NEW DELHI: India is set to get full-fledged membership status of the Washington Accord by June, enabling global recognition of Indian degrees and improving mobility of students and engineers. Secretary higher education Ashok Thakur also said steps were being taken to set up National Acc

London: A Japanese company has developed a device that can track everything you do in the workplace - from how long you have been sitting idle to how often you visit the lavatory. Hitachi, the electronics maker, has created a device called 'Business Microscope', which looks like a badge or ID car

TELCO (now Tata Motors) had big dreams and plans in the 1970s. The market for trucks was booming, with the waiting list for new trucks as long as 6-7 years. Telco decided to expand production and build new factories near Pune. It could raise the money, but it couldn't buy machines, equipment and die

Room-wide web! U.S. computer software giant Microsoft has proposed new technology which would allow displaying of web content on multiple flat surfaces and devices such as phones or tablets in a room. The technology would mean different parts of web content would fit just right onto different pat

Job options for IT post-graduates are often limited to roles, where either demand is not high or candidates are given mundane tasks. TimesJobs.com probed recruitment experts to explore hot job options available to IT post-graduates in 2014. Hot Job Title: Big Data Crunching (collection of large a

Scientists have devised a new mathematical formula that can reduce the annual electricity consumption of a building by up to 50 per cent.  The formula detects unreliable systems and faulty equipment that affects energy consumption, researchers said. Li Song, from the University of Oklahoma, an

CHENNAI: None of India's 700 universities and 35,539 colleges has made it to the top 100 list of the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings released on Thursday. This means that academics don't think too highly of the capabilities and work of our higher educational institutions. The

NEW DELHI: Ushering in one of the most radical exam reforms, the Central Board of Secondary Education will allow Class XII students currently appearing for the board exams to not only get a copy of their evaluated answersheets, but also seek re-evaluation instead of just a recount of the marks, sour

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the revised dates for the Class XII board examinations, postponing those which were clashing with the polls in April. The examination for various subjects scheduled for April 9, 10, 12 and 17 will now take place on April 25, 21, 19 and

WASHINGTON: Frequent Facebook usersmight be sharing more than just party pictures, vacation videos and selfies — they also share a greater risk of eating disorders, according to a new study. Researchers led by Florida State University Psychology professor Pamela K Keel studied 960 college women and

Mid- to high-end models of Volkswagen to hit the roads in 2014 will have dashboard screens that display contents of your smartphone. Smartphone apps will appear on vehicle-mounted controls , making them easier to use while driving. This integration, which uses Bluetooth to help the smartphone int

There is a framed photo on my desk of a runner out for a run in a beautiful field with mountainous views. The photo says, “Persistence – The race goes not only to the swift but to those who keep running.” I love this photo because it reminds me to be persistent in the pursuit of my goals and drea

NEW DELHI: Google on Wednesday announced the availability of indoor maps in India. The company said that users of Google Maps on Android, iOS and personal computers can now access the floor plans of 75 places in 22 Indian cities. Most of these 75 places are shopping malls but museums and conventi

NEW DELHI: Microsoft will launch low-cost Windows tablets in the coming months, specifically made for consumers in India. The tablets, which could sell for as low as Rs 10,000, will help Microsoft achieve price parity with Android devices in the market. The tablets will likely be made by Microsof

After increasing the number of attempts for civil service aspirants, the government has now raised the age limit for appearing in the examination for which over two lakh people appear every year. Last month, the government had announced the increase in the number of attempts by two in all categor

NEW DELHI: Waiting to buy Motorola's low-cost Moto G smartphone? Here's good news, Moto G is back in stock. Both the 8 and 16GB variants of the device are now available for purchase on Flipkart, Motorola's official partner in India. Moto G had gone out of stock in the country in February, with Fl

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MUMBAI: More than 50 years after surgery for mental illness fell into disrepute, guidelines have been drawn up for the first time to operate on patients with major depression and obsessive compulsive disorders (OCD). The World Society for Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery last month publ