Vodafone Foundation to provide education in 1,000 schools

Last Updated: Thursday, April 26, 2012, 22:26

Vodafone Foundation, the charity arm of the telecom giant, Thursday pledged to provide learning solutions in 1,000 schools across India, a move that will benefit 50,000 unperprivilged students.

Cancer patients, rediscover joys of learning

Last Updated: Friday, March 30, 2012, 10:13

Many young cancer patients will now have a chance to enrol themselves in short-term courses.

EdServ to invest Rs 40 cr in setting up e-learning centers

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 19:20

Chennai-based e-learning company EdServ Wednesday said it will invest around Rs 40 crore in setting up instructor-led-training centers across the country.

Rahul visits Islamic learning centre

Last Updated: Sunday, December 11, 2011, 18:26

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi visited Nadva, a renowned centre of Islamic learning, and met its rector Maulana Rabe Hasni Nadvi.

Hands determine how we learn and remember info

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 11:58

People’s ability to learn and remember information depends on what they do with their hands while they are learning, scientists say.

Helen Mirren learns Russian for new film

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 09:39

`The Queen` star Helen Mirren says she had to learn Russian for her new movie `The Debt`.

TV is turning teenagers off learning foreign languages

Last Updated: Saturday, June 25, 2011, 18:24

A BBC journalist has suggested that the TV, Internet and music are turning teenagers off learning foreign languages.

`Parents` divorce affects kid`s learning, socialising ability`

Last Updated: Thursday, June 2, 2011, 13:48

Children who witness their parents` divorce at a tender age are most likely to struggle with maths and making friends, a new study has found.

Learning `shudh` Hindi was tough, says Deepika

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 13:02

Deepika , who is charged up for Prakash Jha`s `Aarakshan`, which is based on the issue of reservation, says that learning `shud` (chaste) Hindi was a difficult task.

Liz Hurley ‘learning about men from nine-year-old son’

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 21:29

Hurley revealed that son Damien gave her uncensored insight into the male psyche.

Kate Middleton to spend 2 yrs learning her role to adjust to royal life

Last Updated: Monday, April 25, 2011, 11:04

With just four days to go for the royal wedding, it has emerged that Prince William wants his fiancee Kate Middleton to spend two years learning her role to adjust to the royal life and to keep her from the pressures his mother faced.