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Princeton univ to host first-ever Hinduism week

Princeton, one of America's eight Ivy League universities and widely regarded as one of the world's leading universities, is creating history. For the first time, the New Jersey-based university......

Youngest to win top maths honour in 50 years

Professor Manjul Bhargava of Princeton University has won the 2008 Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory, a top award of the American Mathematical Society.The award, given every three years, is......

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......

NRI's energy drink under scanner for 13 deaths in US

A popular energy drink, produced by a company founded by an Indian-American billionaire, has come under the scanner in the United States after reports of 13 deaths possibly linked to the energy......

'Civil society has taken on the White man's burden'

'When England colonised us they took on the White man's burden. They took upon the burden to educate us. Civil society is doing the same thing by the Right to Food...' says Professor Pradeep......

'Individuals cannot fight corruption'

Avinash Dixit, John J F Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economics, Princeton University, is a pioneer of the game theory and a major influence on Nobel laureate Paul Krugman's acclaimed work......

Harvard, Yale to join hands with Indian varsities

On December 7, 2005,15 leading United States universities, including Harvard, Yale and Princeton, will join Amrita University, the Indian Space Research Organization and the Indian government's......

Kaushik Basu named World Bank's chief economist

Kaushik Basu, till recently the chief economic adviser of the government of India, who created a political firestorm in April when he said here on the sidelines of the World Bank/International......

American duo wins Economics Nobel; more interesting facts

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded jointly to Thomas J Sargent and Christopher A Sims "for their impirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy".......

Govt may allow education bodies to float bonds

The ministry of human resource development is considering allowing educational institutions to float bond issues for fund generation."At present, we are working on some of these ideas. We are also......

Review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a powerful film

The Reluctant Fundamentalist has its cinematic moments but celebrates just black and white aspects of life instead of exploring grey areas, Vaihayasi Pande Daniel writes.Janissary: a member of an......

Coming up, Indian films at the Toronto Film Festival

Here's a look at the line-up at the forthcoming Toronto International Film Festival, coming up in September. Two veteran filmmakers of Indian origin and one comparatively new name will have the......

When Bollywood stars adopted

He may not have married but he may just make a great father. In keeping with his paternal instincts, Karan Johar will soon adopt a kid and become a sort of kunwara baap. Brownie points for such a......

Bollywood prays for Japan

Twitter is a busy world, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day.Japan's earthquake-tsunami tragedy hasn't gone unnoticed in tinsel town; the......

Elizabeth Hurley is Wonder Woman villain

Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here!Elizabeth Hurley has landed a villainous role on the new Wonder Woman TV pilot. The 45-year-old, who has been in the......

Images: Bangladesh rally to shock England

Bangladesh relied on their tail-enders to return from the dead and pull off a sensational two-wicket upset victory over England in a World Cup Group B match to keep their quarter-final hopes alive......

World Cup buzz? No sign yet in Mumbai or Delhi

Cricket's biggest showpiece, the World Cup final, will be staged in India's financial capital Mumbai in little over six weeks but the sport-crazy citizens and casual visitors were hard-pressed to......

Narang is 'King' of the Delhi Games

India finished second in the final pecking order, with more than 100 medals, as the curtain came down on the Commonwealth Games, on Thursday. A record medal haul of 38 gold, 27 silver and 36......

One last major chance for wounded Tiger in 2010

Betrayed by his renowned clutch putting and winless in his first seven PGA Tour starts this year, Tiger Woods is desperate to move out of unfamiliar and decidedly uncomfortable territory. As......

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Q. why do indian students go abroad for studies when education is good here
Rose: A. People have several reasons in some parts people have craze for Phoren so they even go to tier 3 UK and Australian universities for some...... more

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Too tiresome and tangled

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