Six Indian Americans named 2012 Rhodes scholars
November 26th, 2011 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 26 (IANS) Six Indian American university students have been chosen the American Rhodes Scholar Class of 2012 out of a pool of 830 candidates who had been ... Read more...
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Indian American Siddhartha Mukherjee bags Pulitzer
April 19th, 2011 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Washington/New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Indian American cancer specialist Siddhartha Mukherjee has bagged a Pulitzer prize for his book "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer", bringing great ... Read more...
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Four Pulitzer winners who made India proud
April 19th, 2011 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Four eminent and enterprising personalities of Indian origin have won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. Here is a quick look at them.Gobind ... Read more...
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Indian-American’s padded resume halts cancer drug trials
July 21st, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, July 21 (IANS) Researchers have stopped three clinical trials that rely on the work of an Indian-American scientist who allegedly falsely claimed to be a Rhodes scholar on applications ... Read more...
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Christopher Hitchens’ memoir says that Bill Clinton liked ‘pot brownies’
May 4th, 2010 - 1:20 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, May 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Christopher Hitchens’ memoir ‘Hitch-22’ reveals a lot of embarrassing facts. He says that his sexual trysts with men in his boarding school, laid the foundation of ... Read more...
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Tucker Murphy Of Bermuda Represents His Nation In 2010 Winter Olympics
February 13th, 2010 - 8:52 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Feb 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Tucker Murphy, the cross country skier from Bermuda was the sole representative from his country to bear the flag on the opening ceremony of the Winter ... Read more...
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Obama’s India-born adviser wins award
December 5th, 2009 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Dec 5 (IANS) India-born Eboo Patel, a member of President Barack Obama's faith advisory council, has become the first Muslim to win the prestigious Grawemeyer Award in Religion ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe’s new brand man looks at India success story
October 25th, 2009 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Manish Chand
Harare, Oct 25 (IANS) Zimbabwe is on the road to recovery and is looking at the "success story" of India as it rebuilds its sanctions-scarred economy, says Deputy Prime Minister ... Read more...
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Analyst who served in India is Sheikh Hasina’s new adviser
July 10th, 2009 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 10 (IANS) A US-trained political scientist and security analyst who has served in India has been appointed adviser to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Gowher Rizvi was the Ford Foundation's ... Read more...
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Interesting Facts and Figures Girish Karnad
May 9th, 2009 - 11:33 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Girish Raghunath Karnad (born 19 May 1938) is a contemporary writer, playwright, actor and movie director in Kannada language.He is the latest of seven recipients of Jnanpith Award for Kannada, ... Read more...
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Bobby Jindal set to enjoy his big GOP moment in US Congress
February 23rd, 2009 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
Louisiana (US), Feb.23 (ANI): When Louisianas Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal delivers the Republican response to President Barack Obamas Message to Congress on Tuesday, most Americans will be seeing him for ... Read more...
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Republican rising star Jindal to give response to Obama
February 12th, 2009 - 10:24 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) Bobby Jindal, Louisiana's Indian-American governor, is set to deliver the Republican response to Barack Obama's Feb 24 joint address to Congress - the high-profile slot the rival party ... Read more...
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Oxford confers honourary doctorate on Montek Singh
June 18th, 2008 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Oxford, June 18 (IANS) Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the deputy chairman of India's Planning Commission, was Wednesday conferred an honorary doctorate by Britain's premier Oxford University. Ahluwalia, 64, was conferred the honorary degree ... Read more...
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US State department fires two officials for improperly opening Obamas file
March 21st, 2008 - 4:19 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Mar 21 (ANI): The US State Department has fired two employees and reprimanded a third for improperly opening electronic information from the passport file of Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Barack ... Read more...
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