"It is a matter of great pride for India that a brilliant scientist, who has gained the highest international recognition, should have done most of his education in India," Dr Singh said in a message to Ramakrishnan who jointly won this year's Nobel prize for Chemistry.
"The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology and the University of Utah supported this work and the collegiate atmosphere there made it all possible. The idea of supporting long term basic research like that at LMB does lead to breakthroughs, the ribosome is already starting to show its medical importance," he said.
In a stunning electoral victory, the ruling Communist Party if India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF), rode back to power in Kerala winning 99 of the 140 seats, bucking the over four decade long trend of Communists and Congress-led United Democratic Front coming to power alternatively.
Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan found it difficult to buy an iPhone from British mobile service provider O2 for the simple reason that he spelt his first name as 'Venki' in the application form, a bizzare case that has led him to suspect an element of racism.
"Okay. Good," a bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said when the counsel of Union Territory administration and Iltija informed it about the release of Mufti, who is the president of the PDP.
President Ram Nath Kovind presented Padma awards to 73 individuals, some posthumously, at a ceremony held in the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Monday.
Free Basics offers a limited version of the Internet on mobile phones.
Virender Sehwag said his triple hundred at Multan in 2004 came after analyst S Ramakrishnan helped spot a chink in his armour.
With Mindy Kaling producing as well as writing parts of Never Have I Ever, Indian-American characters are telling their own story instead of having it told for them.
Rajinikanth said he stood by his comments made on Periyar, maintaining that they were factual and refused to apologise as demanded by fringe Dravidian outfits. DMK chief advised him to exercise caution while expressing views on Periyar.
TCS chief operating officer N Ganapathy Subramaniam earned over Rs 11.61 crore in FY19 as compared to Rs 9.29 crore last fiscal.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi allowed the Peoples Democratic Party chief's daughter Iltija to meet her after she submitted in court that she has no problem in going to their Srinagar home but has not been able to move freely in the city.
The 10-member jury was headed by filmmaker Vipul Shah. The awards were announced by jury member Dharam Gulati.
When brands look at cricket, India's male cricketers are an obvious choice.
Young mridangam artist Kuzhalmannam G Ramakrishnan of Kerala on Saturday set a new Guinness record in percussion instruments by playing the mridangam non-stop for over 84 hours.
'That is how our machinery operates and sees every prisoner.'
Rajesh Gopinathan, who took charge as chief executive of TCS on Tuesday, said he and his newly appointed team will ensure sustenance of the company's growth momentum and continuous evolution of its strategy.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
He's the Indian Nobel Prize winner you probably haven't heard of.
India fielding coach Ramakrishnan Sridhar on Friday dismissed reports raising question marks over Kuldeep Yadav's fitness, saying the spinner is fully fit but not playing regularly is probably having a negative impact on his bowling. Kuldeep has been fairly inconsistent in his international outings of late and conceded 84 runs in his 10 overs and took two wickets in the first ODI against New Zealand on Wednesday.
Meet the distinguished winners of the India Abroad awards 2009.
The executive remuneration for FY2020 is lower than FY2019 in view of the economic conditions impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The directors have decided to moderate the executive remuneration for this year to express solidarity and conserve resources.
India's fielding coach Ramakrishnan Sridhar said that the team has not lived up to the fielding standards which was witnessed during the ICC World Cup last year. In the ongoing tour of New Zealand, the Indian team has dropped quite a few catches and has not been able to capitalise on the run-out opportunities.
Law must not only change with changing social needs, it must recognise technological advancements, the Kerala high court has said while referring to a larger bench the question -- whether a wedding under the Special Marriage Act (SMA) can be solemnised online via video conferencing.
Revenue grew 5.1 per cent in the quarter under review to Rs 39,946 crore from Rs 38,010 crore in the corresponding period last fiscal.
Revenue of the Mumbai-based firm grew 11.4 per cent to Rs 38,172 crore in the June 2019 quarter, compared to Rs 34,261 crore in the same quarter of 2018-19.
Miffed over the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's "approach" towards finalising a seat-sharing agreement for the Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu, the Communist Party of India - Marxist and the Communist Party of India on Thursday called off their month-old alliance with the Jayalalithaa-led party.
Iltija, daughter of the former CM, had filed a habeas corpus (bring the person) petition in the apex court challenging the government's order issued on February 5 for invoking the Public Safety Act provision against Mehbooba Mufti to keep her in detention.
Good lighting, proper distance while reading and good posture are very important to avoid eyestrain.
The Malayalam film has has some exciting moments.
Malyalam fans are in for a treat as six films of different genre hit the screens.
Karthick Ramakrishnan, co-author and director of the National Asian American Survey believes the Indian American community's massive shift to the Democratic Party -- which was manifest in the polling data that showed overwhelming support for President Barack Obama over Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney
'The fruition of Nobel's hope lies in the response of a caring government that can rise above politics and propaganda, not in the frenetic raptures of a public that worships fame for fame's sake,' says Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
Banerjee joins the list of Indians and people of Indian origin who have received the prestigious Nobel prize in fields like Physics, Chemistry, Peace, Economic Sciences and Medicine.
Chinese blast has Tata Motors reporting Rs 430 cr net loss.
Mammootty along with Kavya Madhavan give a fine performance in the film.
Here's how Rajinikanth, who turns 62 today, and his film Sivaji caused mass frenzy overseas!
On the Superstar's birthday, authors P C Balasubramaniam and Ram N Ramakrishnan explain why they chose to write a book on Rajinikanth.
A local court on Monday rejected the bail plea of senior Communist Paryt of India-Marxist leader M M Mani, arrested in connection with a three-decade-old political murder case which was re-opened in the wake of a controversial speech made by him.
