A number of madrassas in West Bengal, beset by high dropouts and absenteeism, are seeing a turnaround after integrating Islamic theology with modern education through the power of technology. After his science class on vitamins, standard nine student Abdul Lashkar went to the new computer lab in Dar-Un-Neda Siddiquia Madrassa here in Hooghly district to …
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August 26, 2016The US pair of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock beat compatriots Venus Williams and Rajeev Ram for the gold medal in the tennis mixed doubles at the ongoing Rio Olympics here. Mattek-Sands and Sock lost the first set 6-7 (3) but neatly won the second set 6-1 and the third set 10-7 in a super …
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August 15, 2016