HIGHLIGHTS A report highlighted Facebook tracks location for suggestions Facebook spokesperson confirmed location is one of the factors Users can turn off Facebook’s access to location on phones Facebook users who keep their location turned on may realise that they are being offered friend suggestions based on location, claims a report. We all are familiar with Facebook’s popular “People you ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Facebook Featured Events are available only in the US The Slideshow feature is available to iPhone users Slideshow was originally part of the standalone Moments app Facebook is introducing a human-curated list of Featured Events. The new Facebook feature will be currently limited to iOS users in the US and will be available specifically in 10 cities. Additionally, Facebook ... Read More »
I must confess to a soft corner for Smriti Irani. She was such a feisty HRD minister – pungent, tart, ever-ready to fight her corner, articulate in both Hindi and English (and, presumably, her mother tongue, Gujarati), with a sharp repartee always on her tongue, a vocabulary of wit and abuse in equal measure, well-prepared in parliament and a first-class ... Read More »
Teachers should encourage the students to dream big and give them life skills, he said. Asserting that the role of teachers is crucial in nation building and transformation of education, Union Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar today said “accountability” will be introduced in the education system for the teachers. In his first public programme after assuming ... Read More »
More than 1000 examinees had to sit outdoors at Dhanbad’s RS Mor College. RANCHI: HIGHLIGHTS More than 1000 students sat on lawns to take exams at Dhanbad college There was no invigilator, leaving the students free to use unfair means College said it had room inside only for 600 students Days after Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das took a dig ... Read More »
Prakash Javadekar replaced Smriti Irani as Education Minister in cabinet rejig. NEW DELHI: The prime challenge that the education sector faces in the country is raising the quality of education and ensuring it reaches all, Education Minister Prakash Javadekar, who took charge, said today. “The major challenge that is there in the education sector is to raise the standard. Quality ... Read More »
Prakash Javadekar said if children are encouraged to be inquisitive, innovation will follow. (File photo) NEW DELHI: India lacks innovation in education as children are discouraged to ask questions in schools something which should not be allowed to go on, Education Minister Prakash Javadekar said today, contending “unless you rebel, unless you challenge the status quo, how can you innovate ... Read More »
Jayant Sinha was junior minister in the Finance Ministry and Minister of State to the Civil Aviation M NEW DELHI: HIGHLIGHTS Jayant Sinha shifted as minister of state to the civil aviation ministry Among reasons is tea party he hosted for bank, govt officials: Sources Conflict of interest as wife serves on boards of top companies also cited Smriti Irani’s ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS James Norton has acted in Mr Turner and An Education Tom Hardy and Aidan Turner are also in the running for the role Reportedly, Tom Hiddleston has lost his chances by dating Taylor Swift War & Peace star James Norton has rapidly emerged as the favourite to play the next James Bond,overtaking Tom Hiddleston, Tom Hardy and Aidan Turner. ... Read More »
Prakash Javadekar replaced Union Minister Smriti Irani– who now heads the Textiles Ministry. NEW DELHI: Promising to convert the challenges into opportunities, former Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar took charge of the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry today. Mr Javadekar, who earlier held independent charge as the Minister of State was the only minister promoted to the cabinet rank in the ... Read More »
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