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Review: Dell new Inspiron 11 3000 2-in-1

The 11.6-inch LED display is crisp and bright enough for productivity tasks and Web browsing Affordable laptops are now matching their more expensive counterparts in terms of flexibility and performance. Dell new Inspiron 11 3000 2-in-1 Rs.39,690 Before you get confused with another Dell laptop that goes by the same name, this is actually an evolution of that, with a ... Read More »

Health at your fingertips

Photo: iStockphoto It is the end of the day. You are tired. You don’t want to stretch; you don’t want to squat. You just want to vegetate in front of the TV. How do you optimize this experience? An easy way is to learn some mudras. Mudras are hand gestures, used in most Eastern religions. As Ramaa Bharadvaj, a dancer ... Read More »

No-fail policy puts NDA govt in a bind

The no-fail policy entails that no children in the 6-14 age group can be held back in any class up to Class VIII. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint New Delhi: The Union government is in a fix over whether to go ahead and scrap the no-fail policy in schools after at least six states, most of them ruled by the Bharatiya Janata ... Read More »

CBSE Class X board exam to return, no-fail policy to go

The CBSE class X board was made optional during 2009-10 when the United Progressive Alliance was in power. Photo: Prasad Gori/HT New Delhi: The Union government is bringing back examinations in elementary schools across the country and Class X board exams for Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) students. At a meeting in New Delhi attended by state education ministers ... Read More »

Paul Beatty wins Man Booker prize for race satire ‘The Sellout’

Paul Beatty, winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize, poses with his novel ‘The Sellout’ at The Guildhall on 25 October 2016 in London. Photo: Reuters London: Paul Beatty was on Tuesday named as the first American to win the prestigious Man Booker fiction prize, for “The Sellout”, a biting satire on race relations in the United States. The narrator ... Read More »

Government to set up a depository to digitize education records

National academic depository (NAD)will be in place in next three months and would be extended to the entire country by the next academic year beginning June 2017. New Delhi: The Union cabinet on Thursday approved the setting up of national academic depository (NAD) to digitize all education records from school onward. The move, announced in the Union budget, will enable ... Read More »

‘Apple Recalling Recently Purchased Apple TV Units Due to Faulty Part’

If you’ve recently purchased an Apple TV, beware of a potential issue in your device. Apple has begun to contact select customers that purchased the third-generation of its media streaming device to inform them about a faulty part. The company is offering a free exchange to the affected customers, shipping them brand new units. Affected customers are also given FedEx ... Read More »

NDTV Gadgets Is Now Gadgets 360

No, you haven’t accidentally stumbled upon some other site. NDTV Gadgets is now Gadgets 360. A new name, the same trust. So why the change? Before we get into that, some background. Over the last few years, NDTV Gadgets has established itself as the leading technology news and reviews website in India. That’s not just a claim we make, it’s ... Read More »

Apple MacBook Event: How to Watch Live Stream

HIGHLIGHTS Apple devices running iOS 7 or later can watch MacBook event Event can also be streamed via Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 Apple TV owners can also watch MacBook event on the big screen When it comes to Apple events, they are not just hard but impossible to ignore. The run-up to these events is filled with rumours, leaks, ... Read More »

CES 2016: The Smart-Tech Future Beckons to Us

Look around. How many computing devices do you see? Your phone, probably; maybe a tablet or a laptop. Your car, the TV set, the microwave, bedside alarm clock, possibly the thermostat, and others you’ve never noticed.Much of that computing isn’t doing much while segregated into individual devices. But many of these gadgets have the potential to get smarter by connecting ... Read More »