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India to serve as bridge across world's diversity: Krishna

At launch of the 'India Initiative' by the Brown University External Affairs Minister S M Krishan delivered an inspiring speech. Here's the full text: It is a privilege for me to be here at one......

NRI scientist records brain dialogue

A Brown University research team, led by an Indian-American, has found that the electrical activity in the brain cells of sleeping mice isn't completely random. The team observed a dialogue between......

The argument for India

External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh delivered this facinating lecture at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.India has a larger message for the world, one that acquires even......

Going gaga about Bobby Jindal

Bobby Jindal and I went to the same university, Brown. Sure, I was there several years before him, but nevertheless, it's true: we share our alma mater. So given his sudden rise to prominence, I......

Dead Indian American student showed signs of depression

The family of Sunil Tripathi, the Indian-American student whose body was recovered from the Providence river in the US state of Rhode Island, has said that the 22-year-old had shown signs of......

Two US-based Indian women win exalted fellowship

Lakshmi Balachandra of Boston College and Ishani Tewari of Brown University were among 15 exceptional doctoral students honored by the Kauffman Foundation with its annual Dissertation......

Foreign varsity funds eye Indian markets

San Francisco Employees' Retirement System (SFERS), Brown University and Texas Investment Management have joined the list of global pension, endowment and universities' funds that are attracted by......

Kraft's premium chocolate bet

You have possibly seen and even tasted this triangular chocolate at some point when you walked into a high-end traditional store, supermarket or hypermarket. Toblerone, which uptil now was......

Is this a make or break budget for India?

Can Budget 2012 prompt real change? Is India missing out on the opportunity to cash in on higher fund flows at a time when the west is suffering from a crisis? All eyes are now on the FM's brown......

Dubai-based Indian donates $20 mn to Boston Varsity

UAE-based Indian-origin global entrepreneur Rajen Kilachand has donated $25 million to Boston University, the largest single donation in the college's 172-year history.The money will support BU's......

The Lorax may take a big bite of the US box office

Long, long ago, a greedy man called the Once-ler came upon a place filled with wondrous Truffula Trees, Swomee-Swans, Brown Barba- loots, and Humming-Fishes. The entrepreneurship in him drove him......

How I Won the War gets new life

Viewers back in the late 1960s might have had some reasons not to appreciate the brilliant farce How I Won the War. Though it was released at the time of the phenomenal success of the Beatles, it......

Kate Winslet recreates the Madonna look

Get your lowdown on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here! Kate Winslet looks like Madonna in a new French cosmetics ad. The Oscar winner is the face of Lancome, and stars in the......

Revisiting Back to the Future

What could be a big difference between Back to the Future, and a current big budget blockbuster?The latter will surely have elaborate stunt scenes, high technology and kinetic speed.But Back to the......

Did Emma Watson really go topless?

Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here! Emma Watson is shocked that 'topless' pictures of her apparently of her with a towel around her waist standing by a hot......

Pallikal loses to Brown in US Open squash

Country's top ranked female racqueter Dipika Pallikal, who became the first Indian squash player to break into top-20 in the world rankings, suffered a first-round defeat to Kasey Brown of......

Team India felicitated in London for WC win

It may have been a nightmarish tour on field but off the field, Indian cricketers had an evening to remember when they were felicitated by the Indo-British Parliamentarians Group for their historic......

Ex-coach, players charged with fixing games

Ten people, including two former basketball players and a former assistant coach at the University of San Diego, have been indicted in connection with a scheme to fix games since 2008, US federal......

Images: Joyous Serbs win first Davis Cup title

Serbia celebrated their first Davis Cup title after Viktor Troicki thrashed France's Michael Llodra to secure a memorable 3-2 victory inside a rocking Belgrade Arena on Sunday. Chants of "Viktor"......

Chhetri fashions an easy win for Wizards

Indian striker Sunil Chhetri continued to sparkle for Kansas City Wizards, scoring a hat-trick in the Major League Soccer team's 5-0 win over the University of Evansville in a friendly match at St......

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Q. American universities are currently combating the twin challenges of campus violence and competition. Day by day security of Indian students is getting worst there. "USA is better than India is no answer to this....... Are Indian parents sending their wards there to get their dead bodies? The killings could be a continued backlash of hatred against brown skin.......Cops have no better answer than the killings are not racially motivated!......It is time the Indian Government should take up the matter with the U.S Govt to probe on these murders. Please share your views
Sumati Gayki: A. more

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Q. Hello friends ........................................SUBJECT : God the true perfect Guide QUESTION : Why does mankind need revelation? Isn't it enough just to be good? Isn't it enough for each of us to worship God in our own way?
Azam Khan: A. yes indian govt should be concerned of this more

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Q. Who Is Anne Hathaway's Fiance ?
Jinx Love: A. life is full of injustices, but our Creator is fair and just and He establishes justice not in this life, but in the afterlife. However, justice...... more

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Q. True Cost of Afghan, Iraq Wars .According to a recent Brown University study, the wars and their ripple effects have cost the United States $3.7 trillion, or more than $12,000 per AmericanWhere As Resistance spends hardly anything in Comparison ,American spend rather heavily but Gaining nothing except larger problems at home and abroad ??
Jinx Love: A. Who is is marvelous researcher ? Do these people ever go in to details of figures and come out with this kind of junk.Listen 3.8 Trillion Doller is...... more

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Kirani James talks up Grenada relay team

World and Olympic 400 metre champion Kirani James has warned that Grenada is capable of producing a relay team as a force to be reckoned with in... ...

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Sweet charity

In a sugary twist to giving back to society, two 30-year-olds are raising funds through cakes and cookies. The first time Kavita Gonsalves tried... ...

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Obesity sustained by changes in brain biochemistry

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — With obesity reaching epidemic levels in some parts of the world, scientists have only begun to understand... ...

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Visit Ladakh's monasteries

Monastery hopping can be wretchedly tiring. After the first three, the head begins to buzz, eyes glaze over and all of them begin to look similar.... ...

http://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/2013/may/190513-ladakh-monasteries-travel-moonscape.htm

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