Park View academy in Birmingham gave children the gift of attainment – those who trashed its reputation do not appreciate the cost of what has happened. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian In 2014 the so-called Trojan horse scandal broke in Birmingham, when it was said that a group of hardline conservative Muslim governors and teachers had set out to systematically take Read More

Goods and Services Tax (GST) may have made new cars more affordable but it will increase the prices of used cars, boost the unorganised market and wipe out smaller players from the organised segment. According to used car operators GST on used cars is the same as new cars which is 28 percent and this is several times higher than Read More

HIGHLIGHTS BSNL new plans have an additional data benefit WhatsApp camera on iPhone gets a new Night Mode Lenovo Vibe K5 Note to go on sale via Flipkart at Rs. 9,499 Reliance Jio’s Jio Dhana Dhan and Jio Summer Surprise are ending and customers will have to start paying the full amount soon. It seems that state-owned BSNL wants to capitalise on this with Read More

HIGHLIGHTS The prototype uses backscatter communication technology It can currently only make calls and send texts A more advanced version is in the works A team of researchers at the University of Washington has come up with a working prototype of a cellphone that doesn’t require a battery to make calls or send text messages – instead, it harvests energy Read More

The simple and thoughtful Water Conservation Lifestyle by students from Cate School won first place in this year’s Water Wise High School Video Contest, as well as the People’s Choice Award. Diarra Pouye and Kyril van Schende, both juniors at the private school in the Carpinteria foothills when they made their animated video, won a $500 prize for their school, donated by Read More

Homebuyers also questioned why the UP government is delaying the implementation of the Act, which was put into effect from May 1, 2016. (Burhaan Kinu/HT FILE PHOTO) Homebuyers should not worry because the state government cannot dilute the real estate regulatory authority (RERA) Act at per its will, said Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, joint secretary, the ministry of urban development. Mishra, Read More

  Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images The poll numbers for Senate Republican candidates take an approximately 30-point hit when voters learn they’re supporting their party’s bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, according to a poll set to be released on Friday. The poll found that, in a vacuum, voters in 10 battleground states are split almost evenly about Republican senate Read More

Of the states that turned in their homework early to the U.S. Department of Education for how they’ll roll out a major overhaul in education policy, Illinois’ adaptation got a mixed grade in an independent review. Bellwether Education, a research and policy think tank, read through 17 state plans for the Every Student Succeeds Act submitted in April and scored Read More

Rakesh Sachdeva sells auto parts in a busy market in central Delhi, just a few miles from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office. Yet despite having a flourishing business he does not pay any tax. Until now, his rundown premises and small scale operation has kept the business below the radar of India’s tax officials. Come July 1, however, “the party Read More

Navin Kumar, chairman of the GST Network.(Livemint) As many as 1.6 lakh businesses that were previously not registered for either VAT, service tax or excise duty have enrolled for Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the past four days. As the GST Network portal reopened for the third time registration for both new assessees and existing excise, service tax and Read More