Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 17: About 160 new Tamil schools will be built across Malaysia, while 50 or 60 more which are facing problems will be refurbished within a year, The Star reports.

Human Resources Minister and MIC secretary-general S. Subramaniam said this after attending a dinner for the Yong Peng Tamil School building fund organised by the party's Yong Peng division.

"The MIC will always act as the guardian of Tamil schools and will look into solving problems faced by them," Dr Subramaniam said.

He called on the Indian community to cast aside differences and work towards progress for the community because a united voice could be heard louder.

Melbourne, Feb 16 : A new study has shown that lazy colleagues are hated most at workplaces.

According to management consultant James Adonis, who spoke to 2400 Australian employees, lazy and underperforming colleagues made the top of the hate list.

The next thing on the list that workers did not like was feeling unappreciated and unrecognised, while communication issues came third on the list.

Inconsiderate peers, lack of teamwork, negativity, and gossip and backstabbing also made the top 10.

Taipei - Taiwan, after issuing shopping vouchers, plans to issue education vouchers to allow unemployed college graduates and young white collar workers to receive vocational training while waiting for jobs, an official said Tuesday.

"We will use 20-30 billion Taiwan dollars (600-900 million US dollars) to issue the education vouchers, and will issue them as soon as the cabinet has approved it," said Liao Yao-tzung, secretary-general of the Council for Economic Planning and Development.

London, Jan. 27: School kids in Britain have been given access to a 20-page booklet that provides them with tips on cannabis use.

Titled ''Know Cannabis'', the booklet, according to The Telegraph, spells out how the drug can make you feel relaxed and makes music ''sound better'' as well as whether to use bongs or buckets and how to roll a joint.

It has been proved by a novel study that a Nintendo that carries a price tag of £100 is no better than a 10 paise pencil at stimulating the memory. After the latest study, the claim by Nintendo that the DS Lite boosts the brain has been disapproved.

New Delhi, Jan 17: Union Minister of Human Resource Development Arjun Singh will be the chief guest at the XIth Convocation of the University of Hyderabad today.

The last convocation was held in 2007.

With student strength of more than 3,400 the University of Hyderabad has emerged as a top-ranking institute of higher education and research in India.

Union Ministry of Science and Technology has recognized this University as the Second Ranking University in the country.