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JioHotstar domain row: Reliance denies Delhi techie's offer, mulls action

The developer requested £93,345 from Reliance Industries to cover his tuition fees for an Executive MBA programme at the Cambridge, but was denied

Delhi techie snags JioHotstar domain, asks Reliance to fund Cambridge dream

The Delhi techie attached a personal request to the webpage, asking Reliance Industries to fund his Cambridge University dream in exchange for the domain

Rahul to deliver 2 lectures at Cambridge University; Nyay yatra on break

The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will take a break from February 26 to March 1 to enable Rahul Gandhi to deliver two special lectures at his alma mater, Cambridge University, and attend important meetings in New Delhi, the Congress said on Wednesday. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh also said February 22 and 23 will be rest days for the yatra after its Kanpur leg on Wednesday. The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will resume on the morning of February 24 from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh and thereafter, cover Sambhal, Aligarh, Hathras and Agra districts, before arriving in Rajasthan's Dholpur, Ramesh said. "February 26th to March 1st will be break days to enable Rahul Gandhi to fulfil his long-standing commitment to deliver two special lectures at his alma mater Cambridge University (UK) on February 27th and February 28th and also to enable him to attend other important meetings in New Delhi," Ramesh said in a post on X. The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will once again res

Can Oxford and Cambridge save Harvard from AI's educational Armageddon

What can be done to avoid a future in which AI institutionalises cheating and robs education of any real content? This question is stirring an anxious debate in the university world

Cambridge University launches Indian indentured labour history fellowship

The University of Cambridge has created what is believed to be the first-ever visiting fellowship into the study of indentured labour, the controversial system involving millions of Indians that replaced slavery during British colonisation. The university's Selwyn College appointed Guyanese-American Professor Gaiutra Bahadur last week as the "Ramesh and Leela Narain visiting bye-fellow in Indentureship Studies". Bahadur is the author of Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture', a major study of the lives of Indian women who became indentured labourers to colonial plantations in the 19th century. I am honoured and delighted to be the inaugural visiting bye-fellow in indentureship studies, said Bahadur. When I first began doing research in this area, the funding just wasn't there, so it was in many ways a labour of love. That's why I'm so happy to see there's now visibility and funding like this to help future researchers, she said. Selwyn College and the Ameena Gafoor Institute, whi

Had Pegasus on my phone, intelligence officers cautioned me: Rahul Gandhi

Talking to students at Cambridge University, Gandhi said that a 'yatra' is a journey or pilgrimage in which people 'shut themselves down so they can listen to others'

Rahul Gandhi sheds Bharat Jodo Yatra look, trims beard for Cambridge

This is the first time Gandhi has appeared in this look since the Yatra concluded over a month ago after covering 12 states and two union territories over 150 days

From QUAD summit to Gyanvapi case hearing, here're top news on May 23

Top News Today: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Japan for two days for a summit of Quad leaders. A Varanasi court will resume hearing the Gyanvapi mosque case today.

Rahul Gandhi to interact with students at Cambridge University on May 23

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will interact with students at the Cambridge University in London on May 23 and address them on 'India at 75'. The former Congress chief will also interact with the Indian diaspora and will speak on 'Ideas for India' at an event on Friday, May 20, the party said. "Sh. Rahul Gandhi will address and interact at Cambridge University on 'India at 75', the challenges and way ahead for a resilient-modern India. "Sh. Gandhi shall also speak on 'Ideas for India' Conference at London and interact with Indian diaspora on what the present and future holds," Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said on Twitter. Gandhi has had a series of interactions with students of many foreign universities in the past few months.

Charaiveti: An academic's journey- Part 11

In Cambridge, I came upon what can be called an 'abundanza' of European art films.

Stephen Hawking's archive, office acquired for London's Science Museum

London's Science Museum and the Cambridge University library said they have acquired a large collection of items belonging to late physicist Stephen Hawking

Charles Darwin's notebooks reported stolen from Cambridge library

The notebooks, estimated to be worth millions of pounds, include the 19th-century scientist''s famous "Tree of Life" sketch

JP Morgan's new chairman, Leo Puri, could be the Mr Dependable they need

His former colleagues say that he is a patient listener and participant, even if he does not agree with the views.

Covid-19 crisis: Cambridge University scraps in-person lectures for 2020-21

It likely won't be the last, as the virus threatens the foundations of the traditional student experience, and the finances of universities around the world

A Delhi trust gives wings to underprivileged girls to pursue higher studies

Udayan Care started the Shalini fellowship in 2002 for girls from marginal background who have completed Class X and aspire to study further.

Generation 1947: A Mumbai exhibition on stories from India's first citizens

Through interviews with citizens of the subcontinent born before 1947, the Citizens' Archive of India is piecing together the social history of India in the early years of its freedom.

Cambridge University to study its links to trans-Atlantic slave trade

Cambridge says the study is part of a "wider reflection" on the links between slavery and universities in Britain and the United States