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Legendary Telugu writer Dasaradhi Rangacharya passes away

June 8, 2015

Legendary Telugu writer Dasaradhi Rangacharya passed away in Hyderabad, Telangana after a brief illness. He was 87. About Dasaradhi Rangacharya Dasaradhi was on 24 August 1928 in Khammam District erstwhile Hyderabad State now in Telangna. Hyderabad liberation Struggle: He had ..

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Dr. M N Buch, former Bureaucrat and Architect of modern Bhopal died

June 7, 2015

Former bureaucrat Dr. Mahesh N. Buch who was widely regarded as the architect of modern Bhopal, passed away following a brain stroke in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. He was 80. He was known for his clear views in context of urban ..

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Irwin Rose, 2004 Nobel Chemistry winner passes away

June 3, 2015

Renowned biochemist Irwin Rose who was awarded 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering molecule Ubiquitin passed away. He was 88. He had shared this noble prize with Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko. Discovery of Ubiquitin Rose, Ciechanover and Hershko ..

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Hemant Sonawala, pioneer of Indian IT industry passes away

June 2, 2015

Hemant Sonawala, one of the pioneer founders of India’s information technology (IT) industry passed away on 30 May 2015 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He was 78. As a visionary industrialist and entrepreneur he had played important role laying the foundations of ..

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Documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark passes away

May 28, 2015

Influential documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark passed away in Manhattan, New York. She was 75 She was best-known for her humanist work and was one of the premier documentary photographers of her generation. In her career she had photographed people ..

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Renowned American mathematician and Nobel Laureate John Nash passes away

May 25, 2015

Renowned American mathematician and Nobel laureate John Nash passed away on 24 May 2015. He was 86 and died in a car crash along with his wife Alicia Nash. John Forbes Nash, Jr. was born on June 13, 1928 in ..

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Eminent Economist Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri passes away

May 21, 2015

Eminent economist, policy advisor and noted academic Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri passed away in Pune, Maharashtra 19 May 2015. He had served as Director of Delhi School of Economics (DSE) and was a visiting professor of economics at the Universities of ..

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Aruna Shanbaug, face of mercy killing in India passes away

May 18, 2015

Aruna Shanbaug, a nurse who was in a vegetative state for 42 years after being sexually assaulted passed away in Mumbai’s King Edward Memorial (KEM) hospital. Earlier in second week of May she was put on ventilator after suffering a ..

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