The impact of the funding crisis in England’s schools is laid bare in a Guardian investigation that reveals a system falling apart at the seams, with teachers covering for canteen staff and cleaners while essential funds are raised by parent donations and “charity” non-uniform days. Teachers and parents who responded to a Guardian callout complained there was not enough money even for basics Read More

Numerous studies have emphasised the many health benefits of walnuts. Here’s another reason why you must include these nuts in your daily diet. According to researchers, a type of vitamin E found in these nuts may prevent the risk of asthma attacks by reducing airway inflammation. Gamma-tocopherol is a major form of vitamin E, which is abundant in nuts like walnuts and Read More

Overhead view of a student studying FT21P1 Overhead view of a student studying Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo Learndirect, the UK’s largest adult training provider, has blamed the government’s austerity programme for its failure to meet the education regulator’s minimum quality standards. The company, which was privatised by David Cameron’s coalition government in 2011, on Thursday complained that being forced to “manage Read More

Ivanka Trump has reportedly stepped down from her eponymous fashion brand. After distancing herself on social media from the clothing, shoe and accessories line that bears her name back in November 2016, the president elect’s daughter has cut ties ahead of her father’s inauguration on Jan. 20. The move comes just as news broke that her husband, Jared Kushner, would leave Read More

Helsinki: Nokia has cut the price of its OZO virtual reality camera by 25 percent from its initial launch price, the Finnish company said on Thursday. Nokia, whose main business is now telecoms network equipment, started selling the camera earlier this year as the first device to be produced for its digital media business, one of its new hopes for Read More

Helsinki: Nokia has cut the price of its OZO virtual reality camera by 25 percent from its initial launch price, the Finnish company said on Thursday. Nokia, whose main business is now telecoms network equipment, started selling the camera earlier this year as the first device to be produced for its digital media business, one of its new hopes for Read More

India’s Test captain Virat Kohli on Saturday cut a specially customized cake kept by the hotel authorities as a part of celebration of India’s upcoming historic ‘500th Test’ against New Zealand starting at the Green Park on September 22. The New Zealand team will arrive on Monday. The Indian players arrived in batches on Saturday for the Test match. The Read More

The government has slashed prices of 10 more drugs while bringing eight new medicines, including paracetamol, under price control for the first time in its bid to cap cost of over 800 plus formulations to make them affordable. Drug price regulator NPPA has reduced the prices of ten drugs, including of anti-coagulant enoxaparin and anti- epilepsy drug carbamazepine, in the Read More

Technology stocks took a hammering in the wake of muted guidance from Infosys, which pulled down the benchmark Sensex 106 points below the 28,000 mark at the close, while a ‘terror attack’ in France kept the market on the edge. The IT index bore the brunt after Infosys slashed its full-year revenue guidance, which triggered a massive sell-off in the Read More

Walt Disney Co. opened its Shanghai subject park Thursday, its first in mainland China, with speeches by means of Communist celebration leaders, a chinese language children’s choir, dozing beauty and different Disney characters. A chinese language vice foremost joined Disney CEO Bob Iger in slicing a red ribbon as the park opened, signaling the ruling party’s endorsement of the $five.5 Read More