The shortlist for the Architectural Photography Awards 2018 has been revealed. The awards are split into four categories: Exterior, Interior, Sense of Place, and Buildings in Use, with each comprising five finalists. The 20 photographs that make up the shortlist will be exhibited at the World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam between November 28 - 30, and an overall winner will be announced on the 30. Here are some of the brilliant photos in the shortlist.
How a teenager from Uttar Pradesh with no formal education rose to become the University of Houston's head.
Dr Molly Easo Smith has been inaugurated as the 11th president of the Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. She began her tenured presidency in July 2008, but the official inauguration was set for this month.
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Elated over the re-election of United States President Barack Obama, Sikh-Americans have said his victory is "especially great" for them because he has demonstrated in the last four years that he has deep respect for their faith.
A school district in Auburn, Maine will dish out 200,000 dollars to buy iPads for nearly 300 kindergarten pupils for the next school session starting around August this year.
For centuries, people have been speculating about who modelled for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Now, an Italian art historian has claimed that the model in the world's most famous painting is in fact a male and not a female. According to Silvano Vinceti, the Renaissance artist's male apprentice and possible lover Gian Giacomo Caprotti was the main inspiration for the masterpiece.Caprotti, also known as Salai, was one of his male muses.
'The challenges of the world are too great for any one religious tradition to address alone... The best way to learn about other religions is not from books, but from people... Go talk to someone from a different faith tradition. Get to know them. Build up some trust.' Dr Katharine Rhodes Henderson, who jointly won Hofstra University's Guru Nanak Prize for inter-faith champions in the United States, discusses religion and the challenges of extremism in this lively interview with Rediff.com's Arthur J Pais.
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Overseas education expert Karan Gupta tells you how to prepare and excel at GMAT and answers your queries.
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