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US: Republican Vishwas More's big week is here

Vishwas More, retired chief engineer of the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University labs, who proudly proclaims he is 'a life-long Republican', and a veteran of political......

Taking the Mahabharata into the digital age

Dr Bulbul Tiwari, a postdoctoral fellow in the humanities at Stanford University, has taken on the onerous task of creating an online, digital, audio-visual encyclopedia of the Mahabharata. On May......

Monal Chokshi in Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame

Monal Chokshi became the first Indian-American to be inducted into Stanford University's Athletics Hall of Fame. Chokshi, who was honored in the track and field and cross-country category, was......

NRI's doctor's book makes waves in US

Stanford University medical professor Abraham Verghese is getting ready for another bout of book tours, this time for his bestselling novel Cutting for Stone's paperback edition. The novel, set in......

Pakistanis divided over Stanford invite for Mush

Pakistanis are objecting to the Stanford University's invitation to their former president Pervez Musharraf to lecture at the varsity as 'Big Speaker-2009', later this week.'Musharraf has been......

Harvard tops Forbes' list of Billionaire varsities

With 62 of its alumni now billionaires, Harvard tops Forbes' list of Billionaire Universities this year, followed by Stanford that boasts of 28 billionaire graduates. The number of Harvard alumni......

Chicago B-school names Indian-American as dean

Indian-origin Stanford University Professor Sunil Kumar has been named dean of the prestigious Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. Kumar's five-year term as dean at Chicago Booth......

'We don't expect Harvard, Stanford to come here'

Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal on Monday said he doesn't expect leading foreign universities like Harvard and Stanford to come to India."We don't expect Harvard and......

Silicon Valley loses an angel

In a life that spanned just 47 years, Stanford University computer science professor Rajeev Motwani managed to profoundly change the world. Or, as Google co-founder Sergey Brin wrote this......

Rakesh Mohan leaves RBI for Stanford assignment

The Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Rakesh Mohan has put in his papers to take up an assignment at the Stanford University in the US.He will be joining at the Stanford Centre International......

Bollywood preaches safe sex on World Aids Day

December 1 is dedicated to spreading awareness about World Aids Day. On the occasion, Bollywood stars tweeted to create more awareness. Bipasha Basu tweeted: ''Getting to zero'-"Zero new......

Maestro in concert: AR Rahman's LA show

Towards the middle of AR Rahman's concert on Sunday at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl venue, the city's philharmonic orchestra started to play the theme from Bombay -- by all counts the best score by......

Bollywood cheers Osama's death

The world's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden is dead. As US President Barack Obama confirmed the news, Bollywood stars tweeted furiously about it. Minissha Lamba tweeted: 'Osama is Dead.......

'Goa offers a superb setting to Dum Maaro Dum'

After waiting for Rohan Sippy for over 15 minutes beyond schedule outside Saravana Bhavan in New York, I call his handler. He can't locate Sippy; the cell phone is switched off. I gave myself 10......

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......

Injured Woods withdraws from WGC

Tiger Woods withdrew from the WGC-Cadillac Championship on Sunday with an Achilles tendon injury, raising doubts about his fitness for next month's Masters at Augusta National. The former World......

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Q. what do you know about azim premji ..teh wipro founder ?
The Abuser: A. more

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Q. Identify the person Alvin E Roth
Sigma: A. An alumnus of Stanford University, USA, Mr.Azim H Premji joined Wipro in nineteen sixty six at the age of twenty one. (now he is the Chairman of...... more

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Q. if lallu yadav takes up a teaching assignment in Stanford University ( USA ),what subject should he teach ?
Samiran Panda: A. Alvin Roth is the George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration in the Department of Economics at Harvard University, and in the...... more

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Q. How can I increase my IQ?
Ankit Shivam: A. CHARA LANGUAGE more

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He makes Robots do household chores

When the International Conference on Machine Learning kicks off in Atlanta in June and pre-eminent scientists from all over the world assemble to... ...

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Stanford Researchers Find Frogs in California Harbor Deadly Amphibian Pathogen

The first evidence that African clawed frogs in California harbor a deadly fungal infection that is decimating amphibian populations across the... ...

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5,000 steps a day to avoid higher health insurance costs?

Ann Arbor, May 18 (IBNS) It was a controversial move when a health insurer began requiring people who were obese to literally pay the price of not... ...

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Speed Dating Watch Your Mouth

Do you know how long it takes for a guy and a gal to "click" in the first stage of building a bond that may lead to a lasting relationship?... ...

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Jobs widow tiptoes into public sphere

May 17: Marlene Castro knew the tall blonde woman only as Laurene, her mentor. They met every few weeks in a rough Silicon Valley neighbourhood the... ...

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