Author Archives: Sayantani Singha

Yale offers scholarship for high school students

New Delhi: The Yale Young Global Scholars Programme (YYGS) for the year 2017 is now open for school students of Class 10 and 11 and they can apply, the university said on Thursday. YYGS is an academic enrichment and leadership development programme that brings together outstanding high school students from around the world for intensive two-week sessions on the Yale Read More


No proposal for govt counselling centre yet in Kota: Officials

v Jaipur: Education hub Kota, which has over the last few years reported several incidents of students committing suicide, still awaits a government counselling facility for medical and engineering aspirants coming from different parts of the country. According to experts, stress remains the dominant cause of suicide among the youths who flock to the Rajasthan city, one of the most Read More


25% drop in educational standards after Right to Education Act: TSR Subramanian

New Delhi: Not impressed by the highly regarded Right to Education Act (RTE), former cabinet secretary TSR Subramanian said India has witnessed as much as “25 percent drop in standards of education” after RTE. “RTE has done enormous good but still there are gaps. One is ‘quality’. RTE talks of infrastructure quality but it requires tremendous attention and detailing. “But Read More


No Detention Policy: Centre may leave decision on states

New Delhi: States may soon overturn the policy of “No Detention” upto class VIII as a top advisory board on education on Tuesday left the decision on the issue to their discretion, while the HRD Ministry will soon take a call on compulsory examination for class X under the CBSE. These were the decisions taken at a meeting of Central Read More


All the cool things Microsoft announced today

Microsoft stormed into the future today with a flurry of mind numbing announcements that puts creators and producers and artists in the center. Today’s announcements will make everyone who uses a computer to create original products tear up in joy, because this Microsoft is for them, this Microsoft has the best interests of the 21st century at heart. And at Read More


Microsoft’s New Surface Book With Laptops With Improved Battery

Microsoft’s Panos Panay unveils the new and improved Surface Book the Surface book i7 that sports quiet the same features of the previous generation Surface book and gets a revamp from the inside. The most notable aspect is the new battery life, which delivers almost 16 hours of battery life on the new Surface Book i7. By acknowledging the needs Read More


This 3D-printed bioabsorbable bone implant may improve future surgeries

In a major step towards improving surgeries after head or face injuries, Russian scientists have developed a new type of 3D-printed polymeric bone implants that can get absorbed and subsequently replaced with natural bone tissue in the body. The prototype can be printed on 3D-printers according to specific parameters, contracted to half its size, then heated in the course of Read More


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Titanfall 2 reveals modest day one patch

While you might require top-end tech to run Titanfall 2 in 4K, you probably won’t need to clear your hard drive to install its day one patch. Ahead of launch this coming Friday, Respawn’s CEO Vince Zampella confirmed the incoming FPS’s release day update will be a meagre 88MB. Which has of course prompted a deluge of gratitude and appreciative Read More


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WoW: Legion Patch 7.1 is out now with a new dungeon, raid, and heaps of new quests

Just when you thought you were finally free from Azeroth, Blizzard drops a massive update. World of Warcraft: Legion patch 7.1 is out, and with it comes plenty of valid reasons to ignore other videogames forever—and you should, if Stephen’s glowing Legion review is anything to go by (it is). Longtime players will finally get to return to Karazhan in Read More


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Overwatch director says “troll pick” heroes are sometimes inevitable

Balancing a team-based online shooter, in case there was any doubt, is a tricky bit of business. In fact, as Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan explained in this Battle.net forum post on the topic, it’s effectively impossible. Attitudes change, playstyles evolve, and players slowly but surely figure out strategies for maximizing character strengths and overcoming their weaknesses. But “we will Read More