New York, Nov 20 (IANS) An Indian-origin student has been awarded a presidential scholarship in a US college for outstanding academic merit and an exceptional commitment to the field of culinary arts. Kendall College School…
Hyderabad, Nov 13 (IANS) Sameera Aziz, a media personality and writer, has become the first woman from Saudi Arabia to be recognised for her work for the promotion of Urdu language. She has been bestowed…
Mumbai, Nov 5 (IANS) Santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma has been named for this year’s ‘Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar’ for lifetime achievement in Hindustani music, an official said here on Thursday. The Aditya Vikram…
Kingston, Oct 20 (IANS) India’s Priyanka Khurana Goyal has been crowned as Mrs. Earth 2015. Priyanka, who won the Mrs. India, Queen of Substance 2015 title in February, was crowned as Mrs. Earth 2015 at…
Kolkata, Oct 19 (IANS) A senior Indian scientist has claimed that the malaria cure artemisinin, whose discovery fetched a Chinese scientist the Nobel prize in medicine this year, has roots in India. Hyderabad-based Sunil Kumar…
Toronto, Oct 19 (IANS) A 17-year-old girl from Canada’s Welland city has been honoured with the ‘Youth Citizen of the Year’ award sponsored by the Welland-Pelham Chamber of Commerce, a media report said. Vritti Patel,…
New York, Oct 18 (IANS) Seven Indian-origin women will participate in New Jersey’s two annual beauty pageant finals. New Jersey is set to host the finals of “Miss New Jersey USA” and “Miss New Jersey…
New York, Oct 13 (IANS) An Indian-American judge, along with four other attorneys, has been named for National Asia Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) Daniel K. Inouye Trailblazer Award. Amul Thapar will be honoured at…
Stockholm, Oct 12 (IANS) The 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Scottish micro-economist Angus Deaton, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced here on Monday. According to an academy statement, Deaton, 69,…
Oslo, Oct 9 (IANS) The Tunisian national dialogue quartet, a coalition of civil society organisations, has won the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Academy announced here on Friday. According to an official statement,…
Washington, Oct 8 (IANS) Indian-American Bhagwati Agrawal is listed among CNN’s Top 10 Heroes of 2015, for bringing safe drinking water to more than 10,000 drought-stricken people in his native Rajasthan. Each of the ten…
Stockholm, Oct 7 (IANS) Three scientists will share the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday. The prize was awarded jointly to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz…
William C. Campbell, Satoshi Omura and Youyou Tu were announced the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday. Credit Jonathan Nackstrand/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Stockholm, Oct 5 (IANS) Irish-born William…