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Staying in the sun may prevent heart disease

Researchers from University of Michigan have revealed that vitamin D may help prevent heart failure.Lead researcher Robert U. Simpson, pharmacologist from University of Michigan calls the sunshine......

US: Dr Devdas Shetty is new Lawrence Tech dean

Dr Devdas Shetty is the new dean of the College of Engineering at Lawrence Technological University, Michigan. Dr Shetty, who was with the University of Hartford in Connecticut for 20 years,......

US official sacked for Twitter barbs is Indian-American

A key White House staffer who was fired after it came to light that he was behind a Twitter account that dished out gossip and pointed barbs at the Obama Administration is an Indian-American. Jofi......

Likely Nobel prize winners for 2014

The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced its 2013 “Nobel-class” Citation Laureates on Wednesday, which names 28 researchers representing 22 distinct academic and......

Four Indian Americans win top science and maths awards

Four Indian-American professors are among 13 mathematicians, theoretical physicists and theoretical computer scientists selected for the Simons Investigators awards for their cutting edge research.......

Indian American to guide US manufacturing policy

Secunderabad-born and raised Dr Sridhar Kota, 52, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, has become American President Barack Obama's point man for developing......

CK Prahalad's tips on CSR

CK Prahalad, professor of corporate strategy at the University of Michigan and author of books on innovative business models that can help end world poverty, talks about corporate social......

US varsity suspends Coke sale

The University of Michigan has suspended sale of Coca-Cola products on its three campuses, citing human rights and environmental concerns in India and Columbia.The university, acting upon its......

'There are at least 20 global Indian firms'

Chairman of PRAJA Inc and Harvey C Fruehauf Professor of Business Administration of the University of Michigan, C K Prahalad was in Ahmedabad on Friday to attend an interactive session with the......

'Powerful' future ahead for lithium-ion battery

We have developed ultra-fast means of telecommunication and swankiest of electronic devices. But no matter how high-tech these gadgets are, they still rely on the humble battery for sustenance. The......

Five-Year Engagement fights for space alongside Avengers

The lines for the eagerly awaited The Avengers will be very long, and the May 4 US release could gross as much as $150 million in its first weekend in North America alone.But a number of well......

Now, Bollywood enters the ice-skating rink

Meryl Davis and Charlie White have been ice-skating together since they were nine. The 2009 US National Champions in figure skating are now eyeing the February Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Last......

US charges Allen Stanford with 'massive' fraud

Texas billionaire Allen Stanford and three of his companies were charged with "massive" fraud on Tuesday as federal agents swooped down on his US headquarters. In a civil complaint filed in federal......

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Q. Women feel insecure whle walking on anywhere on India's roads as incidents of chain snatching, molestation,eve-teasing,acid throwing,abusing dem occur as dey help little assistance 4rm pedestrians.In d end women tend 2 become losers & dey r being victimised. A new study has found dat nine in 10 women hve suffered on account of sexual discrimination at d workplace, which is alarming & India is not an exception 2 dis crime. D researchers at d Michigan University found dat 10% of d women surveyed had experienced severe harassment, in which dey wre promised promotion in exchnge of sexual favrs.Ur
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Q. What are the Best MBA universities in USA?
Ram: A. In any male-dominated Society, particularly in absence of proper policing and stricter LAWS, such incidents ought to rise and MEDIA, PRESS,...... more

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Q. If a food is to be labeled as non vegetarian then it should contain a living organism present in it. Now the eggs available in the market has no living organism present in them. Shall we call such eggs as vegetarian ? if not why?
Ram: A. Whatever eggs we get from laying units now are unfertilised eggs. The term vegetarian egg is a first-rate misnomer. The purpose of a fertile egg is...... more

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Wipro offers $2.8m grant for a STEM Fellowship Program

BANGALORE: Wipro and Michigan State University (MSU) have launched the Wipro STEM Fellowship Program that would focus on building leadership in... ...

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Wipro offers fellowship to US school teachers

Indian IT bellwether Wipro Ltd Thursday announced a fellowship programme to nurture talent of American school teachers in mathematics and science... ...

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Kids understand multi-digit numbers as early as age 3

Children as young as 3 understand multi-digit numbers better than previously believed, a new study has found. The research, led by a Michigan State... ...

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kids-understand-multi-digit-numbers-as-early-as-age-3-113121900372_1.html

In healthcare experiment, patients pay more for 'bad' medicine

By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Tanner Martin, 17, developed excruciating back pain last year, he was sure he needed an X-ray to find... ...

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New York, Dec 19, (IANS) E-cigarettes that were launched to let people to kick the tobacco habit have left many parents worried.Adults are... ...

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