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New SAYA! chief aims to target poor youth

As a Cornell University undergraduate majoring in chemistry and Asian studies, Udai Tambar spent many weeks studying ethnic identity issues among Indians in New York City. "I also studied how......

Indian American Fulbright scholar to research ayurveda

Kolkata-born Indian American physician Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya, who practices holistic medicine in New York, has created history by being selected the first US scholar by the Fulbright Program to......

US presidential award for 3 Indian American scientists

United States President Barack Obama has named three Indian American scientists among 96 researchers as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. The awards......

Chelsea Clinton now a NBC journalist

Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former US President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Hillary Clinton, has been roped-in by NBC News as a full-time special correspondent. Chelsea, 31,......

Nobel laureate Har Gobind Khorana passes away

Pioneering Indian American biochemist Har Gobind Khorana, who won the 1968 Nobel Prize for medicine, has died of natural causes in Concord, Massachusetts. Khorana, 89, who was Massachusetts......

Are Indian students shunning US business schools?

Less than two months after India's Soumitra Dutta took over as the dean at US's Cornell University's Johnson Business School, Srilata A Zaheer became the first Indian woman to head the Carlson......

IIT alumnus named Dean of Cornell's business school

IIT-Delhi alumnus Soumitra Dutta has been named the new Dean of the Ivy league Cornell University's business school, joining a growing list of noted Indian-origin academicians assuming leaderships......

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......

Farmer's son develops disease-free potato seed

Jang Bahadur Singh Sangha, a local farmer who has done his MSc in plant physiology and pathology from Cornell University in the United States, with a specialisation in potato seed, has set up a......

Cornell varsity seeks fresh avenues in India

A delegation of Cornell University officials, led by the president of the institution David J Skorton, is on a week-long visit to India beginning from January 1 to seek avenues of advanced......

Sanjna Kapoor: I have finally left home

She has moved on from Prithvi, but Sanjna Kapoor's passion for theatre remains undimmed.Actor Naseeruddin Shah, who makes no bones about how dreary he found boarding school in Nainital, once told......

'Aamir thought Peepli Live! was a big joke'

Anusha Rizvi is a former NDTV producer. In her first feature film Peepli Live -- produced by Aamir Khan, two poor, broken down farmers and brothers (Budhia and Natha) are about to lose their family......

Pix: Bollywood ushers in IPL-3

Bollywood was on hand to usher in the third season of the cricket extravaganza known as the Indian Premier League at a pre-IPL launch party in Mumbai on Thursday. The third season kicks of today.......

Farhan and Hrithik's birthday bash

It was a birthday unlike others. Close friends Farhan Akhtar and Hrithik Roshan decided to celebrate their 36th birthday together at a posh lounge in Mumbai's Juhu suburb.......

Images: India vs South Africa, 1st Test, Day 2, Nagpur

Hashim Amla's (253 not out) double ton put South Africa in a commanding position as the Proteas declared on 558 for six on Day 2 of the first Test in Nagpur on Sunday. Resuming the day with an......

Thousands honour Germany's Enke

Tens of thousands of fans joined family, friends and team-mates of Robert Enke to pay their last respects to the Germany goalkeeper on Sunday, five days after his suicide shocked the country and......

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Q. what do you know about Mr. Shriram Abhyankar ... ????
Manoj Joshi: A. more

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Q. What is the history behind the establishment of Stanford University?
Manoj Joshi: A. In 1876, former California Governor Leland Stanford purchased 650 acres of Rancho San Francisquito for a country home and began the development of...... more

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Q. CFA or MBA(Finance)And what r the different scope between this two course
Santiranjan Pal: A. MBA Vs. CFABefore the advent of the CFA, many investment companies would send some of their best and brightest to business schools on the company's...... more

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Q. Is God inside everything ?
Nirav Gala: A. Oneness of God or Tawd is the act of believing and affirming that God (Arabic: Allah) is one and unique (wid). The Qur'an asserts the existence of...... more

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Product Launch Platform, The Grommet, Works with Inventor to Feature Astrojax, a Next Generation Yo-Yo

The Grommet, an online shopping site and product launch platform for innovative and undiscovered products, is working with inventor to feature... ...

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A molecular explanation for age-related fertility decline in women

Scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health have a new theory as to why a woman's fertility declines after her mid-30s. They also... ...

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More time in gym class lowe...

Increasing the amount of time that elementary schoolchildren spent in gym class reduces the probability of obesity, a new study from Cornell... ...

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EdX Expands xConsortium to Asia and Doubles in Size with Addition of 15 New Global Institutions

/PRNewswire/ -- EdX, the not-for-profit online learning initiative composed of the leading global institutions of the xConsortium, today announced... ...

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Gym Class Reduces Probability of Obesity

The amount of time that schoolchildren spent in the gym class was found to reduce the probability of obesity, finds study from Cornell University.... ...

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