Pick top-quality leaders for our schools to build India's future: Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro

Pick top-quality leaders for our schools to build India's future: Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Where the school leadership (principal, head teacher, etc) is good, the school is often good. I am sure this conclusion doesn’t surprise most of us. Wipro Ltd. BSE 437.15 1.35 (0.31%) Vol:91205 shares traded NSE 437.15 -0.80 (-0.18%) Vol:3358225 shares traded Azim Premji There are multiple research studies...

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Lights, camera… career!

Lights, camera… career! As much as a career in film making seems attractive, young aspirants should be well prepared for the risks Apeksha Kaushik, TimesJobs.com Bureau Films are an important media, not only for entertainment and information, but also for communication. As a job, film making encompasses an assortment of tasks, roles, skills and talent. It is an art and science, wherein a film...

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Foods you shouldn't eat daily

Foods you shouldn't eat daily Foods you shouldn't eat daily (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images) While you may be making the utmost effort to eat healthy for the majority of your day, it is possible that there are the small daily mistakes you maybe making in your diet, which make weight loss, or weight management more difficult and a slower process than it should be. Sometimes it is these innocuous morsels of food that...

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Green tea helps fight against obesity

Green tea helps fight against obesity Green tea helps fight against obesity (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images) Penn State food scientists have found that green tea may slow down weight gain and serve as another tool in the fight against obesity. Mice that were fed Epigallocatechin-3-gallate -- EGCG -- a compound found in most green teas, along with a high-fat diet, gained weight 45 per cent more slowly than the control group...

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7 lifestyle steps that reduce cancer risk

7 lifestyle steps that reduce cancer risk 7 lifestyle steps that reduce cancer risk (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images) The American Heart Association's seven steps for a healthy heart- dubbed Life's Simple 7 - can also help keep cancer at bay, a new study has claimed. Laura Rasmussen-Torvik, a professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, said that following even six of the steps...

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TCS ranked top employer in Europe

TCS ranked top employer in Europe Indian IT leader Tata Consultancy Services has announced that it has been ranked as number top employer in Europe for 2013 by CRF Institute. LONDON/MUMBAI: Indian IT leader Tata Consultancy Services has announced that it has been ranked as number one top employer in Europe for 2013, by CRF Institute. TCS was chosen as first among the final 20 companies participating at a continental...

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Kohli, Raina in top 10 in ICC T20 rankings

Kohli, Raina in top 10 in ICC T20 rankings Virat Kohli with 731 points is at number eight position, followed by Suresh Raina (719) in the latest rankings table, which is headed by New Zealand's Brendon McCullum (810). DUBAI: Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina are the two Indians to figure in the list of top 10 in ICC Player Rankings for T20I batsmen, while India continue to hold onto the number three slot in the teams category,...

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Internet connectivity in India likely to stay affected for two weeks

Internet connectivity in India likely to stay affected for two weeks: Report Internet connectivity is likely to stay affected for the next two weeks in India as three undersea cables have suffered multilple cuts, according to a report by Livemint. The report quotes a Bharti Airtel spokesperson who informed that there have been multiple fibre cuts on SMW4, IMEWE and EIG cable systems, disrupting communication traffic between India and...

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Change of heart? IE11 might speed Web graphics with WebGL

Change of heart? IE11 might speed Web graphics with WebGL A leaked build of Microsoft's next browser shows signs that the company could be reversing its opposition to a standard for accelerated 2D and 3D graphics on the Web. The WebGL-powered version of Google Maps shows transparent 3D buildings such as this view of Kowloon and offers other fancy effects. Microsoft's next version of Internet Explorer might just support WebGL, a...

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Today`s quotes

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ...

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5 Lies women always tell men

5 Lies women always tell men 5 Lies that women tell men Here's a little help for men to figure out when their gal isn't being completely honest with them. Our tips help to decode female behaviour... Though a recent study claims that a woman's face is like an open book that reveals her state of mind, but men need to beware! Better not take it as the last verdict, for irrespective of how much you trust and adore your...

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Lakshmipathy Balaji engaged!

Cricketer Lakshmipathy Balaji and city model Priya Thalur have decided to make their relationship official. The two got engaged in a hushhush ceremony, held recently at the model's home in Chennai....

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Galaxy S4 priced at $249.99 with contract at AT&T

Galaxy S4 priced at $249.99 with contract at AT&T   AT&T said customers can pre-order Samsung's flagship phone on April 16. A launch date hasn't yet been given. AT&T said today it would begin taking pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S4, which it is pricing at $249.99 with a two-year contract. Eager customers can place their order starting April 16. AT&T hasn't yet announced when the smartphone would actually hit stores, and a representative declined to provide a specific date. The $249.99 price tag is...

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YouTube expands live video streaming tools

YouTube expands live video streaming tools The company has new tools for game makers to add live video streaming to their software. SAN FRANCISCO--YouTube today added a way for developers to publish live videos from their mobile applications. A new set of application programming interfaces, or APIs, introduced today by the company at the Game Developers Conference, lets developers push out a video stream of an app for live viewing. In...

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Facebook says come see 'new home on Android' on April 4

Facebook says come see 'new home on Android' on April 4 The social network is teasing a major Android-related product announcement. True to form, the company is mum on specifics.   Facebook today invited members of the media to attend an Android-related product announcement at its Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters on Thursday, April 4. The invitation, as pictured above, says, "Come See Our New Home on Android," and includes no other...

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Gmail's nimble compose window pops out for all

Gmail's nimble compose window pops out for all After five months of testing, the email provider is making the pop-out composition box the default way to pen new messages.   Pop-out messages are the new default in Gmail. Google today announced that its email product has officially embraced a nimbler chat-like compose window, first previewed five months ago, as the default option for penning emails. The more modern compose window...

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Today`s quote

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” ...

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Why Running Is Like Meditation

Why Running Is Like Meditation inShare1 The differences between running and meditation are apparent. The amusing part is the commonalities between the two. Are there any? You may ask. The answer is in the affirmative. If you have been wondering how the two strike a similar chord, running being a hard-core physical form of exercise and meditation...

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There is a clear demand from the engineering services sector and will grow at 30% per year’

Interview of the Day: ‘There is a clear demand from the engineering services sector and will grow at 30% per year’ Sanjay Kumar, CEO & MD, Altran India TimesJobs.com Bureau The aerospace industry is one of the fastest growing industries in India. Is this the next hot place for engineering graduates and other professionals? Yes, however, there is a skill gap in the quality of engineers...

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10 romantic places to see before you die

10 romantic places to see before you die 10 romantic places to see before you die There is a romantic in all of us. No matter how much we deny we'd still give anything to be in a place breathtakingly beautiful, and even better if we have someone special to share it with. Of world's most romantic places Paris tops the chart as the city of eternal romance where even sipping champagne at a roadside cafe facing the Eiffel...

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