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Oxford awaits Suu Kyi to award her doctorate

Aung Saan Suu Kyi's alma mater Oxford is abuzz with anticipation as it awaits the return of the democracy icon to receive a doctorate from the university that was announced way back in 1993, in......

Nobel laureate Venkatraman praises alma mater

Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has said the "dedicated" professors at the Maharaja Sayajirao University inspired him during his higher studies but added that he did not "appreciate them......

Benazir's son is back in Oxford

Amid tight security, 19 year-old Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday returned to his alma mater Oxford, days after appealing to the media to respect his privacy so that he can continue his......

PM's alma mater to launch scholarship

In recognition of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's achievements as an economist, his Cambridge alma mater St John's on Thursday said it would launch a scholarship in his name in New Delhi next week......

Cambridge University to honour Dr Singh

Nearly 50 years after he earned his first class honours degree in economics from the University of Cambridge, his alma mater will confer an honorary doctorate on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh next......

Ratan Tata gifts a classroom to Harvard

Harvard Business School's famous alumnus, Ratan Tata, has gifted a classroom to his alma mater, which has been looking to set up a permanent facility to provide executive education programmes in......

Amar Bose of Bose Corp gives majority of stock to MIT

Indian-American billionaire Amar Bose, founder of the iconic Bose Corporation, has given his alma mater MIT a majority of the stock of his audio equipment maker company, a gift that fulfills his......

5 Indians donate millions to US universities

In October, the chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, gifted $50 million to his alma mater, the Harvard Business School, to give back to the school - in his words - a little bit of what it had given......

Finance crisis: IITs fear dip in endowment funds

In August this year, the founder of Symphony Group, Romesh Wadhwani, gifted his alma mater -- the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) -- $ 5 million (around Rs 25 crore or Rs 250 million)......

Tata gifts Cornell University $ 50 million

Noted industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata has gifted $ 50 million to his alma mater, Cornell University in New York, to help recruit top Indian students to support joint research projects......

Like the Student Of The Year trailer? Tell us!

In a move harkening back to his debut film, the guru of gloss Karan Johar shows us a school that'll make our alma maters appear less shiny, our students less toned, our high-school......

Thank you, Mr Ebert, for taking us on this journey

We will always remember Roger Ebert at the movies, says Arthur J Pais, in his tribute to the prolific movie critic, who passed away on April 4.Roger Ebert, the prolific movie critic, author of half......

Anthony Hopkins: I felt very honoured to play Hitchcock

In British director Sacha Gervasi's film Hitchcock, Anthony Hopkins -- in yet another career-defining role -- plays the legendary director when he was in his late 50s and set to direct his......

Review: SOTY is no KKHH but it's a fun watch

Student Of The Year is no Kuch Kuch Hota Hai but Karan Johar makes it look good, writes Sukanya Verma.A lot has changed since I wrote my first ever piece, the music review of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. I......

The Best Of The Kapoors

Ranbir Kapoor is the latest in the Kapoor clan to establish his credentials as an actor with his performance in the just released Rockstar but it all started with the patriarch Prithiviraj Kapoor,......

Virat Kohli soars to career-best ranking after Vizag hundred

South Africa opener Hashim Alma and India batsman Virat Kohli achieved career-best rankings to date in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen. Amla, who scored 110, 110 and 24 in......

Follow, discuss the India-South Africa first Test

Jacques Kallis registered his third hundred in five Tests and shared a double century stand with Hashim Alma to put South Africa in command of the first Test against India in Nagpur on Saturday.......

Another award for Dhoni

Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Alma Mater St Xavier's College will confer its famous student with its first 'Youth Icon' award during the institute's three-day carnival begining on......

How ads are sucking the fun out of cricket

'Initially the ad-breaks were strictly adhered to: in between overs, during drinks-break and dismissal of a batsman. Then the ad time increased, and cricket became what you saw between ads,' says M......

India beat South Africa by 21 runs

An injury-hit India produced a disciplined all-round performance to notchan emphatic 21-run victory over South Africa in the Twenty20 international in Durban on Sunday.- ScorecardPlaying without......

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COMED-K PGET results out

Rank holders: Subha Ashok Students from Karnataka have secured the top ranks in the Postgraduate Entrance Test (PGET) 2013 conducted by the... ...

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A Handshake Across The Himalayas

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