Sequel to Mandelas memoir to be released next year in India
London: A sequel to Nelson Mandela's bestselling memoir recounting his time as South Africa's first democratically elected president, is scheduled to be published in countries including India and the UK next year. Nelson Mandela Foundation has "a substantial but incomplete personally written draft" of the book, written before the statesman died in December 2013 at the age of 95. On the wishes of his widow, Graca Machel, it will be compl
Obama praises work of young Indian American teen scientists
Washington: US President Barack Obama today praised the work of budding a Indian American teenage scientist who used machine learning to teach a computer to identify potential drugs for cancer, tuberculosis and Ebola. Anvita Gupta, 17, of Scottsdale,
New Zealand script history by making maiden WC final
Auckland: New Zealand today scripted history by making their maiden cricket World Cup final appearance with a stunning four-wicket win in a nerve-wracking last-four clash against the formidable South Africa, finally shedding the tag of perennial unde
Indian American Christians seek end of violence on Christians
Washington; Indian-American Christians have asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps to end the escalation of violence against Christian institutions and their leaders in India. The Federation of Indian American Christian Organisations of Nor
Activist Rajendra Singh wins Stockholm Water Prize 2015
Stockholm: Rajendra Singh, an eminent environment activist, has been conferred the prestigious Stockholm Water Prize this year for his innovative water restoration efforts and extraordinary courage to empower communities in Indian villages. Singh, wh
Indian NYU professor heads programme to educate US prisoners
New York: An Indian-American professor is at the helm of a unique initiative launched by the prestigious New York University (NYU) to bring college education to criminals imprisoned at a correctional facility here. Nikhil Pal Singh is the faculty dir
Indian-American named dean of Penn Engineering College
New York: An Indian-American expert, known for his groundbreaking work on autonomous robots, has been named dean of a prestigious US university in Pennsylvania. An IIT-Kanpur alumnus, Vijay Kumar, who has earlier served in the White House, will take
Nine Indian-Americans awarded US fellowships worth USD 50,000
New York: Nine Indian-Americans are among 126 US and Canadian scholars awarded with a prestigious American fellowship worth USD 50,000 to further their research in eight key scientific and technical fields. "The Alfred P Sloan Foundation is plea
India tame Tigers, roar into semis
Melbourne: Rohit Sharma blasted a strokeful century as defending champions India stormed into the semi-finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup by thrashing a hapless Bangladesh by 109 runs in a lop-sided contest here on Thursday. Riding on Rohit's specta
