Take steps to educate your children, Vidya urges women (With Images)
September 7th, 2012 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Bollywood actress Vidya Balan unveiled a giant abacus in Lusa village in Uttar Pradesh Friday and urged women to take steps to ensure the ... Read more...
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Whose holiday homework is it: Parents or kids?
July 1st, 2012 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) It is not schoolchildren who are fretting over completing holiday homework but parents who are busy completing collages and projects as the capital's schools re-open ... Read more...
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I-Mark: India sets new quality benchmark for design (With Images)
March 4th, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The campaign to foster awareness about good design in India set a new benchmark Friday with the unveiling of the I-Mark -- a quality tag ... Read more...
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Karunanidhi opposes encoding of Tamil alphabets
November 6th, 2010 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 6 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government has decided to constitute a panel to deliberate on the issues involved in encoding Tamil alphabets in unicode standard and has requested the central ... Read more...
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50-year-old village head attends school in Madhya Pradesh
February 25th, 2010 - 7:21 pm ICT by ANI
Harda (Madhya Pradesh), Feb 25(ANI): An illiterate 50-year-old village head from Madhya Pradesh's Harda district has set an example for all, by attending a school at the village.One month after being ... Read more...
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US soldier accused of waterboarding his daughter
February 9th, 2010 - 4:33 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Yelm, Feb 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A US soldier is accused of waterboarding his daughter, because she refused to recite the alphabets, and he got infuriated. Joshua Tabor said that he "held her ... Read more...
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Gwalior library puts original copy of Constitution of India on display
January 26th, 2010 - 10:24 pm ICT by ANI
Gwalior, Jan. 26 (ANI): The Central Library in Gwalior boasts of a prized and priceless possession - the original bound copy of the Constitution of India.On the occasion of the 61st Republic ... Read more...
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Ceremonial initiation of kids to learning alphabets in Kerala
September 28th, 2009 - 10:35 pm ICT by ANI
Cherpu (Kerala), Sep 28(ANI): Hundreds of children in Kerala were initiated to the formal learning of alphabets in a ceremonial way on Vijayadashami that was celebrated on Monday.To mark this occasion, ... Read more...
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My childhood days were like hell- Hrithik Roshan
August 18th, 2009 - 2:13 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Hrithik Roshan aka Duggu is a very shy person when it comes to talking about his personal life. But on the show Tere Mere Beach Main, he revealed his dark side ... Read more...
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9-year-old whiz-girl develops Bar Council of Kerala website
June 28th, 2009 - 3:46 pm ICT by ANI
Kozhikode (Kerala), June 28 (ANI): A nine-year-old girl from Kozhikode district is being credited as the youngest web designer in the state for working out the website of the Bar Council of ... Read more...
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Children of Shepherds have a special school in Jharkhand
May 18th, 2009 - 7:05 pm ICT by ANI
By Girija Shankar OjhaDumka (Jharkhand), May 18 (ANI): A man in Jharkhand's Dumka district is running a small school for the children of shepherd community from a small shelter to enable them ... Read more...
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Implementing child rights laws a problem, admits Renuka Chowdhury
April 17th, 2009 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Expressing shock over the death of an 11-year-old girl after she was allegedly beaten by her teacher in the capital, Minister of Women and Child Development Renuka ... Read more...
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6yr-old Indian boys IQ is greater than that of Einstein
March 13th, 2009 - 12:24 pm ICT by ANI
Chicago, March 13 (ANI): An Indian boy has an IQ greater than that of Albert Einstein at the tender age of six.
Pranav Veera has an IQ of 176, while Einsteins ... Read more...
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Archaeologists uncover rare artifacts in Bangladesh
December 27th, 2008 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, Dec 27 (ANI): In latest excavations, a team of archaeologists has uncovered rare artifacts at the Basu Bihar archaeological site, in Bangladesh.According to a report in The Daily Star, two ... Read more...
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How we differentiate C from G
November 26th, 2008 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 26 (ANI): New fonts of alphabets that can improve and speed up letter recognition among both normal readers and individuals with dyslexia may soon be made, thanks to University ... Read more...
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Ansals to share cell in Tihar jail
September 11th, 2008 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) From living life in the lap of luxury, real estate tycoon brothers Sushil and Gopal Ansal were Thursday sent to a dingy cell in the Tihar Jail ... Read more...
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Indian Reading League to improve Delhi kids’ vocabulary
July 10th, 2008 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) In a bid to improve the reading capability of schoolchildren, a Delhi-based NGO Thursday launched the Indian Reading League in the capital - an initiative which aims ... Read more...
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A family that loves using the language in reverse order!
June 11th, 2008 - 11:04 pm ICT by ANI
By Juhan Samuel
Muvatupuzha (Kochi), June 11 (ANI): Believe it or not, the Pottas family residing in Muvatupuzha village near Kochi has cultivated a unique talent to read, write and spell words ... Read more...
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Georgia a Eurasian country celebrates its 17th independence day
May 26th, 2008 - 3:56 pm ICT by admin
By Renu
Georgia is situated at the cross roads where Europe meets Asia bordering Turkey to the southwest, Russia to the North, Armenia to the South and Azerbaijan to the East and Black ... Read more...
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A digital classroom for students in Jamshedpur schools
May 25th, 2008 - 5:40 pm ICT by admin
By Girija Shankar Ojha
Jamshedpur, May 25 (ANI): For many students and schoolteachers in Jharkhand's steel city Jamshedpur, learning and teaching in classrooms has evolved. An electronic digital display panel has replaced ... Read more...
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