Violent video games seen as learning tool
According to a research, playing violent games can be a learning experience as people who play fast-paced video games have better vision, attention and cognition.
By HT Correspondent | AFP, New York
UPDATED ON MAY 28, 2010 04:35 PM IST
You're at the front lines shooting Nazis before they shoot you. Or you're a futuristic gladiator in a death match with robots.
Either way, you're playing a video game and you may be improving your vision and other brain functions. That's according to research being presented Thursday at a New York University conference on games as a learning tool.
Daphne Bavelier (Ba-VEL'-yay) of the University of Rochester says that people who play fast-paced video games have better vision, better attention and better cognition.
She mentioned 'Medal of Honor' as an example. A spokeswoman for developer Electronic Arts Inc. says the purpose of that game and others is to have fun, and any educational benefits are a bonus.
Padma awardee Shyam Sunder Paliwal turned Rajasthan village into oasis
By Sachin Saini
PUBLISHED ON JAN 26, 2021 01:50 PM IST
Shyam Sunder Paliwal, a former Piplantri village council head in Rajasthan’s Rajsamand, said the focus has been the girl child, water and trees, their protection and conservation
Uttarakhand doctor credits blessings of patients for his Padma Shri award
PUBLISHED ON JAN 26, 2021 01:47 PM IST
Born on August 31, 1956, Sanjay settled in Dehradun over two decades ago after his training as an orthopaedic surgeon at Chandigarh’s Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Ruckus at ITO: Video of tractor trying to run over police emerges
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2021 01:45 PM IST
Confusion prevailed over who these attackers are as the unions of the farmers continued to distance themselves from the ruckus that took over the Capital in the name of a 'peaceful protest'.
Republic Day: India showcases military prowess amid border row with China
PUBLISHED ON JAN 26, 2021 01:35 PM IST
Military equipment displayed at the parade included the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, Pinaka multi-launcher rocket system, bridge layer tank T-72, Samvijay electronic warfare system and Schilka weapon system
News updates from Hindustan Times: Farmers violate tractor parade protocol
By hindustantimes.com
PUBLISHED ON JAN 26, 2021 01:34 PM IST
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Tractor rally: Several Delhi Metro stations closed as border situation becomes tense
PUBLISHED ON JAN 26, 2021 01:29 PM IST
The DMRC has also closed ITO, Indraprastha and Lal Qila stations, though people are allowed to enter the Metro network from Lal Qila station
Want peaceful tractor rally, confusion over routes led to disorder: Tikait
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Kanishka Sarkar, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 26, 2021 01:24 PM IST
Hundreds of protesting farmers have reached the Ring Road at Sarai Kale Khan and are moving towards ITO in central Delhi.
Writer, folklorist, former journalist Vinayak Khedekar wins Padma Shri
By Gerard de Souza
PUBLISHED ON JAN 26, 2021 01:18 PM IST
The octogenarian has more than two dozen publications to his name and has been chronicling Goa’s cultural forms, including folk dances, tribal craft, through plays, research articles and books.
Tear gas shells fired at farmers trying to break barriers at Mukarba Chowk
PTI, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 26, 2021 01:18 PM IST
An official said police personnel used tear gas to disperse groups of farmers coming from the Singhu border point as they tried to hold a march on the Outer Ring Road much ahead of the allotted time.
R-Day: UP tableau displays Ayodhya’s Ram Temple, Deepotsava celebration
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Harshit Sabarwal, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2021 01:16 PM IST
The first part of the tableau showed Maharishi Valmiki composing the Ramayana. The middle part depicted the Ram Mandir, which is the epitome of Ayodhya’s cultural identity associated with mass sentiments and devotion.
In Photos: Protesting farmers break barricades, deviate from tractor rally route
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Kanishka Sarkar, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 26, 2021 12:59 PM IST
Clashes between the police and farmers broke out on the roads of Delhi with farmers coming in from the Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri borders of the Capital.
Rafale jet, woman fighter pilot steal the show on Republic Day
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Meenakshi Ray
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2021 01:17 PM IST
The Republic Day parade was shorter, involved fewer participants and only a fourth of the usual number of spectators were allowed at Rajpath as the government followed strict social distancing protocols.
Karnataka Police allow 125 tractors to enter Bengaluru on Republic Day
By Sharan Poovanna
PUBLISHED ON JAN 26, 2021 12:50 PM IST
Social media was flooded with videos of farmers, workers, Dalit and women organisation sloganeering after they were restricted from entering Bengaluru
Tractor march: Protesters flout undertaking; swords wielded, bus vandalised
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2021 01:46 PM IST
Despite promising that the aim of the protest is not to create disruption, a group of protesters on Tuesday reached ITO and vandalised a DTC bus.
72nd R-Day: Ladakh makes debut at January 26 parade
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Karan Manral
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2021 12:36 PM IST
Ladakh was represented in a tableau during the Republic Day parade, which highlighted the vision for it to be ‘carbon neutral and exemplary for the world.’