Kanwal Rekhi is a peaceful techie who ardently believes in competitive market economics and democracy, despite the trauma his family suffered during Partition and his narrow escape from violent mobs in 1984.
Namansh is survived by his father, mother, wife, who is also serving in the Air Force, and their six-year-old daughter.
The Lucknow-born Shukla, former NASA astronaut Mission Commander Peggy Whitson, Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland, and Tibor Kapu of Hungary are part of the Axiom-4 mission that marks the return to space for the three nations.
A spokesman of the university said the privately-funded Manmohan Singh Scholarship will send three serving scholars from India every year to St John's College, Cambridge, where the prime minister had studied economics and won the Wright's prize for distinguished performance in the mid-1950s.
With no money or staff, here's how Batskhem Thabah, a teacher, transformed an abandoned village school in rainy Raibah into a lively place for learning.
Gongadi Trisha emerged the player of the ICC women's under-19 T20 World Cup, scoring 309 runs, including a hundred, at an average of 77.25. She also took seven wickets in the tournament with her handy leg spin.
'He devoted his entire life for the betterment of Mumbai cricket and cricketers.' 'Even when he left for the Elysian Fields, he was in harness as mentor/advisor to the MCA.' Hemant Kenkre mourns the passing of Mumbai cricket icon Milind Rege.
"If you get employment, you will watch Reels for half an hour and work for 12 hours," the Congress leader said.
Besides his strategic and tactical acumen, it was his amazing personality, quick wit and ability to remain unflustered under any circumstances that stood him apart from almost any leader one has read about or known, recalls Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
'Everyone is so excited. There is a lot of excitement everywhere. This was a long time desire of many people.'
The nominations for the 81st annual Golden Globes are out, and Barbie and Succession lead the list.
Here's a quick look at the winners of the 81st Annual Golden Globe awards.
'I somehow felt that Muzaffar Ali was in Aligarh to feel the pulse of the Muslim youth, especially in the darker and harsher times that India is passing through,' notes Mohammad Sajjad.
Michael Dalvi, who played first class cricket for Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Bengal, once hit a century against a fiery Malcolm Marshall and the West Indies. At 77, he has a razor sharp memory, a ready wit and is a rare cricketing treasure.
Vihari said he has been preparing for the South Africa series at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.
Choreographer Terence Lewis talks about breaking a record on Guinness World Records.
'I was exhausted, hungry, unshaven and despondent.' 'My mouth was full of sores due to dehydration.' 'My clothes were in tatters due to walking through bushes and sliding down thorny slopes,' Brigadier John Parshuram Dalvi wrote of his capture during the 1962 War.
The three scholars, who will pursue doctoral study at the St John's College of the Cambridge University, are: Niladri Banerjee, 24; Nitu Duggal, 31; and Manasa Patnam, 24.
Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's alma mater St Xavier's College will confer its famous student with its first 'Youth Icon' award during the institute's three-day carnival begining on February 5.
Canadian biochemist Joseph Hulse, who received the Padma Shri at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi last week, has been mugged in Manchester where he had stopped on way home to attend a school anniversary dinner. Hulse, 85, one of the world's leading experts in biotechnology, had withdrawn 2,000 pounds from a bank in Manchester's busy St Ann's Square when two men grabbed his jacket and fled with the cash.
"What happens to the exam which is now to be scheduled as we have permitted women candidates to compete for NDA. That being the position we would require the ASG to file an affidavit within two weeks," the SC bench comprising Justice S K Kaul and Justice B R Gavai said in its order.
What distinguished Shashi from the other senior Indians in the UN Secretariat even in the early years of his career was that he was not paranoid about asserting his international personality to the point of erasing his Indian identity
These self-appointed well-wishers of AMU are basically for the control or police model of university governance. They have no faith whatsoever in the democratic functioning of the universities, observes Faizan Mustafa, former dean, Faculty of Law, and Registrar, Aligarh Muslim University.
India has arrived on the global scene and there is tremendous respect for Indian talent in the United States now, the computer industry whizkid Sabeer Bhatia said.
'Everything is possible if you are willing to give it your best shot.' 'And while you go about achieving your dreams, don't forget to care for our planet.'
'I simply cannot believe that Sushant has taken such a step. He was such a lively boy who inspired others through his zest for life.'
A round-up of Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Tuesday.
'I have never seen such a large parade being commanded with such precision just by a vocal word of command.' 'I would like to import this technology to England.' Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd), then a final year cadet at the National Defence Academy remembers Queen Elizabeth II's visit to NDA in November 1983.
Before the event, many right-wing activists protested outside the venue. One of the protesters also hurled black ink on the poster of Shah.
Two victims of the deadly Sydney siege were remembered on Tuesday by tearful mourners at private memorial services here, a week after a gunman held them hostage inside a downtown cafe in Australia.
Medium pace duo of K V Sasikanth and Cheepurapalli Stephen returned with five wickets each as Andhra Pradesh notched up a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Delhi in their Group A Ranji Trophy match on Friday. A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches on Friday.
A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday.
69-year-old Milon Sanyal writes about the books his Baba gifted him.
Karun Nair returned to form with a patient hundred as Karnataka set a stiff target of 380 for Hyderabad on the third day of their Group 'A' Ranji Trophy encounter.
Flowers, posters and images were placed at the gates of Kensington Palace.
India needs a 1,000 more Ashoka universities, Naukri.com Founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani tells Anjuli Bhargava.
Star all-rounder Kieron Pollard will lead the Trinidad side whereas Darren Sammy will lead the Caribbean Select XI.
Ishank Jaggi scored an unbeaten century while Ishan Kishan made 83 to hand Jharkhand the crucial first innings lead over Haryana in a Ranji Trophy match.
Summary of World Cup qualifiers played across the world on Thursday
Arvind Subramanian will hold classes for a week on applied economics at IIT Delhi
