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Maruti Founding Chairman Dr. Venkatraman Krishnamurthy Passes Away At 97
Over the length of his career Krishnamurthy also served as chairman of PSUs such as Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd and Steel Authority of India Ltd.
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He Was Late To Work, Angry. Then Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Got A Call...
Indian-American scientist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was not in a good mood the day he received a phone call from Sweden, informing him that he had won the prestigious Nobel Prize.
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"Nobel A Byproduct, India's Aim Should Be...": Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
The Nobel Prize-winning scientist was recently in Delhi and other cities to deliver lectures.
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India-Born Nobel Winner Calls "Sensible" Post-Brexit Immigration System
UK-based Nobel Prize winning biologist Sir Venkatraman (Venki) Ramakrishnan has called for a "sensible" post-Brexit immigration system to ensure that mobility of scientists is maintained when Britain leaves the European Union (EU).
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Time For India To Turn The Spotlight On Adolescent Health
In the list of health priorities, adolescent health lags far behind maternal and child health in India. It’s a dangerous oversight given that India is home to the largest number of adolescents in the world. An estimated 253 million adolescents live in India, and one in every fifth adolescent in the world is Indian. There is enough evidence to sho...
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Women: The Silent Victims Of Punjab's Drug Crisis
Amritsar, Punjab: In Amritsar’s Ajnala town, close to Pakistan’s border, 23-year-old Pooja (name changed), has been coping with her husband Parambir’s drug addiction for over five years. “After every treatment session, he promises to quit. But a few days after we are back home, he is back to the habit,” she says, despair and worry written...
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How Social Media Is Being Used To Help Bring Home India's Stolen Idols
By day, Arvind Venkatraman works as a software engineer in Chennai. But in his spare time, he is an international art detective whose efforts have helped bring back some of India's most valuable antiquities.
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9 Nobel Laureates To Attend Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit
Nine Nobel Prize winners, including Indian-born scientist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, have confirmed their participation in the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, where they will interact with students and industry leaders.
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How Young Boys Bear The Burden Of Patriarchy In India
Mumbai: Inside a community centre at Mumbai’s Dharavi slum, Umair Khan teaches a group of young boys the difference between good and bad touch. The 20-year-old is a community organiser with Sneha – Society for Nutrition Education and Health Action. He works with the NGO’s youth programme Ehsaas which, since 2013, has reached out to over 6,000...
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How Asia’s Largest Human Milk Bank In Mumbai Saves Babies’ Lives
Mumbai: When her son Hassan was born at 28 weeks, Saba Khan was told the baby had slim chances of survival. “He was very weak and was rushed to the paediatric ICU. He stayed there for nearly 20 days and the doctor told me it would be nothing short of a miracle if he made it alive,” says Ms Khan. To make matters worse, Saba was very weak and cou...
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Trisha Krishnan Has a 'Valid Reason' For Not Promoting Nayaki
"If I am not talking about or promoting my film,there are valid reasons for it.Apologies to my media friends and fans who have been asking me," tweeted Trisha
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Trisha Krishnan Said Yes to Nayaki in Five Minutes, Says Director
"It took just five minutes of narration to convince Trisha to do the film. I wasn't sure when she said 'yes' the first time, so I even asked her again to confirm it. She felt the script had the potential to be a hit and even be liked by critics," Govi told IANS
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With Support From An App, Women Stand Up To Domestic Violence In Dharavi
A two-year-old app is helping women in Asia’s largest slum, Dharavi, to stand up against domestic violence. The Little Sister app, working in 3 languages, is helping women report instances, however small, and get help. Home to a population of over one million, Mumbai’s Dharavi sees many such cases, say the women who are part of the initiative s...
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Opinion: The Young Rise Against Child Marriage in Bihar
The latest Census report says that nearly one in every three married women in India were married off below the legal age of 18 years, a grim reminder of how widespread child marriage is in the country. Clearly, the practice continues despite the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act because it has strong social sanction. What is needed is a change in m...
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A Full Meal That Costs Just Re One. Meet the Man Behind it
What can Re one get you in these days of escalating costs? A full meal no less, at a mess run by a service-minded man for the attenders of poor patients at the Government Headquarters Hospital in Erode.
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Maruti Founding Chairman Dr. Venkatraman Krishnamurthy Passes Away At 97
Over the length of his career Krishnamurthy also served as chairman of PSUs such as Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd and Steel Authority of India Ltd.
-
He Was Late To Work, Angry. Then Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Got A Call...
Indian-American scientist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was not in a good mood the day he received a phone call from Sweden, informing him that he had won the prestigious Nobel Prize.
-
"Nobel A Byproduct, India's Aim Should Be...": Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
The Nobel Prize-winning scientist was recently in Delhi and other cities to deliver lectures.
-
India-Born Nobel Winner Calls "Sensible" Post-Brexit Immigration System
UK-based Nobel Prize winning biologist Sir Venkatraman (Venki) Ramakrishnan has called for a "sensible" post-Brexit immigration system to ensure that mobility of scientists is maintained when Britain leaves the European Union (EU).
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Time For India To Turn The Spotlight On Adolescent Health
In the list of health priorities, adolescent health lags far behind maternal and child health in India. It’s a dangerous oversight given that India is home to the largest number of adolescents in the world. An estimated 253 million adolescents live in India, and one in every fifth adolescent in the world is Indian. There is enough evidence to sho...
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Women: The Silent Victims Of Punjab's Drug Crisis
Amritsar, Punjab: In Amritsar’s Ajnala town, close to Pakistan’s border, 23-year-old Pooja (name changed), has been coping with her husband Parambir’s drug addiction for over five years. “After every treatment session, he promises to quit. But a few days after we are back home, he is back to the habit,” she says, despair and worry written...
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How Social Media Is Being Used To Help Bring Home India's Stolen Idols
By day, Arvind Venkatraman works as a software engineer in Chennai. But in his spare time, he is an international art detective whose efforts have helped bring back some of India's most valuable antiquities.
-
9 Nobel Laureates To Attend Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit
Nine Nobel Prize winners, including Indian-born scientist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, have confirmed their participation in the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, where they will interact with students and industry leaders.
-
How Young Boys Bear The Burden Of Patriarchy In India
Mumbai: Inside a community centre at Mumbai’s Dharavi slum, Umair Khan teaches a group of young boys the difference between good and bad touch. The 20-year-old is a community organiser with Sneha – Society for Nutrition Education and Health Action. He works with the NGO’s youth programme Ehsaas which, since 2013, has reached out to over 6,000...
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How Asia’s Largest Human Milk Bank In Mumbai Saves Babies’ Lives
Mumbai: When her son Hassan was born at 28 weeks, Saba Khan was told the baby had slim chances of survival. “He was very weak and was rushed to the paediatric ICU. He stayed there for nearly 20 days and the doctor told me it would be nothing short of a miracle if he made it alive,” says Ms Khan. To make matters worse, Saba was very weak and cou...
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Trisha Krishnan Has a 'Valid Reason' For Not Promoting Nayaki
"If I am not talking about or promoting my film,there are valid reasons for it.Apologies to my media friends and fans who have been asking me," tweeted Trisha
-
Trisha Krishnan Said Yes to Nayaki in Five Minutes, Says Director
"It took just five minutes of narration to convince Trisha to do the film. I wasn't sure when she said 'yes' the first time, so I even asked her again to confirm it. She felt the script had the potential to be a hit and even be liked by critics," Govi told IANS
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With Support From An App, Women Stand Up To Domestic Violence In Dharavi
A two-year-old app is helping women in Asia’s largest slum, Dharavi, to stand up against domestic violence. The Little Sister app, working in 3 languages, is helping women report instances, however small, and get help. Home to a population of over one million, Mumbai’s Dharavi sees many such cases, say the women who are part of the initiative s...
-
Opinion: The Young Rise Against Child Marriage in Bihar
The latest Census report says that nearly one in every three married women in India were married off below the legal age of 18 years, a grim reminder of how widespread child marriage is in the country. Clearly, the practice continues despite the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act because it has strong social sanction. What is needed is a change in m...
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A Full Meal That Costs Just Re One. Meet the Man Behind it
What can Re one get you in these days of escalating costs? A full meal no less, at a mess run by a service-minded man for the attenders of poor patients at the Government Headquarters Hospital in Erode.
