Engineers turn teachers at edtech startups
2016-06-09
The startup has partnered with around 80 schools across Bengaluru, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and DelhiContinue Reading
Catholic nun changes face of Indian slums
2016-06-09
Nagpur: Sr. Philomena Pichhappilly, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambery, left the comforts of a convent to live in a slum 10 years ago. She arrived at this corner of the central Indian city of Nagpur when it had no proper roads, water or electricity. PeopleContinue Reading
Laos seeks closer ties with Assam
2016-06-09
It will help improve relations with IndiaContinue Reading
Stop shaming India abroad, Shiv Sena asks prime minister
2016-06-09
Criticize corruption and other ills plaguing India domestically and tackle them effectivelyContinue Reading
Pope puts archbishop, accused of sex abuse, on leave
2016-06-09
The action comes two days after the new papal decree on clergy abuseContinue Reading
Odisha asks colleges to join social media
2016-06-09
Social media has reached every nook and corner of OdishaContinue Reading
Church helps differently-abled at Kumbh Mela
2016-06-09
Church takes dialogue to differently-abled at grassrootsContinue Reading
‘Heart’ carried in backpack for 555 days
2016-06-08
Michigan(USA): Without a heart to pump oxygenated blood around the body, you die pretty quickly. In the meantime, however, one 25-year-old man has proved that it’s possible to live over a year while literally heartless. Stan Larkin went a massive 555 days wearing an ‘artificial heart’ backpack, which filled in afterContinue Reading
One sixth of adolescent boys in Mumbai consume tobacco
2016-06-07
Of the various drugs abused, the most widely distributed and commonly used drug in the world is ‘tobacco’. A study titled “Prevalence of Tobacco Consumption in School Going Adolescent Boys in Urban Slum of Mumbai”, conducted by doctors of R N Cooper Hospital, has found that one in every sixthContinue Reading
Apple’s Siri calls ambulance for baby in distress
2016-06-07
A woman from Cairns, Australia, used Siri to call an ambulance for her one-year-old daughter when she stopped breathing. Stacey Gleeson grabbed her iPhone and ran to the child’s room to help her but dropped it as she turned on the light. She shouted at the handset to activate SiriContinue Reading