multi-platform entertainment destination for kids, went on air from Monday on Disney Channel.
04 Jul, 2011, 04.41 PM IST
- Cos see big bucks in pre-school biz
Market projected to hit Rs 14,000 crore by 2012 as parents spend up to Rs 40k a year on pre-school. Foreign study loans | New-age entrepren...
29 Sep, 2008, 08.00 AM IST
- Kids pop heartburn drugs
The number of young children on prescription drugs for heartburn and other digestive problems jumped about 56% in recent years.
05 Oct, 2007, 05.41 AM IST
- Philippine hostage-taker surrenders
A gunman who held a busload of children & teachers hostage for 10 hours in Manila surrendered.
28 Mar, 2007, 05.25 PM IST
- Philippines hostage-takers to surrender
Gunmen holding 31 pre-schoolers & 2 teachers inside a bus in Manila have agreed to free the hostages.
28 Mar, 2007, 03.30 PM IST
- Cartoon Network plans to lure pre-schoolers
You can’t tap them any younger than this. Pre-school kids are next on Cartoon Network Enterprises’ radar as it plans to woo tiny tots with ...
19 Oct, 2006, 12.13 AM IST
- Totting up: EuroKids hits it big in pre-school segment
The organised pre-school market is a relatively new phenomenon in India. In today’s environment parents want every edge that they can get f...
14 Oct, 2006, 02.52 AM IST