Balasubramanian, 50, Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at Cambridge University, has been recognised for his work as a co-inventor of Next Generation DNA sequencing, described as the most transformational advance in biology and medicine for decades.
Gita Ramjee has become the first Indian-origin South African to have died after contracting the novel coronavirus. Ramjee, a stellar vaccine scientist and an HIV prevention research leader, had returned from London a week ago but reportedly showed no symptoms of COVID-19.
Many of those who have been to Covid hell and back are unable to shake off the memories of their days in hospitals, leading to worries about post-traumatic stress disorder and other anxiety related problems, including insomnia.
Started in 2008, Tata ISES also has affiliations with the University of California, Berkeley, USA, and the University of Cambridge, UK for similar programmes.
Serum Institute is investing $200 million to create capacities for the COVID-19 vaccine. Sohini Das profiles its 39-year-old CEO.
One of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein passes into worlds beyond our understanding.
Born to Zerin Rao anchooling fd Jehangir Narioshang Rao, both Parsi physicians from India, Rao grew up in Michigan and did her srom Detroit High School. She is married to Alan Lefkowitz and the couple has two children.
'The pressure was very high because I am not a Saroj Khan or a Vaibhavi Merchant.' 'I am someone from a reality show.' 'I was a nobody who was given an opportunity to express myself in the best way I could.'
Was Kerkar duped by his employees, as he claims, or did a cocktail of greed, poor cost control and bad management bring the travel firm down, wonder Pavan Lall and Aneesh Phadnis.
A generation of youngsters are waiting in the wings, ready for their shot at being the Next Big Bollywood Star. Meet Aryan Khan, Shah Rukh Khan's 'dude child'.
'A tornado... when it lands, it swirls through the body, causing chaos, confusion, coughs, wreaking damage to each organ it touches.'
Seema Antil has become the second female Indian discus thrower to make the cut for this year's London Olympics by achieving the 'A' qualification mark at the University of California (Irvine) Open Championships in the United States.
On December 9, from 2-3 pm, Sri Akella, director, Dream Seekers Academy, will answer your queries about studying abroad. Do join us with your questions.
Naipaul wrote more than 30 books of fiction and nonfiction during his career with a sharp critique of established religion and politicians characterising much of his work.
In the start-up world, hitting the $1-billion mark, which accords the "Unicorn" tag, is a milestone. Enterprises typically reach the milestone only by series C or series D, or three to four funding rounds later. Zeta achieved it at the first one. On May 25, the six-year-old banking tech firm raised $250 million from Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, at a post-money valuation of $1.45 billion. "This is the first time we have raised institutional money," Zeta co-founder Bhavin Turakhia beamed on the conference call. This trajectory is uncommon in start-ups.
Words of advice from Atul Chauhan, Chancellor, Amity University.
'Outside investors don't want to get tangled up in a religious war.'
There are very few people in the world who qualify to be called a living legend. Astad Deboo is one of them.
'Some of the longer-term implications of COVID-19 are not related to the virus itself.' 'They are actually related to immune responses from the virus.'
The popular perception is that attractive people receive favourable treatment in the hiring process.
Rediff reader and photographer Hari Prasad Sridhar sent us these photographs from his travels
The London campus of Pune-based TASMAC School of Business suddenly closed down on October 6. Although the exact reason for its abrupt closure remains unknown, the move comes in the wake of UK's efforts to tighten norms in tier-4 student visas.
Here are a few things to know about 'Jihadi John'
'Your body will be able to deal with Omicron at any time, but it depends (on when) if you are vaccinated.'
Anurag Kashyap's classic Black Friday is a must watch film.
This Khan superstar told Gulshan Grover, 'Go ahead, become a star in Hollywood.'
International education consultant NNS Chandra shares advice on how to pick the right international education.
Some critics contend that Japan's rush to secure supplies is driven largely by a political desire to show the world it is fully committed to hosting the Games.
Gandhi has been attacking the BJP government for allegedly inking the deal at a much higher price than the one the previous United Progressive Alliance regime had negotiated to benefit 'one businessman'.
A group of Indian-origin British members of parliament on Tuesday pledged to donate the pay rise they will receive next month towards a major event to be held by Indian community for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the iconic Wembley Stadium in London.
The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency, which had been formally tasked by the UK government last month with the process of clearance after the jab emerged "safe and effective" against the novel coronavirus in human trials, is expected to authorise the vaccine by December 28 or 29 after the final data is provided on Monday, 'The Daily Telegraph' quoted senior government sources as indicating.
The wave of enthusiasm for digital technology had faded as we'd grown more and more worried about what smartphones and social media were doing to society and to us as individuals. Now that switchback ride between hopes for the technology and fear of it seemed to have taken us on another upward path, as the virus made us fall back in love with it. Read on for an intriguing excerpt from Rory Cellan-Jones's Always On: Hope And Fear In The Social Smartphone Era.
Will Indian democracy benefit from the potential that Shashi Tharoor stores in his mind, spirit and intellect? Or will it be the saga of another leader who promised much but delivered too little, asks Dr Sudhir Bisht.
The Gam-COVID-Vac, called Sputnik V, is a two-part vaccine that includes two adenovirus vectors -- recombinant human adenovirus type 26 (rAd26-S) and recombinant human adenovirus type 5 (rAd5-S).
Such measures are effective at slowing disease spread and preventing health systems becoming overwhelmed, they can also lead to job losses and social disruption, noted the study, published in the European Journal of Epidemiology.
A female mind reacts much more and is more stimulated than a male one when aroused.
The winners will split an eight million Swedish kronor (USD 924,000) award funded by the Swedish central bank.
London Games bronze medallist boxer M C Mary Kom on Tuesday described her trials for Rio Olympics as "unfortunate" and said things probably would have been in her favour had there been more competitions for women. "I only got two chances to qualify. Male boxers get five to six chances, but even then many of them did not qualify," she said expressing hope that things would change for better after the upcoming boxing federation elections.
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