Married women likely to drink more
August 18th, 2012 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 18 (IANS) Married women consume more alcohol than their unwed or divorced friends, a study has found.Married men, on the other hand, tend to drink less after getting ... Read more...
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Cattle vaccine can halve E. coli levels
August 7th, 2012 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 7 (IANS) A vaccine for cattle can slash E. coli levels by more than 50 percent, which is also effective with two doses instead of the recommended ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Yale names IIM, Ahmedabad almunus to top post (With images)
June 18th, 2012 - 10:53 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 18 (IANS) The prestigious Yale School of Management has appointed Indian American professor Anjani Jain as senior associate dean for the full-time MBA programme as part of the ... Read more...
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Indian-American linguist wins US academic award
April 6th, 2012 - 11:49 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 6 (IANS) An Indian American professor, Dr. Mohammad Jahangeer Warsi, has been selected as a 2011-2012 recipient of the James E. McLeod Faculty Recognition Award by the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
‘Trump’s question over Obama’s intelligence, background is racism by inference’
May 2nd, 2011 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 2 (ANI): An African-American Professor of the Georgetown University has termed business tycoon Donald Trump's act of questioning Obama's intelligence and background as "racism by inference".Trump had also reportedly ... Read more...
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70-day diet of ‘biscuits, cakes, fat-laden junk food’ to help you lose weight!
December 29th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 29 (ANI): Ever thought gobbling fat laden junk food, biscuits, cakes and other high-sugar could help shed those extra kilos? If not, then here's something you should know-an American ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
US expert hits back at claims of ’safe’ full-body airport scanners
November 12th, 2010 - 6:55 pm ICT by ANI
California, Nov 12(ANI): An American professor has hit back at the US Government's claim that full-body scanners at airports do not pose a health risk to travellers.Dr. John Sedat, Professor of Biochemistry ... Read more...
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Majority of Pakistanis see US drone attacks “as their liberator,” finds new study
October 14th, 2010 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 14 (ANI): Amid reports of civilians in Pakistan's tribal areas opposing US drone attacks in their country, a study carried out by an American professor may astonish the world, ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Global warming ‘the most successful pseudoscientific fraud ever’: US physicist
October 12th, 2010 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 12(ANI): An American professor has branded global warming as "the greatest and most successful pseudoscientific fraud" he has ever seen.Professor Harold Lewis claimed that man-made climate change has become a ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
GreenFaith names Hindu and Jain scholar in residence
October 2nd, 2010 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 2 (IANS) GreenFaith, a leading US interfaith environmental coalition, has named Pankaj Jain, an Indian American professor, as a Hindu and Jain Scholar in Residence on the anniversary of Mahatma ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Bellucci to team up with DeNiro
September 2nd, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 2 (IANS) Hollywood actress Monica Bellucci will team up with Robert DeNiro for "Manual of Love 3".
Monica will play the love interest of De Niro's character, a divorced American ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Indian American’s death: Three teenagers charged with murder
June 30th, 2010 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
New York, June 30 (IANS) The US authorities have charged three teenagers with murder and conspiracy to commit murder after an Indian American professor died of injuries suffered in an ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Ten tips to being a better dad
June 19th, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 19 (ANI): As Father's Day hits its centennial Sunday, June 20, an American professor is offering men 10 valuable tips to become better dads.Professor Geoffrey Greif, of the University of ... Read more...
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Noam Chomsky barred from coming into Israel
May 18th, 2010 - 11:56 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Massachusetts, May 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The noted linguist and the Jewish American professor Noam Chomsky has been barred from coming into Israel. He was supposed to go to Israel in connection ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
UFOs serious “area of study”, says US academic
April 13th, 2010 - 3:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 13 (ANI): An American professor has claimed that the studying of UFOs should be a legitimate university subject.According to Philip Haseley, the subject should be part of the mainstream as ... Read more...
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Catholic TV Offers Shows In 3-D
March 24th, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
March 24, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Catholic TV ensured the debut of 3-D shows on Tuesday in order to execute its endeavor to get to youngsters and to make its religious ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Indian-American professor turns chicken feathers into fuel
March 11th, 2010 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, March 11 (IANS) Manoranjan "Mano" Misra, an Indian American professor known for turning coffee grounds and chicken feathers into fuel, been honoured as the 2010 Regents' Researcher by the ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Indian-American professor wins $500,000 US science award
March 10th, 2010 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, March 10 (IANS) Indian-American computer scientist Subhash Khot, most well known for his "Unique Games Conjecture", has received the prestigious National Science Foundation's (NSF) $500,000 Alan T. Waterman Award.The ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Indian professor killed in Alabama shooting; colleague charged (Third Lead)
February 13th, 2010 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) An Indian American professor was among three faculty members killed in a shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville by a fellow professor apparently miffed ... Read more...
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Indian American professor among three killed in shootout
February 13th, 2010 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
Huntsville (Alabama, US), Feb. 13 (ANI): An Indian-American professor was said to be among the three persons killed during a Friday afternoon shootout on the campus of the University of Alabama in ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Indian professor among 3 killed in Alabama university shooting (Second Lead)
February 13th, 2010 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) An Indian professor was among three faculty members killed in a shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville by a fellow professor apparently miffed ... Read more...
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Indian professor among 3 killed in Alabama varsity shootout (Lead)
February 13th, 2010 - 1:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) An Indian professor was among three faculty members killed in a shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville Friday. Three other employees were wounded ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Indian-American teacher gets mentoring award from Obama
January 7th, 2010 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Jan 7 (IANS) Indian American professor Kenneth S. Sajwan of Savannah State University has received an award for excellence in mentoring from President Barack Obama.Sajwan, coordinator of the ... Read more...
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Hindi speaking American professor to teach in Mumbai
October 28th, 2009 - 10:34 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Oct 28 (IANS) An American professor, who has lived in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh and speaks Hindi well, has won a Fulbright scholarship to teach and study ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Way to increase freshness of fruits, vegetables
October 22nd, 2009 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 22 (IANS) An innovative method developed by an American professor can help fruits and vegetables retain their freshness.
Millions of tons of fruits and vegetables are dumped every year just ... Read more...
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US professor to help women in Kerala ‘Find Their Voices’
August 7th, 2009 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Aug 7 (IANS) An American professor has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright scholarship for a project in Kerala focussing on helping women discover the power of their voices in ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Is Obama snubbing 911 caller by not inviting her for a beer?
July 30th, 2009 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 30 (ANI): US President Barack Obama, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates and the police officer who arrested him, Sgt. Joseph Crowley are set to meet Thursday for a beer, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Red, Light and Blue at Obama’s beer moment
July 30th, 2009 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, July 30 (IANS) When President Barack Obama sits down Thursday with a Harvard professor and the police sergeant who arrested him in an attempt to douse a racial ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Stem cell heart surgery may spell the end for transplantation
December 4th, 2008 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 4 (ANI): British scientists have developed a new technique that can rebuild a severely damaged heart, and one day, might replace the need for transplantation.Researchers at Imperial College London ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Indian-American programmes robots to follow the leader better
August 29th, 2008 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) An Indian-American professor of engineering has programmed a robot that can sense your head turning left a fraction of a second before your body makes that left turn. ... Read more...
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South Asian appointed dean of reputed US B-school
May 29th, 2008 - 5:50 pm ICT by admin
New York, May 29 (IANS) A South Asian American professor has been appointed dean of the reputed Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. The university announced last ... Read more...
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Kiwi forensics quest to prove Noah’s Arks existence in Turkey
April 3rd, 2008 - 6:09 pm ICT by admin
Wellington, Apr 3 (ANI): A Kiwi company has embarked on a mission to determine whether something buried under ice on Turkey's Mt Ararat could be Noah's Ark.Global Intelligence Solutions, which specialises ... Read more...
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India, S. Africa most prone to Tsunami after-effects
February 27th, 2008 - 1:29 pm ICT by admin
Edinburgh, Feb.27 (ANI): India and South Africa are likely to experience the worst damage or devastation if another Tsunami takes place in the near future, scientists have claimed.
According to them, these two ... Read more...
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