Chandigarh: A bus conductor's son in Punjab has developed software to enable chartered accountants (CAs) to prepare balance sheets in the Indian rupee format of lakhs and crores, as against the in

New Delhi: They live in the Indian capital but had never heard of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. Now an all-Muslim cast of 32 slum children is set to stage a play on the revolutionary - an effort that

New Delhi: Delhi has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, the state government said on Tuesday, pointing out the "sound and prosperous economic situation" in the national capital. Re

New York: Hindus, who comprise only 0.4 percent of the US population, are a highly educated and prosperous community, according to a new religion-wise survey in the country. Nearly 43 percent of Hind

New Delhi: India is the third most popular country for sourcing foreign talent after China and the US, a survey by global recruiting firm Manpower Inc released on Tuesday said. The Borderless Workfo

Ahmedabad: The name Manjari Patil might not immediately ring a bell, but this maths teacher has been quietly working towards ensuring that when children learn their numbers, it becomes a pleasurable t

New Delhi (Noida): The brutal murder of teenager Aarushi Talwar and her family's domestic help has taken a toll on the city's children - they are now wary of servants and some are even scared

New Delhi: "I prefer Force Lightning to Dark Rage", "I used all my Mana to keep Immolation activated"...Animated conversations such as these among urban youngsters, especially boys, may sound like gib

New Delhi: How many school and college goers know about the little historical monuments tucked away in their neighbourhood? Or for that matter about the rich literary and theatre traditions of India?

Nagpur: A former school teacher, Jolly Dintis, has created a national record by memorizing and recalling names of 407 objects serially, randomly and in reverse order in two hours, ten minutes and thir

Sydney: Almost 60 percent of the international students who work part-time in the state of Victoria in Australia are paid below minimum wage rates. The findings from a new study released on Thursday c

New Delhi: Rescued child workers should be treated as bonded labour for better rehabilitation and a better tomorrow, says Shantha Sinha, chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child

New York: India and China are the new pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) hubs, with India having an edge in the race, a industry study released on Wednesday said. It said India was mor

Lucknow: The suicide by Ritika Toya Chatterjee, a B.Tech final year student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K), is the fifth in three years that is being blamed on a "hush-hush grad

New Delhi: For long, the educational scenario in Bihar and West Bengal remained a mater of concern for the policy makers. Now, the two states have written history by leading all other Indian states in

New Delhi: How about a marker pen with red chilly or turmeric ink? Or a mosquito repellent produced from papaya leaves? Budding scientists from Maharashtra and Gujarat have come up with these products

New Delhi: Renuka Eapen, a mother of two, switched to eating organic food because "it would be better for my children and the environment". Arkaja Singh made the move because organic food "often taste