Major Tectonic Collisions in Tropics Trigger Earth's Ice Ages

Over last 540 million years, Earth has weathered 3 major ice ages; during that period global temperatures plunged and produced extensive ice sheets and glaciers that stretched beyond the polar caps. Scientists at MIT, University of California at Santa Barbara, and the University of California at Berkeley have identified the likely trigger for thes ...

Microsoft Along With CarveNiche Technologies Will Provide AI-Based Math Classes

In a bid to lower the stress of Mathematics on students, Bengaluru based EdTech company CarveNiche Technologies has agreed on an agreement with Microsoft for its customizable Math learning solution. The programme title name is beGalileo. This allows students from class 1st to 10th to learn Maths using Artificial Intelligence (AI). The move makes &l ...

Students Are Provided With A Better Understanding of Physics

Let your child move over rocket crackers when he can now fly a real rocket. All thanks to Rocketeers, a startup which is now teaching students how to fly one. This startup is founded by Bengaluru-based aerospace engineers Divyanshu Poddar and Akash Ekka, alumni of Indian Institute of Space Technology (IIST). The company aims for developing a model ...

Piracy of NCERT Books Syndicate Busted, One Held

A police officer on Monday said that a printing press owner has been arrested by the Delhi Police claiming a syndicate involved in pirating (printing and circulating) books of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). Abhishek Chaudhary, 28, was arrested on March 12th from his residence in Shakarpur. This incident happened ...

Chapters Related to Caste Struggles, Colonialism of Class 9th History Book Will Be Dropped

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has decided to drop three chapters from its 9th class history textbook as a part of the second textbook review undertaken by the current government. As per a report in the Indian Express, the revised edition, which will not be including almost 70 pages from the textbook titled India ...

Finland, Switzerland And New Zealand Are Leading The Way At Teaching Skills For The Future

Finland is the leader of the world at the provision of future skills education, as per the Worldwide Educating for the Future Index (WEFFI), which is now in its second year, closely followed by Switzerland. Both the countries particularly have excelled in the policy environment category, and specifically in terms of formulation of future skills st ...

India Celebrates 11 Different Forms Of Holi

Holi is the festival of colors. But while people are already excited for the long weekend, and have their drinking and dancing plans in place, there are various types of Holis that they are unaware about.   1. Lathmar Holi - Barsana village, Uttar Pradesh: According to myths, Holi started in the Barsana region of India including Vrindavan, M ...

Delhi Government Schools Are Introducing a Happiness Course

A proposal has been introduced in the classes for schools which are under municipal corporations and Delhi government schools as well, stating that the happiness curriculum has brought positive changes in the life of students studying in these schools.   The government has introduced this curriculum for classes Nursery to VIIIth. The curricu ...

Ancient Records Are Prompting To Rethink Of Animal Evolution Timeline

After gaining fresh insights into how life on Earth diversified millions of years ago, scientists are rethinking a huge milestone in animal evolution. According to researchers, evolutionary activity bursts which raised the number and variety of animals started earlier, occurred over a longer timeframe and were more frequent than previously thought. ...

JEE Main 2019 April Exam: 72% JEE Main 1 Students Register To Take Main 2

Around 72% of the students of Joint Entrance Examination (Main 1) have registered for the Main 2 exam as well so as for improving their marks. This is the very first time that the engineering/ architecture entrance test for the IITs, NITs and other top technical education institutions are being held a second time. This is to give an opportunity to ...