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India Lost Edge In Education Due To Macaulay’s Policies: Giriraj Singh

India Lost Edge In Education Due To Macaulay’s Policies: Giriraj Singh Union Minister Giriraj Singh blamed colonialism for ruining India’s traditional learning system. (File) NEW DELHI: India lost its edge in education due to the introduction of western education by British colonialists, especially Lord Thomas Macaulay — governor-general from 1832-1835 – said Union Minister Giriraj Singh today. Mr Singh, who ... Read More »

To Cool Maratha Anger, Maharashtra Extends Student Benefits To All

Large scale protests by the Maratha community demanding reservation flared in Maharashtra last month. MUMBAI:  As Maharashtra reels under protests by the Marathas seeking affirmative action in government jobs and education, the state government has announced a reform that will extend benefits to poor students of the community. Flanked by his cabinet colleagues Vinod Tawde, Chandrakant Patil, Eknath Shinde and ... Read More »

What It’s Like to House-Hunt in Silicon Valley, the Priciest Market in the US

What It’s Like to House-Hunt in Silicon Valley, the Priciest Market in the US It’s Sunday, which means house-hunting for Barry and Katie Templin. They have been on the prowl for months and saving for years, looking for a place with reasonable commutes to their technology jobs and good public schools for their two young children. They hope that is ... Read More »

Google Assistant to Launch With Hinglish Support; Allo and Duo Availability Detailed

Google Assistant to Launch With Hinglish Support; Allo and Duo Availability Detailed HIGHLIGHTS Google Assistant to support Hinglish and English upon launch. Allo and Duo app to hit the market between June and September. Android N will be released earlier than ever. Even though Google unveiled a host of things at first day of I/O, there was little to no ... Read More »

Google Said to Shelve Plan for Project Ara Modular Phones

Google Said to Shelve Plan for Project Ara Modular Phones HIGHLIGHTS Part of a broader push to streamline the company’s hardware efforts Google may work with partners to bring Project Ara’s technology to market Modular smartphones have generated great enthusiasm in the tech community Alphabet Inc’s Google has suspended Project Ara, its ambitious effort to build what is known as ... Read More »

Dell Finalises Huge EMC Deal to Become a Tech Titan

Intel Raises Revenue Forecast as PC Market Improves HIGHLIGHTS Intel struggling as tech users shift away from PCs to mobile phones Sales in the company’s PC business declined 3 percent to $7.3 billion Intel said it expected third-quarter revenue to be $15.6 billion Intel raised its quarterly revenue forecast for the first time in more than two years as suppliers ... Read More »

Hiroshi Lockheimer Is Explaining Google’s Hardware Bet to Android Partners

Lockheimer recently spoke with Bloomberg at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California about the new hardware focus and how he’s going to keep Android partners happy as the company increasingly competes with them. Edited excerpts follow. Bloomberg: These Pixel phones are expensive. Are you trying to crack the high-end smartphone market — where Apple has done so well and Android ... Read More »

AMD Reaches Deal With Alibaba to Use Chips in Cloud Service

‘ AMD Reaches Deal With Alibaba to Use Chips in Cloud Service Advanced Micro Devices Inc., struggling to re-establish its data centre chip business, said Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. plans to provide cloud-computing services based on its graphics semiconductors. China’s largest e-commerce company is working on expanding the range of services it offers over the internet and will work with ... Read More »

Google to Build a ‘Primary’ Mobile Index for Search Results in the Next Few Months

Google to Build a ‘Primary’ Mobile Index for Search Results in the Next Few Months HIGHLIGHTS Garry Illyes said that the mobile index should arrive in a few months The new mobile index will be updated more often than desktop It will be considered as the primary index by Google Google is going to create a new mobile index for ... Read More »

Google to Start Adding ‘Fact Check’ Tag to Accurate News Articles in Search Results

HIGHLIGHTS Factually correct articles will bear ‘Fact check’ tag next to them Google will check if websites are conducting fact checking on their own It is currently rolling out in the US and the UK How many times have you been proven wrong among your friends because something you said was factually incorrect? You then actually doubt your knowledge and ... Read More »