7 Tips to Keep up Your New Year Resolutions

There are many people who enthusiastically make their New Year Resolutions with a fond hope that they will stick to them and thus make changes in their life for the better.

But they will soon find that they cannot keep up thoseresolutions and are back to their old life. How sad it is!

Some may be able to make it last for a week, or maximum for a month or two, and slowly give it up. Hardly a small percentage of people can actually keep it up to their satisfaction.

Are you one of them belonging to the former category? Ifso, the following tips will help you to stick to yourresolutions. I have found them personally

10 tips to study effectively before exams if you have a lot of syllabus left

Studying for 12 hours or 14 hours a day is very unhealthy; yet we force ourselves to study almost all day in the days before our exam to finish our syllabus. The trick is to make the study time shorter but more effective.For those of you who neglect your textbooks all through the year, exams turn into a nightmare. It becomes a race to see how fast you can cram a year's worth of syllabus. With the Board exams around the corner, there are many of you probably doing the same. During a time of such intense exam pressure, you first need to realise that studying for 12 hours a day is not something very healthy and you can rarely, if ever, adapt yourself to doing something like that. What

CBSE Board Exam Date Sheet 2018 Expected in 1st Week of January; Practicals in Jan & Mains in March 2018

CBSE Board Exam Date Sheet 2018 is expected in the 1st Week of January. As per a news portal, the CBSE officials have confirmed that the Board will be releasing the Class 10th and 12th Board Exam date sheet in the first week of January 2018.  "Since the Board is currently working on the formalities of the exam, an exact date for the date sheet can't be ascertained at the moment. However the date sheets will be released in the first week of January," quoted the online portal.

Earlier, there were speculations that the CBSE AISSE and AISSCE Board Exams for Class 10th and Class 12th might begin from February 2018, however, on 18th September 2017

CBSE exams to be held in March, not February

The circular stubbed speculations that were doing rounds for a long time that the exams will be held in February. The CBSE has scheduled the practical exams for class 10 and 12 students in January 2018. Subsequently, the writ ten examinations will be held in March, 2018.

Emphasizing the need to have high quality and error free evaluation of the answer sheets, the board stated - "Smooth and efficient con duct of class 10 and 12 exami nations along with declara tion of result in time and with accuracy has always been the foremost endeavour of the bo ard. To ensure quality and er ror free evaluation of the ans wer booklets, the board

Educators: We Need More from Education Technology

Amid sustained growth in an education technology sector competing to put innovative digital tools in front of students, some educators are lamenting a disconnect between the products entrepreneurs are offering and what schools actually need – a rare criticism of an industry often lauded as vital to maximizing student learning potential.

“I think there’s a tendency to see ed tech as the savior of American education, and I do not believe it is,” Eva Moskowitz, founder of New York-based Success Academy Charter Schools, said this week at a conference addressing the role of technology in the classroom. “I do not believe you can get to equality through ed tech

Education in 2018 - Three major challenges facing America's schools and students

Now that President Trump has signed tax cuts into law to strengthen our economy, there’s much more to be done, starting with education reform. Three glaring problems need fixing: our under performing K-12 schools, our politicized universities, and the enormous student debt burden. Candidate Trump promised to revive the American Dream – the idea that whoever you are, you can get ahead, and that your kids will have it better than you did. If the dream is broken, our schools are a big reason. We throw more money at our schools than just about any other country, and what do we get? For our K-12 school system, an honorary membership in the Third World. Not so long ago, we had a superb public school system, but now we trail most countries. In math, we’re 38th in the world among developed countries in terms of how 15 year-old perform

Math is not terrifying: Here’s how students can get over their fear of numbers

It’s important to remember that our understanding of the world around is conditioned by numbers - which play an important part in each and every aspect of our lives, making mathematics an important element of one’s education. However, many individuals tend to experience an intense fear whenever they encounter mathematics in their everyday life - something we could call math anxiety. The group that also tends to be most affected by math anxiety also represents one of the largest population of its learners in society: children. Research identifies that the origins of math anxiety can be traced to that period when the fundamental aspects of math are taught. During this time, a set of negative experiences are created around the subject that work to heighten the fear of math in children. Rote learning and standardised methods of teaching are mostly responsible for such experiences, leading to students losing interest in the subject. By standardising

IIT-Delhi placements rise by 15%

The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IITD) on Friday, registered an almost 15% rise in hiring across all streams during this year’s phase I placement in comparison to last year.
The postgraduate class also saw an increase of over 20% in overall placements as compared to last year.

The placement season for the batch graduating in 2018 started in August this year. The campus interview processes are conducted in two phases with the phase I starting on December 1 and phase II starting in January 2018 and ending

'Failure in school is not end of life’

DEHRADUN: The ‘Second Failure Conclave’ on Saturday saw the presence of some eminent people who achieved great success despite initial hiccups.
The conclave featured poet and Padmashree awardee Liladhar Jagudi, retired professor of Physics from NAS College, Meerut, Yogesh Sharma and associate professor Pernell Gooch from University of Sweden. All these distinguished people have failed at some juncture of their school life. 
Addressing the gathering, Leeladhar Jagudi said that failing in class is not the end of life and that students must look forward instead of being bogged down by a failure. He shared anecdotes from his childhood about how seldom he used to attend his school in Uttarakhand. “We would spend time bathing in river or catching fish. I ran away from home at the age of 13 and reached Rajasthan, where I got a part time job as a night watchman

NEET Super Speciality: Govt wants public opinion on conduct of examinations

The health ministry as asked for views of all concerned to make an informed decision on the medical exam National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (super speciality) or NEET (SS). Candidates clearing this test are eligible for admission to programmes such as MCh (master of chirurgiae or surgery), DM (doctorate of medicine) or PDCC (post doctoral certificate courses).
According to a health and family welfare ministry notification, it (the ministry) was examining how the NEET SS exam was to be conducted and had decided to invite views and comments of “all concerned” to take an “informed decision.”
People have been asked to send in their responses

Both Educators And Students Are More Stressed Than Ever, According To New Studies

Overcrowded classrooms, high workloads, and yes, the Trump administration, have all contributed to rising stress rates in both teachers and students.
Roughly 61 percent of educators said their work was “always” or “often” stressful, compared with American workers, in general, citing their work was stressful 30 percent of the time, according to a new survey released by the American Federation of Teachers and the advocacy group Badass Teachers Association. The survey included responses from 5,000 educators and showed higher rates of stress when compared with a similar survey from 2015.
As for the causes of stress among American educators, the survey pointed to several key factors that most teachers are all too familiar with including: a feeling of having minimal influence over school decisions and long hours with unbalanced

Maharashtra: No need to clear elementary exams for arts quota marks till March 2019

In another ‘last minute’ change to the policy for awarding additional marks to students who excel under the Arts quota, the state education department has postponed certain changes which were supposed to be implemented in March 2018 until March 2019. On November 24, the state education department had issued a notification announcing changes in the additional marks to be awarded to Class X students under the Arts quota.

According to the government resolution, students with achievements or who have passed exams in arts and culture, can now get a maximum of 15 marks instead of 25. The notification had also said that unless a student passes both elementary

IITs turn down govt proposal to let NTA hold JEE (Advanced)

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have shot down the government’s proposal to permit the National Testing Agency (NTA) to conduct JEE (Advanced). The NTA, approved by the union cabinet on November 10, is envisioned as the largest exam-conducting body in the country. In a meeting of IIT directors on December 15 in Chennai, the institutes decided against the NTA’s involvement in JEE (Advanced), which is the gateway to securing a seat in the 23 premier engineering schools.

“Handing over the entrance test makes little sense as it would not lessen the burden of the IITs. The agency would have had to keep coming back

CBSE’s move to teach values

The CBSE has tied up with the Ramakrishna Mission to impart education to students with values of peace, harmony, humility and cooperation. “The Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi, has prepared ‘Awakened Citizen Programme’ for teachers and students,” the board said in a letter to schools.

Students voice: How to pick a career you actually like

In India, the foundation of career-building starts right after class 10, where a student has to select mainly between science, commerce and arts subjects. This is followed by choosing to go for the ‘right’ type of graduation and/or post-graduation degrees at ‘appropriate’ colleges after class 12, searching for the ‘correct’ job(s) afterwards and finally ending at accomplishing the same.
Whenever asked about choosing a career, great people like APJ Abdul Kalam (former President of India), Steve Jobs (co-founder: Apple Inc.), Priyanka Chopra (Indian actress), etc have insisted on “doing what you love.” They have always emphasised that the key to finding the ‘right’ career is to first decide on ‘what you’re passionate about’ and then going for a job-plan that ‘matches this passion’ (called the Passion Hypothesis in American society).
But, is it always so easy? Is it always so simple to figure out what we students are really passionate about? And above all, is it always about our passion? The one-word answer to all these questions is ‘no’ and there are various reasons for the same.
According to the top Indian career counsellors

JET 2018: Application Process Begins For Admission To PG Diploma Courses At FTII And SRFTI

New Delhi:  Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune and Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata has begun the application process for Joint Entrance Test (JET) 2018. The application process starts today and the last date to apply is January 25, 2018. The entrance test will be conducted for all Film and television courses offered at FTII and SRFTI. Apart from the PG Diploma course in Acting, for all other courses, candidates who qualify in the JET will be called for orientation and interview. In case of PG Diploma in Acting, the candidates who qualify in the written test will be called for an audition.
The minimum eligibility criterion for admission to all the PG Diploma courses is a Bachelor degree. In case of PG Diploma in Sound Recording and Sound Design, applicant must have a Bachelor's degree in any discipline with Physics as a subject at Senior Secondary (10+2) level.
In case of PG Diploma in Art Direction and Production

IMI-New Delhi culminates its final placements for batch 2015-17

IMI-New Delhi, one of the leading management schools in New Delhi, concluded its final placements for the batch 2015-17 that was conducted over a week's span comprising around 363 students. This year, the highest package for the PGDM course has gone up to Rs 20.75 LPA, Rs 13.95 LPA for Banking and Finance course and Rs 20.75 LPA for the HR course.

Top companies who recruited this year:
Looking at the caliber of this year's batch and the immense knowledge they hold, IMI-New Delhi has witnessed an impressive placement season this year with top notch companies such as Accenture, Asian Paints, Capgemini, ICICI Bank, Deloitte

Aircraft Maintenance Engineering, a better and booming career option

Aircraft Maintenance Engineering could be an exciting career if you are looking for something technical other than pilot and cabin crew.
"Young with a dream to fly or fix airplanes can look to a brighter future in an exciting and challenging field."

World-wide, the business of aircraft maintenance is enormous, and is set to expand. Now that India is one of the fastest developing countries in the world and due to the liberalization policies of the government, there is tremendous growth in civil aviation

How to start planning for JEE?

With only two chances available for entering the IITs, not all the students can take a chance to start preparing in class 11 and drop a year. So it is advisable to start early by class 9 to achieve the desired success in JEE. Not to forget that on one hand it is mandatory to make the students aware of the competition ahead but also make sure that it doesn't take a toll on their psyche.

The following tips will be helpful for early preparations to ease future stress while preparing for JEE:
Focus on board syllabus
The base to board exams and any competitive exams comes from the study material of school books. Many a times students may feel that they already know what is going to be taught in terms of board preparations, but they should be aware of it and take

8 tips you should follow to speak like a native English

Speaking is a skill like swimming, driving or riding a bike. The only way one can be proficient in speaking English is to actually keep talking! It is said that the best method to become a good writer is to keep writing. Similarly, the ideal way to speak English or speak like a native speaker is to keep speaking with the correct accent and grammar.

Here are 8 tips you can follow to speak English like a native speaker:

Acquire the interest and accent:
Motivation, Repetition and Exposure -- all three play a major role. Remember the native speakers' phrases and expressions by repeating

CBSE to have new teaching programme prepared by Ramakrishnan Missione

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday has announced 'value education' under 'Awakened Citizen Programme' in collaboration with the Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi.

In a bid to promote values such as harmony, peace, compassion and humility, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had signed Memorandum of Understanding with the Ramakrishna Mission in 2014.

About the programme:
This programme is a three-year graded programme for students of class 6, 7, 8 and 9
It will involve initial two days training of teachers conducted in the school so the schools who desire to opt for it will have to register with the Ramakrishna Mission
It acknowledges the potential of young learners

Internshala ties up with Canada-India Centre for Excellence (CICE) to facilitate student internships

Internshala, world's largest internship and online training platform has recently signed a letter of agreement with the Canada-India Centre for Excellence at Carleton University to facilitate student internships. Through this collaboration, Internshala and CICE are looking to widen the horizon of global opportunities for students in both the countries through internships.

Internship benefits:

This partnership, aims to create internship opportunities for Indian students at Carleton University in Canada and for Carleton University students in India. Internshala will deliver webinars to Carleton University students to help them understand how to find an internship in India
Also, this platform will provide career guidance

Higher education is the economic catalyst

The economic development ecosystem of a major city is complex. Getting it right is a mix of art and science, and how much of each is needed is a constant topic of debate among economic development experts.
But there is one subject that unites the experts. No matter what economic advantages a city has to offer, education, traditional or otherwise, must be part of that package. Having a strong network of engaged educational partners is a critical asset that is undeniably linked to a thriving and growing economy.
Any community looking to compete in today’s marketplace must have a strategic, long-term plan for building the workforce pipeline that will attract new business and compel existing businesses to expand. But a city relying only on solutions

Get the best of B school education without taking a break from your career

We live in fast paced environments with careers requiring lot of our time and sweat. Stakes are so high that we rarely take a step back to evaluate our growth and strategize a course correction unless there are rude shocks. Though there are sparse efforts by many of us to study and keep ourselves updated, we rarely pursue full time education or certifications as opportunity cost of leaving jobs for academia is high.

But what if we the best of B-school education are at your doorstep with their premium course? This 1 year Post Graduate Certificate Program in Business Management from MICA is one such course.

You get to study with top faculty, without leaving your job and also

Bitcoin Rally Surprises Again, Hits Near $18,000

Bitcoin zoomed to another record high of around $18,000 on the Bitstamp bitcoin exchange on Friday, higher by 9 percent. This happened despite the fact that warnings grew over the risks of investing in the highly volatile cryptocurrency. The bitcoin's staggering recent price rises - more than 1,700 per cent since the start of the year - have driven worries that the market is a bubble that could burst in spectacular fashion. Bitcoin has surged almost 80 percent so far in December alone, putting it on track for its best month in percentage terms since December 2013.
Outages on some of the world's biggest exchanges this week, which left millions of investors unable to access their funds during periods when trading volumes are high, have also fuelled concerns about the fragility of the market's infrastructure.

Five Things that you should know about the rise of bitcoin

1. Bitcoin reached as high as $17,900 on Friday on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange.

2. While bitcoin has added 20% of its value since Monday, trading has been slightly calmer than the wild price swings the market has seen in past few weeks, with volatility lower since the launch of bitcoin futures from Cboe Global Markets

Digital Push: Government To Reimburse Merchant Discount Rate For Transactions Upto Rs. 2,000

In order to give a fillip to less cash economy, the cabinet has cleared a pro-digital move by deciding to reimburse the merchant discount rate (MDR) for transactions up and including a value of Rs. 2,000. Cabinet on Friday decided that the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) applicable on all debit card/BHIM UPI/ AePS transactions up to and including a value of Rs. 2,000 will be borne by the Centre for a period of two years starting January 1, 2018, by reimbursing the same to the banks.
Because of this, the consumer and the merchant will not suffer any additional burden in the form of MDR. This is expected to give a boost to digital payment modes for such transactions.

The government also believes that this will be game changer move since the transactions that fall in this bracket are of sizeable percentage and thus, will help to move towards

Why this IIM Program is a must have for future entrepreneurs

Did you know?
More than 4,100 startups were registered in India in 2014 alone
2015 was the biggest year for Indian startups with capital worth $9 billion being invested in them
The government’s startup India standup India campaign has been one of the most successful government trade and commerce-related programs in recent memory.

If you have ever dreamt of quitting that day job to make actual progress on that dream idea, or if you want to take your family business to a global level

IIT Delhi Students To Be Mentored By Washington University

NEW DELHI:  IIT Delhi and Washington University in St Louis (WashU) today inked an agreement under which select students of the premier engineering institute will have their skills honed. As per the agreement, IIT Delhi will become a partner of McDonnell International Scholars Academy of the WashU. The students of IIT Delhi will be incubated with new ideas and mentored as future leaders. They will even be able to lead groundbreaking research projects and prepare for the broader

Science Has Just Uncovered the World's Easiest Hack for Faster Learning

We've all spent a minimum of a decade informal education, so you'd think that in all that time, we'd have at least mastered the most basic principles of how to study efficiently. But study after study shows that's not true. Many of the best scientifically validated tips and tricks for faster learning are never taught in school.
Take a dead simple suggestion uncovered by researchers out of Canada's University of Waterloo as one example. The research, recently published in the journal Memory, showed that compared with silently reading the material or listening to it read aloud, reading out loud yourself can give you between a five and fifteen percent boost in learning speed.
"Say the information that you want to remember out loud and you'll have a higher likelihood of remembering it. Yes, it's that simple!" psychologist and study co-author Colin MacLeod enthused in an email interview. And while five percent might not sound like a massive improvement, given how incredibly easy it is to just open your mouth and speak, MacLeod insists this study hack is definitely

BEWARE! Indian researcher discovers QR code bug that allows anyone to hack Facebook accounts

In an unbelievable act, it is believed that online social media giant Facebook is prone to hacking. Such cases have come before and now a new case has emerged. You do not need any hacking courses for such hacking. Only by taking advantage of the flaws of Facebook, anyone can peep into another's account.
According to India Today, in India, there is a cybersecurity researcher Kartik Singh who explained the shortcomings found on Facebook in detail. Actually, Facebook has given an option to log in, which is called 'Login with your phone'. It appears on the login page. Users can log into Facebook by scanning the QR through its features.


Kartik claimed that this QR can be misused because this QR code is not linked to the user id, which has scanned it and the hacker can send it to someone who generated the URL from this QR code. Your account can be accessed by clicking on this URL.Facebook's new feature is 'Login with your Phone' option. This feature gives QR code to the user, which

Cipla's Digital Transformation Continues: Launches 2 Digital Education Platforms

In continuation of its commitment to patient-centricity & digitization, Cipla announces the launch of 2 digital assets; one aimed at healthcare professionals & the other at patients – Ciplamed & Breathefree respectively.
While CME's remains a critical component of our healthcare system, low physician to patient ratio in the Indian setting most often leaves the physician very little time for any extra educational engagements. On the other side, the new digital era also presents an opportunity to learn & sharpen skills through alternate channels as per one’s convenience.

The all-new Ciplamed is a uniquely designed comprehensive medical portal for healthcare professionals, available as a mobile app

Education should inculcate values: CM

The education should not be confined only to seeking employment but it should also be inculcating cultural values in the children. The education should be thought to provoke which can guide one to lead a positive life. The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat said this while addressing inaugural session of a national seminar of teachers and Principals at Pestle Weed College here on Thursday.
The three-day seminar is being organised under the aegis of Principal Progressive School Association (PPSA). On a philosophical note, the CM said that education means co-existence and mutual cordiality and for achieving any objective one should have hope and belief which is possible only from creative ethnicity of education.

GHR Answers the Global Demand for Medical Travel, Healthcare and Well-Being Education

The global healthcare and benefits industry has been undergoing a paradigm shift. Corporate wellness initiatives are moving away from focusing on the physical well-being of employees to their entire well-being, multiple attempts have been made to repeal the Affordable Care Act causing uncertainty about the future of these regulations, high-profile hacks have caused the sensitive information of millions to be made public, and the people across the world are beginning to see that medical care doesn't have to be performed at their nearest hospital but where they can have it done affordably.

To overcome and leverage these changes into positive results, industry players need to prepare themselves with the knowledge and tools that are essential to success in 2018.  As an industry association devoted to the success of all involved, Global Healthcare

How technology will change education in 2018?

Technology has greatly influenced us in every aspect of our life. In today's scenario, we rely on technology and education is no exception. However, in many ways technology has transformed education.
Earlier individual had to travel to centers of learning to get an education. Today, with the worldwide reach of the internet, access to information can be fetched easily at one's fingertips and formal learning are available online worldwide. Technology enables new ways of communicating

School fee regulation report by December-end: Education minister Kadiyam Srihari

HYDERABAD: The Tirupathi Rao Committee report on school fee regulation, which has been pending for long, might be out soon. At least that's what the Telangana education minister, Kadiyam Srihari, is believed to have told parents, who called on him on Wednesday. The minister, apart from assuring them of the report being submitted latest by December-end, is also said to have said that the government will immediately act on the suggestions made in the report.
(HSPA) - who met the minister at his office in the secretariat, to discuss this issue. According to them, the minister called up Tirupathi Rao in front of them and asked him for reasons for the delay. "We are happy with the assurances given to us by the minister - both on the submission of the report by month-end and, more importantly, on the assurance that the parents can expect some good news with regard to school fee regulation by Sankranti. However, given the past record of the government

Naugural Yidan Prize Award Ceremony honours outstanding contributions to education

HONG KONG.  (ACN Newswire) - The inaugural Yidan Prize laureates, Professor Carol S. Dweck of Stanford University and Ms Vicky Colbert, founder and director of Fundacion Escuela Nueva, Colombia, were presented with awards on Sunday (Dec.10) at the Yidan Prize 2017 Award Presentation Ceremony in Hong Kong.
Each of the Yidan laureates will receive HK$30 million in recognition of their distinguished contributions to global education, and to help fund their future work.
Professor Dweck, Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, received the Yidan Prize for Education Research. Her groundbreaking research on the power of the "growth mindset", based upon the belief that intelligence

Pseudo Science And The Need For Scientific Temper In India

Vineeta Bal, a former member of the Prime Minister’s task force for science, narrated a humorous poem by the Marathi poet Sopandev Chaudhari last week to underscore the importance of scientific temper.

The poem points out that Newton could think of the law of gravity when he saw the apple fall to the ground while some of us can only think of eating the fruit. And so on. What he meant was we need a scientific temper and he wrote this many years ago.

She was speaking on the theme of glorification of pseudoscience during the present times at the two-day session of the Mumbai Collective, a unique platform, celebrating freedom

Social Science in engineering upsets many

BENGALURU: Engineering students from over 3,000 colleges in the country will have to study humanities and social sciences as well while pursuing their undergraduate degree from the upcoming academic year.According to the model curriculum from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), all engineering colleges, except IITs and NITs, have been notified to teach courses such as management, environmental science, Indian Constitution and Essence of Indian tradition and culture. A big share of students, however, is unhappy on the move while others have welcomed

Electoral education made mandatory in schools

Summary: The Electoral Literacy committee which will consist of a chief electoral officer, principals, NGO's NSS and NCC heads will help in creating awareness." The south zone education department has asked all their zonal schools and colleges to start an 'Electoral Literacy Club' (ELC). Anil Valvi, Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra, said, "By January 25, 2018, on National Voters' Day, all the schools and colleges have to form ELCs. The club will make the members aware of the registration and electoral process by engaging them through well designed attractive resources in hands-on experience. Students will be encouraged to run the ELC through an elected body of the executive committee with elected

The Solution to Our Education Crisis Might be AI:

Tomorrow’s Teachers:

Robots will replace teachers by 2027.

That’s the bold claim that Anthony Seldon, a British education expert, made at the British Science Festival in September.

Seldon may be the first to set such a specific deadline for the automation of education, but he’s not the first to note technology’s potential to replace human workers. Whether the “robots” take the form of artificially intelligent (AI) software programs or humanoid machines, research suggests that technology is poised to automate a huge proportion of jobs worldwide, disrupting the global economy and leaving millions unemployed.

North Korea’s prisons are as bad as Nazi camps

Thomas Buergenthal, who served on the International Court of Justice, is one of three jurists who has concluded that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un should be tried for crimes against humanity for the way his regime uses brutal political prisons to control the population.
"I believe that the conditions in the [North] Korean prison camps are as terrible, or even worse, than those I saw and experienced in my youth in these Nazi camps and in my long professional career in the human rights field," said Buergenthal, who was in Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen as a child, as well as the ghetto of Kielce, Poland.
 He was part of a panel that also included Navi Pillay, a South African judge who presided over the International Criminal Tribunal

Flipkart sale: Dates, top mobile deals

Flipkart will be hosting 'New Pinch Days' sale from December 15 to December 17, during which the e-commerce platform will offer deals across various product categories. Fashion products will get 50 per cent to 80 per cent off, while home and furniture products can be bought at 40 per cent to 80 per cent off. TV and appliances will be up for grabs at up to 80 per cent off with no cost EMI and exchange offers. Electronics and accessories get up to 80 per cent off as well.
Coming to mobiles, a host of deals on flagship smartphones like

Is US preparing for nuclear war?

The United States, Japan, and South Korea will reportedly continue their preparations for nuclear war starting Monday with two days of missile tracking drills.
The exercises will mark the sixth time the three nations have practiced tracking ballistic missiles together as North Korea ramps up its weapons

In-Demand Teaching Career Options

Some subjects and sectors that are more in-demand than others. In general, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) predicts average 6% growth for teaching jobs ranging from preschool through high school, from 2014-2024, and expects faster than average growth of 13% for postsecondary positions. The BLS also states that math, science, English as a Second Language

Interview tips: 10 tips to improve interview performance

The day has come: You found an awesome job on Monster, applied, and got a call from a real-live human being who wants to meet with you. Congrats! But your work has only just begun.

Even the smartest and most qualified job seekers need to prepare for their job interview. Why you ask? Interview skills are learned, and there are no

Microsoft pledges $50 million to broaden AI for Earth programme

Announcing its plan to broaden the AI for Earth programme, Microsoft has pledged $50 million over the next five years to put artificial intelligence technology in the hands of those who are working to mitigate climate change.

Microsoft rolled out the AI for Earth programme six months ago with an aim to put the power of artificial intelligence towards tackling environmental challenges.

"At Microsoft, we believe artificial intelligence is a game changer. Our approach as a company is focused on democratizing

France's Unibail-Rodamco bids $24.7 billion for Australia's Westfield

France's Unibail-Rodamco has agreed to buy shopping mall owner Westfield Corp for $24.7 billion including debt, in what would be the biggest takeover of an Australian company on record.

Westfield, which owns and operates 35 shopping centers in the United States and the United Kingdom valued at $32 billion, said the transaction was "highly compelling" for Westfield and Unibail-Rodamco's

Rolls-Royce creates cross-business data unit to drive efficiency

LONDON: Rolls-Royce has created a data unit, named R2 Data Labs, that uses analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve efficiency across its civil and defense aerospace, marine, nuclear and power systems businesses.

Chief digital officer Neil Crockett said the model would deliver a "step change" in the capability of the British company's data services and would enable it to work more closely with its customers.

"R2 Data Labs will tap into expertise from

Only 20% students from business schools land job offers: Assocham

Business schools are struggling hard for placements with only 20% students landing job offers, making this placement year the most challenging in recent times, according to Assocham.

The chamber observed that job opportunities for business school (b-school) students are drying on account of factors like demonetization

Volvo XC60 launched in India

The all-new Volvo XC60 has been launched in India for Rs 55.90 lakhs (ex-showroom, Delhi). The newly launched SUV is available in a single ‘Inscription’ variant. As compared to its predecessor, the new model is more spacious, gets more features and fresh design upgrades. The XC60 is based

Microsoft’s new ARM-Powered Windows 10 PCs can Last all Day Long and Support LTE Connections:

Almost exactly a year ago, Microsoft revealed its plans for a new wave of Windows 10 computers called “Cellular PCs”. With this technology, Microsoft made it possible for manufacturers to offer the full-fledged Windows 10 experience on ARM-powered devices. Today, the company together with Qualcomm and a bunch of hardware makers is unveiling the first set of “always-connected” hybrid laptops.

Cleaner and cheaper way to turn methane into fuel: Researchers

The scientists have developed a new cleaner and cheaper way to produce hydrogen fuel from methane and electricity in just one step. The hydrogen is an excellent fuel which, due to its high energetic density and zero greenhouse gas emission, is essential in a great number of industrial processes, researchers said. It’s an amazing combination with oxygen in the atmosphere produces

When you die you know you're dead because your brain still works

When you die you know you're dead because the brain keeps functioning and you know what's happening around you, chilling new research suggsts.
Medical experts have long debated what happens when a person dies, with anecdotal evidence of bright lights or sensations, and films such as Flatliners exploring the unknown.
But a new study suggests a person's consciousness

Nuclear annihilation 'one tantrum away'

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They should be lightweight and breathable. Look for thick cushioning in the heel, good support, and flexibility. Replace them after three to six months.

2. Start with a warm-up
Stroll at a comfortable pace for five to 10 minutes.Then

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Despite once trailing 4-1 to his longtime rival, Ronaldo moved level after winning the award again on Thursday.
"With Messi, the fight continues, in a good way," Ronaldo said after being presented the trophy awarded by France Football magazine at a ceremony held at the Eiffel Tower.
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