UK’s National Trust uncovers colonial roots of ‘English Hindoostan’

    2020-09-27T09:29:48+00:00September 27th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|

    The UK’s National Trust charity has documented the connections that 93 of historic properties in its care have with colonialism and historic slavery, from East India Company merchants who invested their colonial earnings from India in sprawling country homes to slave traders who bought up large properties in Britain.

      Quizzes can impact academic performance positively: Study

      2020-09-26T12:35:55+00:00September 26th, 2020|iGLOBAL, iWellness|

      Wondering how to upgrade your child's performance in school, quizzing your younger one over study material might help. According to a new-meta analysis, the students who are quizzed over class material at least once a week tend to perform better on the midterm and final exams compared to students who did not take quizzes. The researchers found in addition to frequency, immediate feedback from instructors also seemed to positively impact student performance. About a year ago, a conversation during a [...]

        US Elections 2020: How Indian Americans have the power to swing the vote

        2020-09-25T13:43:24+00:00September 25th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|

        With just over a month until the 2020 US presidential elections to go, both the ruling Republican Party and the Opposition Democratic Party are fully revved up to woo voters. And for both rivals, the Indian American vote is set to prove more important than ever before.

          Google Doodle celebrates Indian swimmer Arati Saha’s English Channel feat

          2020-09-25T03:18:04+00:00September 24th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|

          The Google Doodle for September 24 celebrates the 80th birthday of the trailblazing Indian swimmer Arati Saha. Illustrated by fellow Kolkata native and Google guest artist, Lavanya Naidu, the Doodle depicts the awe-inspiring 67 kilometres Saha covered from Cape Gris Nez in France to Sandgate in England on September 29, 1959.