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Honorary Hopkins degree for Amartya Sen, Suu Kyi

Nobel Laureate and eminent Indian-American economist Amartya Sen will receive an honorary degree from the prestigious Johns Hopkins University.Apart from Sen, five other persons including......

Indian Americans named to digital task force

G Sayeed Choudhury, associate dean of libraries at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, and Dr Vijay Gurbaxani, senior associate dean, the Paul Merage School of Business, University of......

Madhavi Gavini named a top Davidson Fellow

Madhavi Gavini, 17, a freshman at Johns Hopkins University, was one of the top five winners of the 2007 Davidson Fellowships, established by the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.The......

NRI doctors elected to US Institute of Medicine

Professor Dr Aravinda Chakravarti of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, who is president-elect of the American Society of Human Genetics, and Professor Dr K Ranga Rama Krishnan of the Duke......

Khurana, Malik, 'outstanding young Americans'

Dr Rahul Khurana, a surgeon at the Wilmer Eye Institute at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Captain Marisha Malik, of Potomac, Maryland, were among the Ten Outstanding Young......

Yash Gupta is Johns Hopkins B-school dean

Yash P Gupta, an innovative educator who has led three prominent business schools, has been appointed the first dean of the prestigious Johns Hopkins University's new Carey Business School. Gupta,......

Apollo, Johns Hopkins plan lab in Hyderabad

Apollo Group Hospitals on Friday announced to have entered into a strategic alliance with Johns Hopkins Medicine International for collaboration in medicine, education, research and setting up a......

Fuel subsidy only benefitting the rich: IMF official

The massive amount of fuel subsidy, which is taking a toll on government expenditure, is mainly benefiting the rich and not the poor, an IMF official said on Tuesday.It will take 1/10th of the......

'India should cut barriers to boost global trade'

India ranks below 100 (out of 180 countries) when it comes to doing business easily, says Pravin Krishna, Chung Ju Yung Professor of International Economics, School of Advanced International......

Ex-CTO of US may run for governorship

It is widely believed that Aneesh Chopra, who resigned last week as the first White House Chief Technology Officer, is mulling a run for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, and is likely to make an......

'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.......

IPL auction: The players, their price

As many as 350 leading cricketers from India and abroad will go under the auctioneer's hammer in Bangalore on January 8 and 9 when Indian Premier League franchises bidding for their services in the......

Hopkins makes way for Young in NZ Test squad

New Zealand named uncapped wicketkeeper Reece Young in their 13-man squad for the home Test series against Pakistan. Gareth Hopkins makes way for Young after failing to impress on the Black Caps'......

Seven new faces in Kiwis World Cup squad

New Zealand named seven uncapped players in their 30-man squad for next year's World Cup, as the Black Caps struggle to end a run of 11 straight defeats in one-day internationals.The injection of......

Match stats: 1st Test, Ind vs NZ, Day 4

Statistical highlights from the fourth day's play of the first Test between India and New Zealand in Ahmedabad on Sunday.#Kane Williamson is the second NZ player after Bruce Taylor to post a......

CWG update, Day 1: Sukhen gives India 2nd silver

Hamizan Amirul Ibrahim won the men's 56-kg weightlifting event to claim Malaysia's first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games on Monday.Ibrahim set a new Games mark of 116 kg in the snatch to claim......

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

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Q. Uncircumcised men are eight times aslikely to become infected with HIV than circumcisedmen, according to a study of nearly 2,300 men in Indiareleased on Thursday.A researcher at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins UniversitySchool of Medicine suggested that the inner surface ofthe foreskin does not have the same protective layeras the outside, and is potentially more vulnerable toHIV.?
Z: A. Abhyankar was born in a Maharashtrian Konkanastha Brahmin family. He earned his B.Sc. from Royal Institute of Science in 1951, his A.M. at Harvard...... more

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Q. Who was the only U.S. president to have earned a Ph.D.?
Rajan: A. well, the very well known fact is, either you have cut the foreskin or Not, if you get in to sexual contact with infected person, you are sure to...... more

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Q. which is the first product to be patented?
Dharamender Nebhnani: A. It was Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1924.Twenty-eighth U.S. president; born in Staunton, Va. Son of a Presbyterian minister, he studied at Princeton...... more

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Q. who played the role of Henry II in the film theLion in Winter ?
Stalin: A. In 1449 King Henry VI granted the first product with the license of 20 years to John of Utyam for making the first colored glasses. In USA several...... more

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ASCE on new research advances in cold formed steel applications - AISI

AISI In a special section in the May 2013 issue of the Journal of Structural Engineering, the American Society of Civil Engineers takes a... ...

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Bipasha Basu looks forward to shoot `Creature` in Ooty

Tags: Bipasha Basu, Creature, Ooty, Raaz, Bipasha Basu new film 0 Mumbai: Bipasha Basu is all set to revisit Ooty for Vikram Bhatt`s 3D thriller... ...

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Hopkins joins Travolta in 'John Gotti' biopic

Sir Anthony Hopkins is set to star alongside John Travolta in the much awaited movie about mobster John Gotti. The film's international... ...

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Meatless Monday Offers 10 Hot Tips For Tasty Summer Grilling That'll Get You Fired Up For A Healthy BBQ Season

PR Newswire NEW YORK, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The start of summer is the perfect time to enjoy delicious, sizzling meals straight... ...

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Obama lauds Thein Sein's leadership

US President Barack Obama on Monday threw his support behind Myanmar President Thein Sein in his drive to reform a former pariah state but warned... ...

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