Education

As she enters the settlement to meet the residents, an angry voice of a woman is ready to greet her. "Teen mahine se aise gande paani mein reh rahe hain. Nala phat ke paani bhar gaya hain, kisiko kuch pari nahi hain. Aur yeh aai hain vote mangne? Aayein zara mujhse baat karne, batati hoon vote ka," screams Malti, a resident of J J Camp. (We are living in this dirty water for three months. The drainpipe burst and the area is full of water, nobody cares. And now she has come to ask for votes? Let her come and talk to me, I'll tell her about vote.) … [Read more...] about AAP’s Atishi has revamped education in Delhi. But will that be enough to win a Lok Sabha seat?

The financial inclusion of women has also shown a considerable upswing at all-India level. The proportion of women having a bank or saving account that they themselves use has increased from 15.5 percent in 2005-06 to 53 percent in 2015-16. Gender budgeting has been taken up across ministries to ensure gender sensitive formulation of schemes and programmes. … [Read more...] about Economic Survey 2019: Expenditure on social services increased during past five years

Remember, you are doing what best you can do. You are saving for your retirement so that you don’t become a burden on your children. You are also saving some money (to best of your ability) for their higher education. It may not be enough but is still going to be a reasonable contribution from your end. The funding gap (if any) can always be taken care of via education loans, scholarships, etc. … [Read more...] about Retirement vs child’s future: What should you prioritise?

Tesler was responsible for creating some of the world’s most familiar user interface tools, including the frequently used “cut, copy and paste” and the “find and replace” commands. Tesler pioneered the concept during his time at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in the 1970s. The “cut, copy, paste” operation went on to become an indispensable for both text editors and entire computer operating systems.The inventor of cut/copy & paste, find & replace, and more was former Xerox researcher Larry Tesler. Your workday is easier thanks to his revolutionary ideas. Larry passed away Monday, so please join us in celebrating him. Photo credit: Yahoo CC-By-2.0 https://t.co/MXijSIMgoApic.twitter.com/kXfLFuOlon … [Read more...] about Larry Tesler: Pioneer of the digital ‘cut, copy and paste’ operations, dies at age 74

"We are a mineral rich state and have several mineral based-industries. We invite companies and investors from America to come and explore core sectors” as well those sectors and regions where there is untapped potential, Baghel told PTI in an interview. … [Read more...] about Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel invites investors from America to invest in state