Education

Restructuring the public school system

November 21, 2018

The state governments should act as facilitators to the process of school rationalization. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint Indian public schools are seeing a systemic decline in enrolment, resulting in the massive growth of small and tiny government schools. According to a recent article by economist Geeta Kingdon, 419,000 (40%) of government schools had total enrolment less […]

Zeta introduces Express Insights

November 21, 2018

Zeta, a fintech player in the space of corporate employee benefits, has expanded its product offering by launching a new solution called, “Express Insights.” Express Insights is a deep analytical solution that offers corporates and cafeteria vendors with detailed analysis to facilitate better food management and enhance overall cafeteria experience. Ramki Gaddipati, Zeta Co-founder & […]

Israeli Firm Says It Can Turn Garbage Into Bio-Based Plastic

November 21, 2018

Hawks, vultures and storks circle overhead as Christopher Sveen points at the heap of refuse rotting in the desert heat. “This is the mine of the future,” he beams. Sveen is chief sustainability officer at UBQ, an Israeli company that has patented a process to convert household trash, diverting waste from landfills into reusable bio-based […]

With the launch of TESS, NASA will boost its search for exoplanets

November 21, 2018

NASA is stepping up its search for planets outside our solar system. Its next exoplanet hunting telescope, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), is due to launch from Cape Canaveral on the evening of April 16. Following the Kepler space telescope’s discovery of more than 5,000 possible exoplanets since 2009, TESS will continue the galactic census — flagging […]

PM Narendra Modi congratulates ISRO for launch of navigation satellite IRNSS-1I

November 21, 2018

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Moditoday congratulated ISRO scientists for the successful launch of navigation satellite IRNSS-1I and said it will benefit the common man of the country. ISRO’s navigation satellite INRSS-1I was today launched by PSLV-C41 from the spaceport at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh and was successfully placed in the designated orbit. “Congratulations to our scientists on the successful […]

Is Inside Mobile Home Parks A Sensible Choice?

October 31, 2018

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