Students who change schools frequently are at risk of lower math scores and have a harder time managing their behaviour and attention in the classroom than students who stay in the same school, says a new study. Children who experienced fewer school transitions over a five-year period, demonstrated greater cognitive skills and higher math achievement in early elementary school, relative …

Presenting a platform for the folk and root musicians of Rajasthan with international music collaborations, Jodhpur RIFF, which will present its ninth edition during October 23-27, has been creating new music for not just audiences but to the country, festival director Divya Bhatia said. Jodhpur’s Rajasthan International Folk Festival (RIFF), with its Rajasthani folk musicians and international artists, has been …

Internet giant Google on Thursday launched a new app – Delhi Public Transport App – which aims to make it easier for the residents of the national capital to get around on public transport. The new experimental app will be built into Google Maps and will help users get transit directions easily even when the connection is slow and data …

If you want to remember a poem or some other lesson, repeating it aloud while addressing another person may be the most effective way to recall, says a study. “We knew that repeating aloud was good for memory, but this is the first study to show that if it is done in a context of communication, the effect is greater …

If she is yet to respond to your email request for a date this weekend, don’t get hassled. This is because you may have to wait about four minutes longer for an email response from a woman than an email response from a man, an interesting study has revealed. While you may also be obsessing if an email never arrived …

बागन काहे को जाओ पिया घर बैठे ही बाग लगाए दिखाऊँ एड़ी अनार–सी मौर रही बहियाँ दोउ चम्पे–सी डार नवाऊँ। छातिन मैं रस के निबुआ अरु घूँघट खोल के दाख चखाऊँ ढाँगन के रस के चसके रति फूलनि की रसखानि लुटाऊँ। अंगनि अंग मिलाइँ दोऊ रसखान रहे लिपटे तरु छाहीं संगनि संग अनंग को रंग सुरंग सनी पिय दे गलबाँहीं। …

धुआँ, धूप, पानी में ऋतु की मन मानी में सूख गये पौधे तो मन को मत कोसना और काम सोचना। अधरस्ते छूट गये जो प्यारे मित्र प्याले में तिरें जब कभी उनके चित्र दरवाजा उढ़का कर हाते को पार कर नाले में कागज़ की कुछ नावें छोड़ना कुछ हिसाब जोड़ना। माथे पर हाथ धरे बैठी हो शाम लौट रहा हो …

महात्मा गांधी: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी (2 अक्टूबर 1869 – 30 जनवरी 1948) भारत एवं भारतीय स्वतंत्रता आंदोलन के एक प्रमुख राजनैतिक एवं आध्यात्मिक नेता थे। वे सत्याग्रह के माध्यम से अत्याचार के प्रतिकार के अग्रणी नेता थे, उनकी इस अवधारणा की नींव सम्पूर्ण अहिंसा के सिद्धान्त पर रखी गयी थी जिसने भारत को आजादी दिलाकर पूरी दुनिया में जनता के नागरिक …

Annie Besant was born on 1 October 1847 in London to Irish parents. In 1893, she left for India having been influenced by the Indian culture and civilization. She was famous as a social worker, educationalist and journalist. She became a staunch supporter of Indian Independence Movement and her contribution to India’s freedom struggle was remarkable. She founded the Home-Rule …

Not very far from the glitter and grunge of Gurgaon is a shrine that can trace its history back to the late 12th century. Every September, following the monsoon’s retreat, in the month of Bhadra, the shrine’s home -the village of Kasan -becomes the tableau of a fair thronged by many multitudes. Kasan, a settlement like countless others on the …