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Indian scholar at Cambridge solves 2500 year old Sanskrit Grammatical problem

Rishi Rajpopat found that Panini's ‘language machine’ created almost all grammatically accurate words.

Dec 16, 2022, 14:37 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi flies to UK to address `Ideas for India` event at Cambridge

Hardik Patel quit Congress at a time when the Bharatiya Janata Party has already gone in overdrive to prepare for the Gujarat Assembly elections.

May 19, 2022, 16:58 PM IST

Cambridge University kicks off vaccine trials to fight all coronaviruses

A vaccine that clears all trials can then be delivered pain-free without a needle into the skin through a spring-powered jet injection.

Aug 26, 2020, 16:27 PM IST

Supreme Court allows Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad, sets a deadline for his return

If he fails to return by December 10, it will be considered as contempt of court, said the bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra.

Nov 20, 2017, 16:28 PM IST

This sheep can recognise Emma Watson and Barack Obama – Watch video

Researchers trained eight sheep to recognise the faces of four celebrities – Fiona Bruce, Jake Gyllenhaal, Barak Obama and Emma Watson – from photographic portraits displayed on computer screens.

Nov 08, 2017, 16:30 PM IST

Guess how many times people viewed Stephen Hawking's PhD thesis

Just a few days after it was made available to public, it was viewed more than 2 million times.

Oct 28, 2017, 17:20 PM IST

Readers flock to read Stephen Hawking's PhD thesis, crash Cambridge University website

More than 60,000 have so far accessed his work as a 24-year-old postgraduate.

Oct 24, 2017, 15:30 PM IST

Cambridge University may scrap written exams due to bad handwriting

The move would see an end to more than 800 years of tradition after students increasingly chose to use laptops to take down lecture notes.

Sep 10, 2017, 16:39 PM IST

Scientists detect mysterious new state of matter

The state, known as a quantum spin liquid, was found in a two-dimensional material with a structure similar to graphene. 

Apr 08, 2016, 17:46 PM IST

Delhi government to send 90 school principals for training in Cambridge

Delhi government has allocated Rs 102 crore for international training of principals and teachers in its budget for the current financial year.

Apr 04, 2016, 21:01 PM IST

Cambridge University launches written admission tests

The at-interview assessments will take place during the December interview period on the university premises, usually on the same day as the interviews.

Feb 02, 2016, 23:08 PM IST

Nobel winner V Ramakrishnan refuses to attend Indian Science Congress, calls it a 'circus'

India-born Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has refused to attend the Indian Science Congress ever in future and called it a 'circus'.

Jan 06, 2016, 09:52 AM IST

Stephen Hawking cancels public events due to ill health

The Cambridge university did not provide any details about the condition of the 73-year-old professor.

Nov 11, 2015, 02:20 AM IST

Good new! Cambridge University mulling to reintroduce universal entrance exam

Cambridge University is planning to reintroduce a universal entrance exam after nearly two decades to make it easier to pick the brightest students.

Sep 21, 2015, 16:13 PM IST

Large tableware may make you obese

Large-sized tableware, portions,and packages lead to people consuming more than they actually wish to.

Sep 20, 2015, 16:16 PM IST

Facebook knows you better than your friends

Researchers from Cambridge University and Stanford University have devised a software that can reveal your personality better than your friends by analysing posts that you "like" on the social networking site Facebook.

Jan 13, 2015, 14:33 PM IST