While experts the world over are looking for ways to stop smartphone batteries from dying within a few hours of charging, a Tel Aviv-based start-up StoreDot is developing a battery that would get fully charged in 30 seconds. Based on nanodots, the new battery is capable of moving electric current

The Department of Primary and Secondary Education has constituetd Education Quality Monitoring Cell (EQMC) to monitor quality of education at government schools. Recent surveys on the system of school education in the State have shown alarmingly low levels of learning achievement among children s

Most people are troubled when they have to perform in front of a large audience. This is nothing to be ashamed of – it’s normal to have stage fright. This is something you need to work on and you’ll get addicted to the feeling you get on stage in time. But before you get there, you need to do your h

New Delhi: Only 7 Muslims have made it to the final list of this year’s National Defence Academy & Naval Academy (NDA) out of total 570 successful candidates. Adeel Mohammad was in the top ten by coming in at 9th rank in the list. Last Friday, the UPSC has declared the result of the written p

New York: If you speak more languages than one, it is good not only for your social image but also for the health of your brain, a research said. Bilingualism has a positive effect on cognition later in life. Individuals, who speak two or more languages, even those who acquired the sec

Several universities in India do not meet the basic requirement of simple good governance, according to former Chief Justice of India Rajendra Babu. "Even though the country's economy has grown through globalisation, we have to think about global competitiveness of the graduates of India. The res

NEW DELHI: Civil Services aspirants will get two more additional attempts from this year onwards to write the prestigious exam but there will be no change in its format and syllabi, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) said on Tuesday. "The aspirants should note that the government has deci

WASHINGTON: They know the risks of the internet better than anyone, but most cyber experts still shop and bank online with care. "We operate in the 21st century ... I've got to shop online, I've got to pay my bills online," Brigadier General Paul Nakasone, deputy commander of US Army Cyber Comman

Over four years after Apple introduced iPad - and dazzled the world - tablets remain a work in the progress. iPad is more or less amazing at what it does. But at the same time, it is a device that has limited appeal, especially in the developing countries where people don't want to carry more than o

30 May, 2014 | Aeraf Abuhuseina | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Anjuman Institute of Technology and Management, Bhatkal (AITM) has organized a mega campus placement drive in the 1st week of June 2014 by one of India's leading e-commerce company flipkart.com. Candidates who wish to register for the

NEW DELHI: The existing smartwatches, including Samsung's Galaxy Gear devices, cannot be used to make calls and they work properly only when they are connected to a smartphone. But according to a report by Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Samsung is now working on a smartwatch that would be able to make c

Author: Mathai Joseph Why don’t Indian software services companies develop products? Companies like TCS, Infosys and Wipro may be very profitable, but why is there no Indian equivalent of Microsoft, Google or Oracle? Such questions have dogged the Indian software services industry for many years

NEW DELHI: Girls have again outshone boys in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 examinations, the results of which were declared on Thursday. Girls have recorded a pass per centage of 88.52 per cent, while boys have a pass per centage of 78.27 per cent. "The difference be

28 May, 2014 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Fatima Raja, daughter of  Shamveel Siddiqui and Aliya Hasnath, has outshined in the CBSE Board Examination by scoring A1 grade in all the subjects in her Class 10 examination. A young student of Carmel Senior Secondary School, Andamans,  

Scientists at MIT and Stanford have developed a new battery technology that captures waste heat and converts it into electricity. Vast amounts of excess heat are generated by industrial processes and by electric power plants; researchers around the world have spent decades seeking ways to harness

The last day of Jnana Degula, the education fair organised by Deccan Herald and Prajavani, saw a number of students and parents ready to consider opportunities in emerging courses and new fields.  Various colleges that offered such courses provided ample information to students about the same.

Diploma Courses after 10th are amongst the most pursued courses after 10th class. Courses after 10th which are most beneficial are of Diploma level rather than Certificate Courses. This is because of the high relevancy and repute of after 10th diploma courses. The importance of Diploma after 10th is

Micromax has launched an Android 4.4.2 KitKat-based smartphone called Unite 2. Priced at Rs. 6,999, the Micromax Unite 2 will be available from Thursday and is touted to feature support for 20 regional languages (as well as English) with its Reverie Multilingual Pack. The smartphone is not currently