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India-born innovator Ramesh Raskar wins 2016 Lemelson-MIT Prize

September 15, 2016

India-born innovator and scientist Ramesh Raskar has won the prestigious 2016 Lemelson-MIT Prize. He is an associate professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT’s) Media Lab. He is known for his co-invention of an ultra-fast imaging camera that can see ..

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Subramanian Swamy awarded Tamil Ratna award

September 15, 2016

Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy has been honoured with Tamil Ratna award by America Tamil Sangam (ATS) in New York. He was bestowed with this award for fighting corruption and working for more transparency in the ..

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US, China ratify Paris agreement on Climate Change

September 8, 2016

The United States (US) and China have ratified the 2015 Paris agreement on Climate Change to cut global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Both countries are world’s two biggest GHG emitters, collectively accounting for 38% of global emissions. China alone accounts ..

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Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian chemist Ahmed Zewail passes away

August 4, 2016

The Egyptian-born Nobel-winning scientist Ahmed Zewail passed away in the United States. He was 70. Mr Zewail had won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1999 for his pioneering work in femtochemistry. He is the first Arab Scientist to win ..

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Scientists develop world's first 1000-processor microchip named Kilo-core

June 24, 2016

The scientists have developed d a microchip, named KiloCore that has 1000 independent programmable processors. The microchip is the world’s first 1,000-processor chip and has the highest clock-rate processor ever designed at the university level. Key Facts KiloCore microchip has ..

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Russian ice Hockey player Artemi Panarin wins 2015-16 Calder Memorial Trophy

June 24, 2016

The Russian professional ice hockey winger Artemi Panarin (24) has won the 2015-16 season Calder Memorial Trophy. He was presented with this award as the US National Hockey League (NHL’s) Rookie of the Year at the NHL Awards ceremony. Presently, ..

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India ranks 10th in FDI inflows: UNCTAD report

June 22, 2016

As per the recently released 2016 World Investment Report, India ranks 10th in FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) inflows. As per the report, India’s FDI inflows have increased to 44 billion dollars in 2015 as compared to 35 billion dollars in ..

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Sunway-TaihuLight: World’s powerful Supercomputer

June 21, 2016

The 2016 edition of Top500 list of supercomputers has revealed that China’s Sunway TaihuLight supercomputer is the world’s most powerful supercomputer system Sunway-TaihuLight can perform calculations with processing speed of 124.5 petaflops per second (Pflops). It is world’s first system ..

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Indian-origin diplomat Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir nominated as US Ambassador to Malaysia

June 17, 2016

US President Barack Obama has nominated an Indian-origin diplomat Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir as the next US ambassador to Malaysia. Her nomination is yet to be confirmed by the Senate. She would replace Joseph Y Yun as the next US ambassador ..

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India, Japan and US navies kick off 2016 Malabar Exercise near South China Sea

June 11, 2016

India, Japan and United States (US) navies have kicked off 2016 MALABAR trilateral naval Exercise near South China Sea. This year it is the 20th edition of the naval exercise in which over 100 aircraft and 22 naval ships including ..

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