The Indian government is halting subsidies to CFL-based solar lights to encourage the adoption of LED solar lights, reported Live Mint. “The ministry has stopped providing central financial assistance to CFL-based solar lighting ...
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More than 5,000 British students will be taught Mandarin in schools, after a 15 million US dollar funding boost announced Wednesday by the British government. Last year, only about 2 percent of state funded primary schools in Britain and ...
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Chinese influence in Britain is notable from the late 17th century onwards as wealthy Britons and a growing middle class provided a demand for Chinese goods such as porcelain and commodities such as tea. Chinese culture travelled to ...
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Ancient classics provide lessons that are still relevant today Dressed in the style of the Han Dynasty that ruled China 1,800 years ago, 6-year-old Chen Quanjin is chanting ancient Chinese classics with several other children about the ...
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“We know from the reaction of viewers that demand for toys related to the property are high” said Nickelodeon’s Marianne James. Since debuting on Nick Jr in March, Blaze and the Monster Machines has shown impressive ...
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The US government has urged communities to participate in Local Foods, Local Places, a federal initiative providing direct technical support to build strong local food systems as part of a community's emerging economic action plans. Under ...
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LIGHTFAIR® International (LFI®) 2015 broke all registration and trade-show records with double-digit growth marking the largest staging in its 26-year history, according to Jeffrey L. Portman, Sr., vice chairman, president and chief ...
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SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association joined the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell) Plastics Engineering Department recently on the show floor of NPE2015: The International Plastics Showcase in Orlando, Fla., to launch ...
Raytheon Professional Services (RPS), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company has signed a long-term contract with Honda Motor Europe Limited for the outsourcing of all development of their Pan-European dealer training, as well as domestic ...
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Politecnico di Milano, the largest technical university in Italy, has selected DesignConcept, design and product development software, and Diamino, the marker-making software by Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions ...
Tags: soft materials, technical textiles, composite materials
With the remit of finding and promoting the ‘very best educational and family orientated’ board and card games available in the UK market, entries to the awards will close on Friday, April 24th. The IG Game Awards is seeking ...
Dick's Sporting Goods and Golf Galaxy will be making a donation to The First Tee, an organization focused on positive youth development through the game of golf. "We take our responsibility to grow the game of golf very seriously, and ...
Webber triumphed over 11 other children at the live Grand Final of the word game tournament, held at the Magic Circle. Ten-year-old Louis Webber of Woodside Junior School in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, has beaten 15,000 other primary ...
PPG Industries' automotive refinish business has been heavily involved in a groundbreaking associate degree program in collision repair and refinishing technology at Fayetteville Technical Community College (FTCC) in Fayetteville, N.C. On ...
Birchfield School is one of the first to get its hands on a product from LEGO Education. A primary school situated in rural Shropshire has become the first in the world to teach its pupils maths using LEGO. Birchfield School is one of ...
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