New Delhi: They may be barely literate but for the women at the forefront of this people's movement the focus is clear - education. For the nearly 500,000 members of the National Alliance for Fun

Washington: How is it possible for a single entity to control or mould public opinion when others of its ilk also have access to the same information? In the classic economic model of information ma

New Delhi: Final exams are mercifully over and it is Dtime for merry-making - going to see films, to restaurants or even out of the city. But for the younger siblings of those taking the board examina

New Delhi: Miniature art is a centuries old form that was patronised by the Mughals, the Rajputs of Rajasthan and the royal families of northern India. But somewhere along the way, it lost its glory.

Pune: Guess what's keepding together our high-tech gizmo Indian students at various US universities, pursuing higher studies? It's an online Sanskrit magazine. Indian students, alumni and fac

New York: There is no harm in da bit of stress - in fact, it helps you learn things better. At least that's how it is among squirrels, says a new study. University of Chicago researchers who cond

Agra: Students of a private college in Agra answered their exam dpaper on Tuesday afternoon in a bus stranded in a traffic jam, near Khandauli, 20 km from here. The college authority sent the questio

New Delhi: Cute and buck-toothed Darsheel Safary, who played a dyslexic kid with aplomb in "Taare Zameen Par", has turned into an inspiration for youngsters who are now joining dance schools run by ch

Patna: Anita Kuswaha, a teenage role model and Unicef poster girl from a poverty-stricken family in a Bihar village, is fighting for survival. The beekeeper is in desperate need of money to revive he

London: Hindi film actor Anupam Kher on Thursday launched a London chapter of his Actor Prepares, making it Britain's first official Bollywood acting school. The school is intended to improve the

New Delhi: Amid the shower of lucrative offers by financial and consulting firms, Public Sector Units and State bodies including the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Indian Oil Corporation (

New Delhi: He is a medical doctor by training, a marketing consultant by profession and an author by passion. With five books on the anvil and 12 books on the shelves, Devdutt Pattanaik is a man who l

New Delhi: The board examinations have begun and the tension gripping the tens of thousands of students taking it is all too palpable. Last minute losing of nerves, suddenly forgetting the lessons lea

New Delhi: Finance Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram on Friday presented the "Budget 2008" in the Parliament. The various initiatives taken by the government were outlined in the finance minister's spee