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From 1715 to today: India’s oldest schools that continue to inspire excellence

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From 1715 to today: India’s oldest schools that continue to inspire excellence

St. George’s Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School Even before modern education boards, smart classrooms or online learning came into the picture, a few schools in India had already opened their doors. They saw colonial rule, Indian Independence and the dramatic changes in the way children learned over the next few centuries. They went on changing and … Read more

In 1847, a Vienna doctor discovered that handwashing with chlorine could cut childbirth deaths by 90 percent, but the medical world refused to believe him

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In 1847, a Vienna doctor discovered that handwashing with chlorine could cut childbirth deaths by 90 percent, but the medical world refused to believe him

In 1847 a Vienna doctor cut childbed-fever deaths on the doctors’ ward from about one mother in ten to roughly one in eighty by making physicians wash their hands in chlorine — and the profession turned on him for it In 1847, a Hungarian obstetrician working at Vienna General Hospital found a way to stop … Read more

In 1847, a Vienna doctor discovered that handwashing with chlorine could cut childbirth deaths by 90 percent, but the medical world refused to believe him

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In 1847, a Vienna doctor discovered that handwashing with chlorine could cut childbirth deaths by 90 percent, but the medical world refused to believe him

In 1847 a Vienna doctor cut childbed-fever deaths on the doctors’ ward from about one mother in ten to roughly one in eighty by making physicians wash their hands in chlorine — and the profession turned on him for it In 1847, a Hungarian obstetrician working at Vienna General Hospital found a way to stop … Read more

Sundar Pichai: “My father saved a year’s salary to send me to America”: Sundar Pichai on the cost of success and a what it takes for parents who send their child abroad

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Sundar Pichai: “My father saved a year’s salary to send me to America”: Sundar Pichai on the cost of success and a what it takes for parents who send their child abroad

“My father saved a year’s salary to send me to America”: Sundar Pichai on the cost of success and a what it takes for parents who send their child abroad When people think of studying abroad, the picture of prestigious universities and exciting careers comes to mind. But behind the “American dream” what many parents … Read more

Sundar Pichai: “My father saved a year’s salary to send me to America”: Sundar Pichai on the cost of success and a what it takes for parents who send their child abroad

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Sundar Pichai: “My father saved a year’s salary to send me to America”: Sundar Pichai on the cost of success and a what it takes for parents who send their child abroad

“My father saved a year’s salary to send me to America”: Sundar Pichai on the cost of success and a what it takes for parents who send their child abroad When people think of studying abroad, the picture of prestigious universities and exciting careers comes to mind. But behind the “American dream” what many parents … Read more

‘For the first time from Oval’: Donald Trump rings NYSE and Nasdaq opening bell to launch Trump Accounts

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‘For the first time from Oval’: Donald Trump rings NYSE and Nasdaq opening bell to launch Trump Accounts

Trump rings Wall Street bells from Oval Office President Donald Trump on Monday rang the opening bells of the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq from the Oval Office to mark the launch of Trump Accounts, a new investment programme for children created under Republicans’ 2025 tax and spending law.The symbolic ceremony came as … Read more

Antarctica froze 25 million years before the Arctic, and scientists now think the answer was hidden beneath the continent |

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Antarctica froze 25 million years before the Arctic, and scientists now think the answer was hidden beneath the continent |

For a long time, the story seemed straightforward. As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels fell and the planet cooled, large ice sheets began spreading across the polar regions. Yet there was an awkward detail that never quite fitted. Antarctica became locked beneath vast quantities of ice around 34 million years ago, while the Arctic remained largely … Read more