An Indian American professor,Dr Mohammad Jahangeer Warsi, has been selected as a 2011-2012 recipient of the James E. McLeod Faculty Recognition Award by the students of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Previously called the Faculty Awards, this year the ArtSci Council decided to rename the event in honour of one of their biggest supporters James E. McLeod. Viewed as a very [...]
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The US Senate on March 30 confirmed career diplomat Nancy Powell asambassador to India, a position that had remained vacant for the past year. Obama’s first ambassador to India, former congressman Timothy Roemer, had announced his resignation in April 2011. US president Barack Obama had nominated Powell as his next ambassador to India on December 16 last year, but since then her [...]
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The operation at the University of Maryland gave Richard Norris a new face, including jaw, teeth and tongue.The 37-year-old has lived as a recluse for 15 years after being severely injured in a gun accident, and wore a mask whenever he went outside. Surgeons who carried out the 36-hour operation was say it was part [...]
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The United States Trade Development Agency on March 26 signed two deals with Indian firms to help develop clean energy projects. The deals will generate Indian demand forUSequipment worth over US $250 million. Under the first deal, the agency will support a feasibility study for development of a rural micro-grid solar power project that will [...]
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China and the US have agreed to co-ordinate their response to any “potential provocation” if North Korea goes ahead with a planned rocket launch, the White House says. North Korea says the long-range rocket will carry a satellite. The US says any launch would violate UN resolutions and be a missile test. US President Barack [...]
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Indian-Americans, numbering 3.2 million, is the third largest Asian American community in US after Chinese Americans and Filipinos. According to the US Census Bureau for 2010, Asian American communities has emerged as the fastest growing ethnic communities in the last decade. The US population grew by 9.7%, from 281.4 million in 2000 to 308.7 million in [...]
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India is the world’s third-largest pharmaceutical drug producer by volume; in 2011 the domestic pharmaceutical market reached a record of US$12.2 billion in sales. The grant of the country’s first compulsory drug licence and recent attempts at populist policy initiatives have raised fears of overseas pharmaceutical firms. The Government has invoked a law which allows Hyderabad-based Natco [...]
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Saudi Arabia has shut down its embassy in Syria and withdrawn its staff and diplomats, al-Arabiya reported citing a statement by Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry. According to the statement, made public by the Saudi Press Agency Wednesday, the decision had been made “due to the developments in Syria”. A number of Arab and Western countries, [...]
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The US, Japan and the European Union have filed a case against China at the World Trade Organization, challenging its restrictions on rare earth exports. Beijing has set quotas for exports of rare earths, which are critical to the manufacture of high-tech products. It is the first WTO case to be filed jointly by the [...]
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The US military has developed a new non-lethal weapon that makes people feel they are burning when struck by the beam it emits. About the Weapon: The weapon, dubbed the Active Denial System (ADS), uses a millimetre wave beam and has a range of 1,000 metres. The beam only penetrates 1/64 of an inch into [...]
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A prominent Indian NGO has been presented the US‘ first Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who hailed its efforts in eliminating child labour. Clinton presented the award to Indian NGO ‘Chintan’ along with two others fromKenya andTanzania. Received by Chintan’s founder Bharati Chaturvedi, theUS award [...]
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Serbian tennis star, Novak Djokovic was awarded with the highest Serbian award, the Gold Star of Karadjordje on 15 February 2012. The award was conferred upon him by the Serbian President Boris Tadic. About Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic currently holds the number one seed in the world tennis ranking. He has five grand slam titles in [...]
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US has approved construction of two atomic reactors in the country. The first to be built in America in more than three decades despite objections from the nation’s top nuclear regulator. Commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted 4-1 to approve the construction of two 1,100 megawatt Westinghouse-Toshiba AP1000 at power generator at Vogtle in Georgia. The NRC [...]
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Google has been the most visited site of 2011 in US, with Facebook coming a close second, a new study has revealed. The survey, conducted by Nielsen, suggests that more than 153 million visitors clicked onto Google branded pages each month, while Facebook attracted close to 138 million visitors. The study is based on data collected between [...]
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Japan and India are set to unveil a new currency swap agreement aimed at easing potential short-term liquidity problems. The pact will allow them to swap their currencies for US dollars and tap into each other’s foreign exchange reserves. The move comes amid increased volatility in both the Japanese yen and the Indian rupee. Japan‘s [...]
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