New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) An Indian scientist who danced to explain her research on tornadoes, has won the top prize in the 2014 ‘Dance Your PhD’ contest. Uma Nagendra is a researcher doing her Ph.D. at the University of Georgia, Athens, in the United States. The ‘Dance Your PhD’ contest, the results for which were […]
Varanasi, Nov 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive here Friday for a two-day visit of his Lok Sabha constituency during which he will lay the foundation stone of a textile designing institute. This will be Modi’s maiden visit to the city after becoming the prime minister. Modi will land in an Indian Air Force […]
New Delhi, Nov 3 Manmohan Singh will be conferred one of Japan’s top national awards for his “significant contribution” towards boosting bilateral ties, the Japanese embassy said Monday. The former Indian prime minister said he was “truly honoured” for being chosen. Manmohan Singh is the first Indian to be conferred the ‘Grand Cordon of the […]
Port Louis (Mauritius) India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj paid tribute to the ‘girmitiyas’, the nearly half a million Indians who arrived in Mauritius to work as indentured labourers in the 19th century, saying their sacrifice did not go in vain as they went on to become the architects of a resurgent and confident new […]
Kolkata, Nov 2 (IANS) Despite its rich tradition of producing academics, India at the moment lacks the necessary pool of scientists needed for its future, Nobel laureate George Smoot said. The 2006 winner of the Nobel in Physics has suggested the country spruce up its research institutes to create a research-friendly environment and tackle its brain-drain. […]
Kolkata, Nov 2 (IANS) After preventing opposition parties from visiting Birbhum district’s violence-hit areas, the West Bengal government Sunday dissuaded some social activists from talking to the villagers. Three people died of bullet injuries and several others sustained injuries Oct 27 in Makhra village during a clash between activists of the ruling Trinamool Congress and the […]
Amritsar, Nov 2 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) troopers Sunday shot dead one smuggler and recovered 22 kg of heroin along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab, officials said here. BSF sources said the smuggler was gunned down in exchange of fire while two of his accomplices were arrested in Dera Baba Nanak sector of Gurdaspur district. […]
Amritsar, Nov 2 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) troopers Sunday arrested three smugglers and recovered 22 kg of heroin along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district, officials said. Earlier reports quoted BSF sources as saying that one smuggler was shot dead and two others were arrested, and 22 kg of heroin was seized from the […]
Gurgaon, Nov 2 (IANS) Pilot training facility FSTC has got an European regulator’s approval for training Airbus A320 and Boeing pilots, making it the only one in India to have the rating. Located close to the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), Flight Simulation Technique Centre (FSTC) is a Type Rating Training Organisation (TRTO) allowing it to […]
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) After foreign investors injected some mega millions into India’s e-retail companies in recent months, including the $627 million for SnapDeal by Japan’s Softbank, public listing of shares and consolidation are seen as next big developments for this booming industry, seen as a $100 billion market in five years. This, industry experts […]