Scholarship applications are open for the Charpak Exchange Programme 2016 (autumn session). This programme, organised by Campus France, is designed for exchange students for a period of one to four months (duration of an academic semester) at the bachelor’s or master’s degree level. The benefits include student visa fee waiver, monthly stipend of 615 euros for up to four months, medical insurance coverage (around 300 euros/year) and affordable student housing […]

The fluctuating levels of Magnesium, an important nutrient, has an enormous impact on metabolism and regulation of human body’s internal clock, scientists have found in a first-of-its-kind research. Experiments in three major types of biological organisms – human cells, algae, and fungi – found in each case that levels of magnesium in cells rise and fall in a daily cycle. Scientists at the University of Edinburgh and the MRC Laboratory […]

A video has gone viral of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau showing off his geek side by nailing a reporter’s question about quantum computing. Speaking Friday at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, where he was making a funding announcement, Trudeau dared reporters to ask him about how quantum computing works during a question period. When a reporter obliged, Trudeau, a former teacher, gave a detailed and elaborate mini-lesson on […]

                                                     (Artwork by Ashwin Pandya) She loved the smell of old books and diaries. All of eight, Monal chanced upon a long pressed piece of paper from her Mamma’s brown diary which sort of read that her grandma had committed suicide along with her lover. It was […]

Ever feel like you’re stuck in a rut? Maybe it feels like you don’t belong where you are, but you can’t find a way out. You’ve tried everything, but you just can’t see the light. Countless self-help articles urge you to go all out in pursuit of your dreams, but this only leaves you feeling further from a life of fulfillment. Your dreams might still be under construction, but you […]

The first trailer of Udta Punjab, starring Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor and Diljit Dosanjh in lead roles, was launched on Saturday evening. The three-minute-nine-second long video is sure to give goosebumps to viewers and adds to the anticipation of the movie directed by Abhishek Chaubey. Udta Punjab highlights the problem of drug addiction, which has become a serious issue in Punjab. Kareena Kapoor Khan essays the role of […]

Rajan, known to have frank views on state of affairs in the Indian and global economy, said “a bunch of good things have happened” in India, but there were “still some things to do”. With India being often described as ‘the bright spot in the global economy’, Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan sees this as a case of ‘the one-eyed man’ being king in the land of the blind. Amid […]

If you think you have been to a theatre with cutting edge technology, then think again. An operation on a patient with colon cancer at The Royal London Hospital is the first in the world to be broadcasted live through virtual reality (VR) technology. On Thursday, medical students watched remotely though VR headsets and smartphones to learn about surgery at first hand from one of the country’s leading cancer surgeons, […]

April 16 is the 127th birth anniversary of Charlie Chaplin. A quick look at a rare genius entertainer who made the world laugh… Imagine a man walking down the street in an oversized, baggy suit, tipping his bowler hat to people walking by and occasionally tapping his cane on the pavement. What is distinct about him is that he waddles like a penguin and has a funny looking moustache (known […]

‘Main Hun Toh Tu Hai, Main Nahi To Tu Bhi Nahi’, these lines would have sounded like any other filler but when we have a ‘fan’ uttering this to his favourite superstar—it does leave an indelible impact. Welcome to the world of Gaurav Chandna aka the greatest, maddest and perhaps the scariest self-proclaimed ‘FAN’ of superstar Aryan Khanna (Shah Rukh Khan). He looks like him, minus the big nose; he […]