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 […]

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that destroying the ISIS group remains his “top priority” at a time when the jihadist group continues to lose ground in Iraq and Syria. “We continue to take on their leadership, their financial networks, their infrastructure,” Obama said at a meeting with senior military officials in the White House. “We are going to squeeze them and we will defeat them.” Carter on Tuesday proposed changes […]

Applications are invited for the Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship. Launched in September 2014, the scheme aims at building long-term capacity to address climate change-related issues in India and the US. The doctoral research fellowships under this scheme are designed for Indian scholars who are registered for a PhD at an Indian institution. These fellowships are for six to nine months. The postdoctoral research fellowships are designed for Indian faculty and researchers […]

 An Indian-origin entrepreneur in the UAE today launched a new USD 200,000 fund to support education projects around the world by providing good teachers and quality education to every child including refugees. Kerala-born Sunny Varkey, 59, a Dubai-based education philanthropist, launched the Varkey Foundation Challenge Fund here at the two-day Global Education and Skills Forum 2016. The first allocations of the fund will go for projects in the Middle East, […]

On Christmas Eve 2015, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was publicly confident that his country had “technically won the war” against the Islamist group Boko Haram. Less than two months into 2016, and the group is still wreaking havoc across northern Nigeria and beyond. Since the beginning of the year, the group has killed more than 100 people and continued to drive many more from their homes as they flee for […]

Tata Consultancy Services scored high on familiarity, loyalty, staff satisfaction and corporate reputation. India’s top multinational IT company Tata Consultancy Services has been rated as the world’s most powerful brand in Information Technology Services by a leading global brand valuation firm, the company said on Wednesday. Brand Finance’s 2016 annual report evaluated thousands of the world’s top brands to determine which are the most powerful and the most valuable. Scoring […]

They are among the richest people on earth, have won plaudits for their fight to eradicate some of the world’s deadliest and prolific killers, and donated billions to better educate and feed the poorest on the planet.  Despite this, Bill and Melinda Gates are facing calls for their philanthropic Foundation, through which they have donated billions worldwide, to be subject to an international investigation, according to a controversial new report.  […]

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has issued exam notifications for admissions to National Defence Academy (NDA) and Naval Academy for 2016. Candidates can apply for the exams before Jan 29 at www.upsconline.nic.in. Application process: Click on the link ‘Notification – National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I), 2016’ after logging into the website upsc.gov.in. Read the instructions carefully Candidates will be required to complete the online application form […]

Some half dozen cars are parked in the largely empty lot of the warehouse style building bearing the name SVU – for Silicon Valley University — on Fortune Drive in San Jose. A few students are trickling in to the spare lobby of the building where two admin personnel are fielding questions behind an inquiry counter. There is a rather bare library to the right of the lobby with a […]

Google is ramping up investments in India for development of more local products, building engineering capabilities and setting up a new campus in the country as it aims to bring all Indians online. India as one of the most important markets, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said, “Our focus is on bringing Internet access to everyone, making sure our products are working for them in a meaningful way and then ensure […]