1 Jan 2014 | NDTV Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur has set a record among all IITs with more than a thousand of its students securing cushy jobs in the first phase of campus placements, officials said today. Around 1,010 students of the Kharagpur campus accepted job offers in the first round of placement

Researchers think that this thickening could also help to stave off depression London: They say religion is a matter of the heart - but it seems the shape of our brains could also have a role to play. Believers or those with a spiritual side have ‘thicker’ sections of brain tissue than other

NEW DELHI: It may rain jobs in the new year as companies are gearing up to add over 8 lakh new employees to their payrolls and dole out salary hikes of up to 20 per cent to best performers in 2014, say experts. As per estimates of various human resource consultants, the year 2014 seems very promi

As with a regular computer, you can wipe all the personal data and programmes from an Android tablet at once. This can be helpful if you want to pass the device to someone else or start over with it yourself. Wiping the device completely erases the tablet, though, so make sure you do not need anythi

Top IT companies expect 2014 to be a better year than 2013 in terms of growth and demand for their services. This is heartening. However, it's also a period of big change where both technologies and business models are transforming and unless Indian IT providers keep pace, they risk being left be

New Delhi: Job uncertainty has increased pressure on Indian employees with 71 per cent saying they are experiencing more stress-related illness ever since the economic downturn, according to a survey by Regus. The study said stress-related illness can worsen or cause a whole series of health cond

What can you do with your sunglasses when the Sun goes down? You can use them to charge your smartphone! An Indian designer based in the US has turned a pair of sunglasses into a smartphone charging device by adding solar panels to them. Sayalee Kaluskar's The Ray-Ban Shama Shades are part of

IIMC Commences Five Months Diploma Course in Urdu Journalism In a major initiative to mainstream the use of Urdu in journalism, the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi has commenced a five month Diploma Course in Urdu Journalism. The course intends to promote the proficiency

Someone is quietly profiling your every move online: snooping around what you tweet or scribble on FB or even scanning your emails to friends and family. If that sounds suspiciously close to stalking, marketers have a more polite name for the practice: mapping. While not a new phenomenon in India

Message from: HRD - Talent Acquisition, Infosys In our journey of building tomorrow’s enterprises for our clients, we are looking for young stars with a passion to work and excel in a dynamic environment. We need Freshers who have graduated in 2013 and 2012, who are quick learners, possess excell

NEW DELHI: The employment scenario in the country is likely to witness a surge in 2014  and a rebound in economic growth raising prospects for jobs across sectors. A deep economic slowdown and delay in implementation of projects have hurt jobs in several sectors, particularly in manufacturing. The s

Any new smartphone has a gimmick. Whether it's wireless charging, fingerprint scanning or even eye-tracking, there's always an amazing feature you "can't live without." But let's be honest: many of those features you really can live without. On the other hand, some of the futuristic technology av

A virulent form of ransomware has now infected about quarter of a million Windows computers, according to a report by security researchers. Cryptolocker scrambles users' data and then demands a fee to unencrypt it alongside a countdown clock. Dell Secureworks said that the US and UK had been w

MUMBAI: More and more people in the country are finding jobs through social media websites, a study says. "More than half the respondents in India, or 56 per cent, said they were contacted through social media about employment opportunity in the prior (last) year, while 25 per cent of respondents

As smartphones age, they tend to slow down and lag too much while performing the simplest of tasks. But worry not, you can make your old gadget operate faster, just follow these three tips: Updates Firmware updates take care of lags, bugs, and other issues that you may not be aware of. Such issu

Indian IT bellwether Wipro unveiled an online programme to train undergraduate students in finance and accounts to enhance their job skills in both subjects, the company said Wednesday. "We have started imparting skills online to final year students of commerce and business administration in sele

US researchers have found that most of the smartphone apps created to help smokers kick the butt may not give people the guidance they need. The findings come even as many of the 11 million smokers in the US have downloaded smartphone apps to help them quit. Since most of these apps don't incl

LONDON: For the first time, an artificial heart that may give patients up to five years of extra life has been successfully implanted in a 75-year-old French man. The artificial heart, designed by French biomedical firm Carmat, is powered by Lithium-ion batteries that can be worn externally. T