MUMBAI: A study across 13 countries has revealed that Australia is the most expensive when it comes to studying abroad. While an international student will bear a combined average cost of US $38,515 per year in Australia, Germany was found to be the cheapest with expenses coming up to US $6,285.

BANGALORE: Bangalore-headquartered Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has once again made the country proud. It is the only Indian institute that has made it to the top 500 in the 2013 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) which was released by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shan

A Singapore-based company has launched an iPhone app alerting Muslims when to pray and in which direction they should face even when they're 35,000 feet in the air. Travellers input the flight details and are provided with prayer times during their journey, as well as the direction of the Mus

PRE-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP 2013-14 - LAST DATE EXTENDED ( Updated on 05 August 2013 @ 3 PM) The Last date for the Students to submit the filled in applications to the School Head Master / Principal extended till 17 August 2013 The Last date for the School Head Master / Principal to submit the appl

It always surprises me when I stumble on a new, effective way to manage stress at work (or anywhere, for that matter). Sure, there’s always some newfangled idea floating around. Unfortunately, more often than not, I find such ideas are full of promise but lack the substance to really make them w

If you've enabled Google Chrome's 'Offer to save passwords I enter on the web' feature and have saved some or all of your passwords through it, you should remember to sign-out of your Google account in Chrome, especially if you use the browser on a shared computer. Google's popular Web browse

Mumbai: The employment outlook for 2013-2014 remains positive in the country with 58 per cent employers anticipating a growth in staff numbers over the next 12 months, according to a recent survey. "About 58 per cent employers anticipate an increase in staff numbers over the next 12 months. S

The government is exploring the option of making it compulsory for telecom service providers to take fingerprint or any other biometric feature of the subscriber when he/she applies for a mobile connection. The Department of Telecom (DoT) recently received a suggestion from the Ministry of Ho

Microsoft launched its Office 365 for full time and part time university students in India on Tuesday with a subscription offer. Office 365 University includes the complete set of Office applications and can be installed on two PCs or Macs. It also sports Office on Demand and an additional

Seven years after the Sachar Committee report drew attention to the under-representation of Muslims in employment and education, figures tabled in the Lok Sabha show that minority groups are still under-represented in government jobs. More worrying still, their numbers are falling. In 2011-12,

New Delhi: The percentage of minorities recruited in central government jobs and public sector banks has been declining. Minority Affairs minister K Rahman Khan said in Rajya Sabha today that minorities accounted for 6.24 percent of total recruitment in these services in 2011-12. Their percent

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Parents, note! Better keep your smart phone away from the reach of your kids. Toddlers who play with smart phones are at an increased risk of impeding their brain development, experts have warned. According to a new study, 25 per cent of kids as old as two years old and younger have their

New Delhi: About 16,000 candidates have successfully qualified this year's Civil Services (Preliminary) examination, results of which have been declared by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The UPSC has advised the qualifiers not to file any RTI applications seeking details of their

Android Jellybean (versions 4.1.x and 4.2.x) now comprises 40.5 percent of all Android devices  - at least the ones that meet Google's criterion - according to the monthly distribution data for the Android OS platform, shared by Google for the month of August. It's another thing that there's

  Creating the life and career success you want and deserve is simple common sense. It’s not hard, but you need to do it right. First, focus on the four C’s of success: clarity, commitment, confidence, and competence. 1. Clarify The Purpose And Direction For Your Life And Career Cr

Smartphones from local manufacturers seem to be favoured for their features and cost There is a flood of new smartphones in the Indian market. Not a surprise really, considering the rate at which technology advances. But the surprise is that a lot of them are from local manufactures, catering to

Hiring managers sometimes have to read over hundreds of resumes each day. They all start looking the same, as you can imagine. What does it take to write a strong, compelling resume that will catch their attention? That’s the prize-winning question! Because hiring managers, recruiters, or HR