Kids, whose parents read aloud to them are likely to develop better language and literacy skills when they go to school, says a new study.
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Students put off by ‘geeky’ image of maths
Geeky’ image of mathematicians are preventing students from studying math or using the subject in later life, suggests a new study.
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Kids think glasses make other kids look smart, not geeky
Dumping your broad-framed specs because peers dub you as a ‘geek’?
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Can Facebook, MySpace help new students settle into university?
Facebook and MySpace might have become the hottest communities in existence, but now an initiative is being made to find out if such online networking sites can become a way of helping new students to
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Media’s glamorization of ultra-thin image ‘deeply affecting women’
The media has shaped people’s ideology extensively and a classic example of this is the way it has etched the “ultra-thin” image in the minds of today’s women.
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IPL, Cricket and Corporate Efficiency
Charu Sharma was fired by owner Vijay Mallya as the CEO of the ridiculously named Bangalore Royal Challengers franchise in the Indian Premier League.
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Why Write?
Sometimes I wonder at the futility of writing. It isn't as if I stand to gain much from maintaining a blog or writing stories for the online world.
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Poetry: Not a <i>majonooN e laila</i> Poem
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Putrid Pilgrimages in India
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75 pc Brit adults log on to internet sex!
A new survey has revealed that nearly three-quarters of Brit adults make use of Internet chatrooms and social network sites to find no-strings sex.
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Babies who hear foreign speech easily pick up languages as adults
Babies who hear foreign speech in their first nine months tend to pick up languages faster in school or as adults, a new research has found.
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Adult Brit kids help their parents regardless of their marital status
Adult British kids help their elderly parents regardless of their marital status, says a new study, after comparing the data with other countries such as the United States, where parents with a histor
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Gen Y ‘growing up too fast’
A new survey has revealed that teenagers today are growing up too fast and are battling with adult worries.
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Miley Cyrus photo scandal latest example of ‘The Lolita Effect’
The racy photo shoot of 15-year-old Miley Cyrus has been dubbed as “The Lolita Effect” by an Indian-origin professor from University of Iowa.
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Dads play significant role in children’s literacy
Childhood memories surrounding nursery rhymes and picture books not just revolve around mothers, for fathers also play an equally important role in kids’ literacy, according to an expert.
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Sexist culture driving women out of science-oriented careers
Women in their late 30s are turning their backs on careers in science and technology and undermining key sectors of the economy due to a time warp of 1970s sexist attitudes, according to a new researc
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Women ‘still doing the lion's share of housework’
With most women opting to work when the kids come along, a new survey has found that the fairer sex still spends twice the amount of hours on domestic duties as fathers.
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Vedic Astrology Goes Global
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Movie Review: <i>Bhoothnath</i> & Desi Little Miss Sunshines
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Microfinance - Money, Money, Money
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