British kids cannot escape Maths, English any more
July 3rd, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 3 (IANS) The British government is all set to ensure that pupils in the country do not skip learning Mathematics and English, as they will now be forced ... Read more...
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‘Don’t teach maths or physics to kids on Thursdays’
June 29th, 2012 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 29 (IANS) Schools should not teach difficult subjects like mathematics and physics to children on Thursdays because it was "the hardest day of the week", Russia's chief ... Read more...
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Indian boy solves 350-year Newton math puzzle
May 26th, 2012 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 26 (IANS) A 16-year-old Indian origin schoolboy in Germany has managed to crack puzzles that baffled the world of maths for more than 350 years, it was reported ... Read more...
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Mourinho insists Madrid not La Liga Champions yet
February 13th, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Feb 13 (IANS) Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho Monday refused to accept that his side were the Spanish La Liga champions elect following their 4-2 home win over Levante.The ... Read more...
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School with Indian kids named Britain’s best
December 16th, 2011 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 16 (IANS) A primary school in Britain where the majority of students are of Indian and Asian origin has achieved the best exam results in the country.Students at ... Read more...
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No spaceship, yet NASA wants more astronauts
November 17th, 2011 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 17 (IANS) America's space organisation NASA has launched a massive recruitment drive to find new astronauts, despite not having its own spaceship for them to fly.With its shuttle ... Read more...
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Despite heart attack during exam, student qualifies for varsity
August 21st, 2011 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 21 (IANS) A student suffered a heart attack during an exam in Britain and yet went on to win a place at a university.Eighteen-year-old Jairaj Chandran collapsed barely ... Read more...
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Willow Smith to perform at Kids Choice Awards
March 29th, 2011 - 2:16 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Mar 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Willow Smith is billed to perform at the Kid’s Choice Awards this year. The 10-year-old singer revealed that she is happy to get the opportunity to ... Read more...
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Too many extracurricular activities ‘can harm kids’ academic performance’
March 28th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 28 (ANI): A study has found that children who take part in more than 17 hours of extracurricular activities a week could be harming their educational prospects.Researchers have argued parents ... Read more...
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‘Maths for boys’ stereotype develops in second grade
March 15th, 2011 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 15 (IANS) Gender stereotypes regarding maths may develop as early as the second grade, says a new study.
Children applied the stereotype to themselves: boys identified themselves with ... Read more...
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‘Modernist Cuisine’ - the world’s heaviest recipe book?
March 14th, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 14 (ANI): Do you want to cook some unknown recipes from tech visionary Nathan Myhrvold's 'Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking'? Well, first try lifting it.The book, ... Read more...
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Copy parents blindly, it could help!
March 1st, 2011 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 1 (IANS) Blindly copying your parents, no matter how stupid it may seem, could be the best bet for long-term survival.
Seemingly mindless strategies, such as long-distance migration of ... Read more...
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Colin Firth’s success helped his relationship with father
February 21st, 2011 - 6:25 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 21 (IANS) Oscar nominated British star Colin Firth says his success as an actor has "done wonders" for his relationship with his dad who used to think performing was an ... Read more...
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Chinese fifth-grader’s poem requesting break from homework sparks debate
January 29th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 29 (ANI): A fifth-grader in China is said to have sparked a debate on child education after she wrote a poem to her mother requesting a break from the ... Read more...
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Researchers use cell profiling to detect cancer
January 26th, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 26 (IANS) Researchers are finding ways to tell a healthy cell from an abnormal one to identify and pre-empt cancer.
Though in its early stages, the research represents a new ... Read more...
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Oz woman beats 1 in 53 billion odds to win Keno twice with same numbers
January 7th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 7 (ANI): A woman in Australia has beat 1 in 53 billion odds to win Keno twice in 12 months - with the same eight numbers.The 48-year-old Gladstone resident ... Read more...
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Willow Smith behind in school lessons because of pop career
December 13th, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 13 (ANI): Will Smith's singer daughter Willow has admitted that she is unable to attend school because of her pop career."I never really get to go to school because ... Read more...
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Teachers in UK to bring back traditional reading tests
November 23rd, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 23 (ANI): Teachers in Britain are to bring back traditional forms of reading tests after one year of formal schooling.Ministers gave details of the back-to-basics plans, which include ten-minute 'informal ... Read more...
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Maths wizard Jack Hurst scores the highest ever score on Countdown
October 25th, 2010 - 10:04 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Oct 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) After raking in the highest ever score on the show Countdown, a research scientist, Jack Hurst, 18 years old insists that he will want to settle for ... Read more...
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Brainy best friends aged 5 and 6 join Mensa
October 25th, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 25 (ANI): Young Einsteins Georgia, 5, and Harry, 6, have joined Mensa, the nation's intellectual elite open only to people whose IQ is in the top two per cent of ... Read more...
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Brit school bans fountain pens as they ’stop pupils from getting results’
October 12th, 2010 - 6:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 12 (ANI): The head of a school in Britain has warned students not to write with a fountain pen, as he fears they might be marked down in exams.Jack Williams, ... Read more...
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British school bans fountain pens
October 12th, 2010 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 12 (IANS) A school in Britain has banned the use of fountain pens, because they "stop pupils from getting top exam results".Jack Williams, 37, headmaster of the Hillcrest Grammar and ... Read more...
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Prince Charles ‘wants to devote his life to protecting the environment’
October 7th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 7 (ANI): The Prince of Wales has declared that he would devote the rest of his life to protecting the environment as the 'Defender of Nature'."I am absolutely determined to ... Read more...
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Teacher helps pupils cheat, but gets answers wrong
September 20th, 2010 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 20 (IANS) A teacher in Britain helped her students cheat but got the answers wrong, reveals a probe initiated after 18 out of 19 pupils gave the same incorrect ... Read more...
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Computer screens retarding kids’ brains
August 2nd, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, August 2 (ANI): A psychologist has warned that computer screens are bad for the brains of young children.Dr Aric Sigman, an American-born British psychologist warns against computer usage, especially by any ... Read more...
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Russell Crowe quit smoking for his kids
July 28th, 2010 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 28 (ANI): Russell Crowe has confessed that he left his 36-years of smoking habit due to his son, Charlie, who saw him stub out a late-night cigarette.At a frank ... Read more...
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Gujarat recruits 10,000 teachers
July 3rd, 2010 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, July 3 (IANS) The Gujarat government Saturday issued appointment letters to about 10,000 vidhyasahayaks (assistant teachers) recruited through an online process.
Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad and other ministers ... Read more...
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Common entrance test for medical and engineering soon
June 18th, 2010 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Soon there could be a common entrance examination for medical and engineering courses to ease the pressure on students.
Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Friday ... Read more...
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Westwood, 3 pals guzzle 48 bottles of beer on 3 hr flight to celebrate St Jude Classic win
June 17th, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jun 17 (ANI): England's ace golfer Lee Westwood along with his three friends drank 48 bottles of beer on a three-hour flight from Memphis to Pebble Beach to celebrate his St ... Read more...
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Teachers Caught Tampering With Test Scores
June 14th, 2010 - 9:52 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 14, 2010 (Pen Men at Work: Several teachers of the ‘Normandy Crossing Elementary School’ were seen resigning in disgrace as the news of tampering with the test results were ... Read more...
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600 Abu Dhabi students chosen for ’summer abroad’ programme
May 1st, 2010 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, May 1 (IANS/WAM) Six hundred Abu Dhabi students of grades 10 and 11 will visit Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the US as part of a "summer abroad" programme.
The ... Read more...
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Careless, wrote teacher on Prince Charles maths notebook
April 25th, 2010 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 25 (IANS) Maths was not Prince Charles forte, shows a nearly 50-year-old exercise book on which an exasperated teacher has written "careless" and "you must be more careful when putting ... Read more...
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Meet the 12-year-old Indian headmistress!
April 19th, 2010 - 3:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 19 (ANI): A 12-year-old Indian girl, who was abandoned at a railway station in Bihar as an infant, has become the head teacher at a school in Kusumbhara, her adopted ... Read more...
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Armed youth fights police trying to help him
February 19th, 2010 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 19 (IANS) A mentally unstable youth, who locked himself into a room in his house here Wednesday, continued to battle the policemen trying to get him out for over 24 ... Read more...
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Formula to predict time for love and marriage revealed
February 11th, 2010 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 11 (ANI): Released just in time for Valentine's Day, a new formula predicts the time for love and marriage.Brainchild of Australian statisticians, the equation works on how old you are ... Read more...
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