Washington: Physical fitness is linked with brain development in small children, says a research.Those who are more fit tend to have a bigger hippocampus and perform better on a test of memory than th

London: Students who browse through social networking website Facebook during their study time obtain lower grades than those who don't.A study has found that examination results of those who used

London: Sound sleep very early in life is the best insurance against obesity, a research has found.Babies, toddlers and pre-school children sleeping less than 10 hours a night are more likely to be ov

Wayanad, Kerala: This Teacher's Day, 54-year-old teacher T. Sashidharan's aim is to remain a student for the rest of his life and he just needs four more post-graduate degrees to make it to hi

Naugarh: Call it an act of atonement. A woman who is in jail in Uttar Pradesh for torturing her daughter-in-law has donned the role of a teacher for fellow prisoners and their children.Famous as '

New Delhi: Punjabi singer Gurdas Maan will be honored with a doctorate in world music by the University of Wolverhampton in Britain next month.The singer, known for popularizing Punjabi folk music int

London: TV should be banned for toddlers and strictly rationed for youngsters to protect them from ill health.Aric Sigman, the associate fellow of the British Psychological Society, describes children

Beijing: A 19-year-old Chinese woman and her father cycled about 15 days covering 1,200 km to attend her first day in college in Beijing, a media report said on Monday.Wang Xiaohan became the first wo

Washington: People and organizations crippled by failures do much better in the long run. That is because they learn more from their failures than their successes and retain the lessons lifelong. Pr

Washington: Your toddler needs a lot of fish for brain and nerve development. "First, babies need a lot of the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish for brain, nerve, and eye development, and when they sw

Thrissur (Kerala): Children supported by an NGO celebrated Onam and entered the Limca Book of Records with the world's largest pookalam or floral carpet in Kerala, a statement said. The record-bre

London: Superheroes are bad role models as they promote violence and revenge as a way of life. Watching them thrash villains on the big screen may not be the best image for boys if society wishes to p

Beijing: As many as 10,267 high school students in China on Thursday formed a rectangular chain, entering the Guinness World Records for making the world's longest human domino chain.The students

London: Walking to one's school could reduce the risk of heart attack later in life. Children who walk down to school have lower stress levels and even smaller rises in blood pressure and heart ra

New Delhi: Two years ago, an apprehensive Joseph Gitonga arrived in India from Kenya to study to become a teacher. Now, he has one refrain - India is incredible.Every year, Delhi is thronged by studen

Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh: Medical check-ups, vaccination and medicines are not the only things on offer at a pediatric clinic here. For, it doubles up as a classroom for impoverished children who lear

London: Screening for autism in adults and children could take just 15 minutes and cost as little as 100 pounds as British scientists have developed a brain scan for the condition. Researchers at King

New Delhi: The Buddha stood by the Druk White Lotus School, an architectural milestone just 15 km from Leh, when a cloudburst caused devastation in the cold desert region of Jammu and Kashmir last wee