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Indian American wins Math's top honor

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the prestigious Abel Prize for 2007 to Srinivasa S R Varadhan, professor of mathematics at New York University.The Abel Prize is considered......

Health-care law minus immigration reform equals disaster

Experts doubt if United States President Barack Obama's health-care law, that is to come into effect in 2014, can be translated into reality without matching immigration reform. Without immigration......

Is the future of education leaving India in the dust?

The digital revolution in education is coming at a most opportune time for India. Leadership in this is something India could seize, if only it had the vision, feels Rajeev Srinivasan. Part I: Why......

'China and India are true friends, partners'

Shanghai-based Professor Wang Dehua first conceived the dragon-elephant tango in one of his many books as an analogy for the ideals of 'Chindia'.Professor Wang, director of the Centre for South......

5 NRI kids among '08 US Presidential Scholars

Five non-resident Indian kids have been selected to be the 2008 Presidential Scholars, the US government's highest honour for high school seniors. Ravi N Sankar, Ishna A Sharma, Mythili K Iyer,......

2 Americans, 1 Brit share 2010 Economics Nobel

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2010 to Peter A. Diamond (Massachusetts Institute of Technology,......

American Paul Krugman wins Economics Nobel

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday announced that American Paul Krugman has won the Nobel economics prize "for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity.""What......

Indian statistician wins Abel prize

An Indian American, Srinivasa SR Varadhan of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, has won the 2007 Abel Prize awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.The prize,......

US polls,iPhone among top 10 Net moments in 10 yrs

Barack Obama's in the US presidential elections, launch of Wikipedia and emergence of the iPhone have been listed among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, the......

10 Indians in elite US engineering body

In his 30-year-plus career as a scientist, technologist and entrepreneur, Dr Kanti Jain has achieved many milestones, including developing fabrication technologies for microelectronics such as......

Did the Oscars pick the perfect hosts?

Well done, Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences. Buy yourself a drink, Oscar, you've earned it. I've routinely complained about all things Oscar -- including the choice of......

Is Daniel Day-Lewis the Best Actor of All Time?

Is he the BEST ever? It's impossible to ever agree on this, but the question must indeed be posed -- now that he has become the first actor in the history of the Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts and......

John Carter: First flop of 2012?

The much maligned John Carter might have opened to ho-hum business in North America but its three day worldwide gross was over $102 million. And while it made just about $30 million on home turf,......

Indian troupe debuts in NY Thanksgiving parade

As Rupal K Patel and 59 dancers were twirling to recorded songs by Shuba Mudgal, A R Rahman and many others for hours and hours last week, they were conscious that they would be making history on......

Why we admire Satyajit Ray so much

To his uninformed detractors -- including the late Indian actress Nargis Dutt -- filmmaker Satyajit Ray was a tireless chronicler of Indian poverty whose Pather Panchali captured the attention of......

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Q. Music is used for healing. Its said certain ragas heal the mind and body. Could you elaborate on this.
Sigma: A. Therapeutic Usefulness of MusicT V SairamInaugural AddressThe therapeutic usefulness of music is not a modern concept. It is as ancient as the...... more

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Q. If you are entitled to choose an award (like Nobel Prize, Grammy, Pulitzer, Bookers, Arjuna Award, Bharat Ratna, etc.) which one will you choose, why?
Kavita Prsd: A. Nobel Prize, Grammy, Pulitzer, Bookers, Arjuna Award, Bharat Ratna Are awarded as detailed below:-Since 1901, the NOBEL PRIZE has been honoring...... more

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Q. Who is Maggie Ruth Gyllenhall?
Muktha Radhakrishnan: A. Gyllenhaal, Maggie Ruth(Gyllenhaal, Maggie)1977 - Born on November 16th in Lower East Side, New York. American actress.1992 - Made her debut in her...... more

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Q. What\'s Chaos Theory and Butterfly Theory?Please no kidding.
SriniVenkat: A. Chaos theory is the study of nonlinear dynamics, where seemingly random events are actually predictable from simple deterministic equations.The...... more

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Indian American wins Math's top honor

Health-care law minus immigration reform equals disaster

Is the future of education leaving India in the dust?

'China and India are true friends, partners'

5 NRI kids among '08 US Presidential Scholars

2 Americans, 1 Brit share 2010 Economics Nobel

American Paul Krugman wins Economics Nobel

Indian statistician wins Abel prize

US polls,iPhone among top 10 Net moments in 10 yrs

10 Indians in elite US engineering body

Did the Oscars pick the perfect hosts?

Is Daniel Day-Lewis the Best Actor of All Time?

John Carter: First flop of 2012?

Indian troupe debuts in NY Thanksgiving parade

Why we admire Satyajit Ray so much

People speak for new york academy of sciences

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