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India urges IITian diaspora to make Startup India a success! 2016-10-05 04:41:26
The IITian diaspora has been urged by the country to invest in the Startup India campaign of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to promote a culture of innovation in its ancestral land. The 2016 International Conference of the IIT Alumni...
Keywords: Startup India campaign, Startup India campaign, 2016 International Conference of the IIT Alumni Canada, IITian diaspora
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Japan's Yoshinori Ohsumi wins 2016 Nobel prize in medicine! 2016-10-03 10:49:23
Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan has been awarded with the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy.” The professor is currently at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. The Nobel Committee said in a statement...
Keywords: autophagy, Nobel Prize in Physiology, Nobel Prize in Physiology, autophagy
Read More Indian-origin teen wins Google Science Fair prize! 2016-10-03 10:09:56
An Indian-origin South African teenager bagged the grand prize worth $50,000 scholarship, at the annual Google Science Fair for her work using orange peel to develop a cheaper “super-absorbent material” that helps soil retain water. 16-year-old Kiara Nirghin, a Grade...
Keywords: Google Science Fair prize, super-absorbent material, super-absorbent material, Kiara Nirghin
Read More Indian-origin lawyer appointed Shadow Attorney General in UK! 2016-10-08 05:22:43
The UK's Opposition Labour party appointed a 47-year-old Indian-origin human rights lawyer, Shami Chakrabarti, as the Shadow Attorney General. She will hold the government's chief legal advisor to account for their actions. She recently became a Labour member of the...
Keywords: Shami Chakrabarti, Shami Chakrabarti, Shami Chakrabarti, UK's Opposition Labour party
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