It has been proved by a novel study that a Nintendo that carries a price tag of £100 is no better than a 10 paise pencil at stimulating the memory. After the latest study, the claim by Nintendo that the DS Lite boosts the brain has been disapproved.

New Delhi, Jan 17: Union Minister of Human Resource Development Arjun Singh will be the chief guest at the XIth Convocation of the University of Hyderabad today.

The last convocation was held in 2007.

With student strength of more than 3,400 the University of Hyderabad has emerged as a top-ranking institute of higher education and research in India.

Union Ministry of Science and Technology has recognized this University as the Second Ranking University in the country.

Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 14 : The Malaysian Government has been asked to release the RM 50 million for Tamil schools under the 2009 Budget.

KLANG MP Charles Santiago made the appeal, the Malaysia Nanban and The Star reported.

He said the higher enrolment in Tamil schools had resulted in a shortage of classrooms. There was also a need to upgrade existing facilities in schools and quality of teaching, he said.

He said 370 Tamil schools out of the 523 were on private land and as such, they could not be converted into fully aided schools.

The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is all set to set up five special academic centres across the country to offer traditional and job oriented courses.

In this regard, AMU has already got the final nod from the varsity’s Academic Council on Monday.

The new centres will be established in Murshidabad (West Bengal); Katihar (Bihar); Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh); Pune (Maharashtra) and Mallappuram (Kerala).

The university (AMU) is making discussions with the related states in order to open up special centres of the varsity.

Pavneet Singh Gulyani, a Chandigarh-based boy has managed to succeed with nice ranking in CAT exam results as he got full 100 percentile and also got calls from six IIMs, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Kozhikode and Indore.

It should be noted here that the first round of CAT results have been cleared by nearly 50 students from Chandigarh, who also have got calls from IIMs. However, Pavneet is the one who is on the topmost position.

The Common Admission Test (CAT) results have brought all smiles for Chandigarh students as more than 50 boys and girls from the city, most of them engineering students, have got calls from IIMs.

Punjab Engineering College student, Pavneet Singh Gulyani couldn’t have asked for more. 22-year-old Pavneet, a resident of Mohali have topped the IIM Common Admission Test with a 100-percentile score. Son of a shopkeeper, he is among the all-India toppers.