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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the groups and schedule of the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016, which will be staged across eight venues in India from 8 March to 3 April. A total of 58 tournament matches, including 35 men’s matches and 23 women’s matches, will be played in the 27-day tournament in Bengaluru, Chennai, Dharamsala, Kolkata, Mohali, Mumbai, Nagpur and New Delhi. New Delhi and Mumbai will host the semi-finals on 30 and 31 March, respectively, while Eden Gardens in Kolkata will be the venue of the 3 April finals.  According to the men’s event format, eight sides in two groups of four, will feature in the first round matches with the group winners joining eight sides in the Super 10 stage (two groups of five teams). The top two sides from both the Super 10 Groups will then qualify for the semi-finals. ICC T20 World Cup Schedule 2016 First Round Tue, 8 Mar  Zimbabwe v Hong Kong, Nagpur; Scotland v Afghanistan, Nagpur Wed, 9 Mar ...

Free online courses from world-leading universities: sounds a bit too good to be true, doesn’t it? Well, you better start believing, because that’s exactly what MOOCs (massive open online courses) are. Students can now get a taste of education at some of the world’s top universities without spending a penny, leaving their own home or even going through an application procedure – by taking free online courses offered by an ever-growing selection of institutions. Unsurprisingly, MOOCs have garnered a lot of attention, and a lot of users. The first MOOC offered by edX (established by MIT and Harvard) attracted an amazing 155,000 students. The platform aims to reach no fewer than one billion users. What is MOOC? A massive open online course (MOOC) is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. In addition to traditional course materials such as filmed lectures, readings, and problem sets, many MOOCs provide interactive user forums to support...

Many times in a country like India, it happens so that your family states “you are meant to be an engineer.” Maybe you used Lego pieces to build a robot, got your hands dirty rebuilding an engine, or used parts from an old clock and transistor radio to create a stereo sound system. You are a problem solver and budding engineer. Engineers take math and science from paper and the lab to invent, design, and build things that matter. They are team players with independent minds who ask, “How can we make things better?” By dreaming up creative and practical solutions, engineers are constantly changing the world. Since many years, it has become a trend that whenever we pass out of our engineering colleges, we tend to work in a foreign country. The reasons may vary like better job opportunity, better lifestyle, more salary, etc. This factor is increasing day by day. Most of them won’t come back at least for 25 years or even till retirement. They compare every system in India to whiche...