Canada decides to cap immigration targets as it struggles with housing crunch, inflationIRCC in its Immigration Levels Plan for the years 2024 to 2026 said, Canada is planning to welcome 485,000 new permanent residents in 2024,...
02 Nov, 2023, 09.15 AM IST
Who was Florence Nightingale? Know about the ‘Lady with the Lamp’ who is honoured on International Nurses DayInternational Nurses Day is celebrated every year on May 12 on the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, who was also known as the “La...
12 May, 2023, 12.31 PM IST
Do people who feel entitled cheat more? New study challenges popular psychology ideaParticipants who dislike inequality cheated less than others.
17 Aug, 2022, 06.24 PM IST
Google Doodle honours Satyendra Nath Bose, the Indian physicist who sent his quantum findings to Albert EinsteinGoogle Doodle: In honour of Bose’s legacy, any particle that conforms with his statistics today is known as a 'boson'.
04 Jun, 2022, 12.03 PM IST
Wall Street quants are turning their skills to the virus fightThere’s no telling if their methods can break new ground.
27 Apr, 2020, 08.55 PM IST
Duckworth-Lewis-Stern: 2 Brit statisticians, 1 American professor behind cricket’s winning formula when it rainsIf not for 12 minutes of rain in Sydney in 1992, DLS may not have existed.
20 Jun, 2019, 09.21 AM IST
- New algorithm that may predict your intelligence
New York, June 30 (IANS) Be careful if you lie about your IQ as researchers have developed a machine-learning algorithm that may tell how s...
30 Jun, 2018, 03.02 PM IST
A year after demonetisation, Apple growers still feel pinchfor Himalayan Apple Growers Society, the usual yield is about 3 crore apple boxes, which had dropped to 2.3 crore in 2016, is further likel...
08 Nov, 2017, 12.42 AM IST
Most habitable planets may lack dry landSimpson suggests that a selection effect involving the balance between land and water caused life to evolve on this planet and not on one o...
21 Apr, 2017, 03.51 PM IST
Iceland's volcano problem is only going to get worseIceland has always been a volcanically active island, but climate change and the world's resulting melting ice will make things worse.
08 Aug, 2015, 02.45 PM IST
Beatles did not spark musical revolution in US: StudyContrary to popular belief, the so-called "British Invasion" of US pop music by groups such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, did not ...
06 May, 2015, 06.41 PM IST
Animal calls more like language: StudyMany species of animals produce complex vocalizations such as the mockingbird which can mimic over 100 distinct song types of different spe...
20 Aug, 2014, 02.26 PM IST
Saradha chit fund scam: Depositors in lurch as more firms down shuttersAbout 90,000 Saradha investors have submitted claim documents to the Shyamal Sen panel, formed to investigate the scam and repay depositors.
14 May, 2013, 06.01 AM IST
- Hunt the hunters and get Rs 5 lakh reward, Raj Thackeray says
Returning here after spending two days at the popular Tadoba in Chandrapur district, Raj Thackeray announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh to any f...
02 Jun, 2012, 02.30 AM IST
- UK honour for top Indian-origin scientists
The six Indian-origin scientists are among 44 experts elected for 2012 and include Tejinder Singh Virdee, Professor of Physics at Imperial ...
22 Apr, 2012, 09.01 PM IST
- We have famous people, brand India should realise their potential now
Red carpet has extended from select award ceremonies to just about every place where cameras and the famous-for-being-famous congregate.
24 Mar, 2012, 04.45 AM IST
- Centre for direct incentives to locals for preserving Tigers
In a first of its kind tiger conservation efforts, the Centre is mulling to give direct incentives to local communities to encourage them p...
09 Oct, 2009, 04.43 PM IST