New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Once again Aamir Khan has hit the jackpot. His comedy-drama ‘3 Idiots’ has scorched screens worldwide and raked in around Rs.93 crore (Rs.930 million/$20 million) in its opening weekend.
Loosely based on Chetan Bhagat’s bestseller ‘Five Point Someone’, the film has been produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and directed by Rajkumar [...]
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Distance education, via cell phones and other technology geared to provide open access to education, could address the dearth of teachers plaguing the Indian education system, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Thursday.
‘There is a need for distance education (in India) because conventional teaching methods cannot meet the [...]
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) India’s infrastructure on education may have a long way to go to reach global standards, but when it comes to the sheer number of students graduating in maths and science, the country outperforms the US, Europe and Japan, says a new study.
India, in fact, ranks 17th based on this parameter, [...]
London, October 30 (ANI): India has laid claim to the world’s first nose job, which according to scriptures, was conducted by Sushruta, who lived around 600 BC and is cited to have performed “sophisticated reconstructive surgery”.
Generations of Indians have believed that Westerners such as Aristotle drove scientific advances, largely because the Indian education system was [...]
Mumbai, Oct 29 (IANS) Shahid Kapoor’s ‘Paathshala’, which has been ready for the last one year, will finally hit screens next year and the actor says his role is substantial even though it is not long enough.
”Paathshala’ is small in comparison to some other films that I am doing. Moreover, I not a quintessential hero [...]
