C Mauli Agrawal was made the Dean of the College of Engineering by the University of Texas at San Antonio.
A red-hot night from LeBron James fired the Miami Heat to a crushing 98-79 victory over the Boston Celtics on Thursday, sending the NBA Eastern Conference Final series to a decisive seventh game.
At least 200 Indian students stranded at the University of Houston were being evacuated to safer places.
The Indian golfer fired an even par round to ensure yet another cut this week at the Texas Open.
Third-placed Inter Milan scored twice in the last six minutes through Stefan De Vrij and Alessandro Bastoni to snatch a 2-1 win at Parma in Serie A on Sunday despite a subdued display. The scarcely-deserved victory left Inter eight points behind leaders Juventus and four adrift of second-placed Lazio with 10 games each to play.
Chauncey Billups scored 25 points to lead a team effort in the Detroit Pistons 110-101 victory against the San Antonio Spurs.
Eddie Jones registered 18 points as the Miami Heat overcame a sluggish start to defeat the New Jersey Nets 90-65.
Tim Duncan hit a 19-foot jumper just before time expired to give the San Antonio Spurs a dramatic 94-92 win over the Cavaliers.
Allen Iverson collected 15 points, 10 assists and five steals to spark the Eastern Conference to a 125-115 win over the Western Conference in the 54th All-Star Game.
Karl Malone, the second highest scorer in NBA history and twice league Most Valuable Player, ended his career Sunday where it all began with the Utah Jazz.
Houston's Yao collected 2.558 million votes, the most ever, in balloting by fans around the world.
Shaquille O'Neal, Eddie Jones and Dwyane Wade teamed up to lead the Miami Heat to a 100-88 home win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
LeBron James became the youngest player in NBA history to achieve the triple-double triple as the Cleveland Cavaliers eased past the Trail Blazers 107-101.
Kobe Bryant, the NBA's second leading scorer, left the game in the opening quarter after he severely twisted his right ankle fighting for a rebound under the Cleveland basket.
Kobe Bryant poured in a game-high 31 points to spark the Los Angeles Lakers to a 105-96 win over Minnesota Timberwolves.
Internacional forward Paolo Guerrero missed a late penalty and then had a goal disallowed as his side were held 1-1 by Athletico Paranaense in Brazil's Serie A on Thursday.
Leicester City's Kelechi Iheanacho scored two poacher's goals as they beat Manchester United 3-1 in their FA Cup quarter-final on Sunday to set up a last-four clash against Southampton.
Star Indian woman basketball player Geethu Anne Jose, the first from the country to be invited to the WNBA for a tryout, managed to impress the coaches of all three teams she trialled for with her "fundamentals".
The Miami supporting cast helped the Heat survive one final run from the Philadelphia 76ers to hold on for a 97-91 victory on Wednesday that advanced them to the next round of the NBA's play-offs.
Experts in China created embryos using eggs from two women and sperm from a man. China now plans to outlaw such experiments.
As the curtain comes down on 2014, here's a look at the five best performances over the last 12 months. And, guess what? Two Indian sportsmen figure in the list!
Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant gave himself up to police in Colorado after a woman accused him of sexual assault in a hotel.
The list is based on what the employees of these companies experienced over the past twelve months.
Juventus moved top with 19 points to Inter's 18 and it was a deserved victory in an absorbing contest.
Indian-American Vajinder Toor, who was shot dead by his disgruntled Chinese colleague, was on Wednesday remembered by friends as a 'very intelligent, hardworking young doctor' with a golden heart.
Trump trying to divide us, cries NBA star LeBron James even as Cowboys, Cardinals link arms amid anthem protests
With nearly two decades as a professor in several American cities and now the owner of two biotech companies, one in San Antonio and the other in the Bay Area, Masarrat Ali could have started his political career with some style. But he chose last year to be a foot soldier, running a precinct for Barack Obama in San Antonio.
The Society of Asian American Scientists in Cancer Research last month presented awards to seven doctors for their outstanding contributions to cancer research. The awards were presented by Rajvir Dahiya, SAASCR president, San Diego, California on April 6.
Stanford University medical professor Abraham Verghese is getting ready for another bout of book tours, this time for his bestselling novel Cutting for Stone's paperback edition.
An United States military psychiatrist, accused of killing 13 people in a shooting rampage at a key defence base, has been moved to the trauma centre of a San Antonio medical facility. The tragedy unfolded when Major Hasan walked into a soldier readiness centre at the base and opened fire, in the worst attack against the military by one of its own men, killing 12 soldiers and one defence department civilian.A neighbour said he was the 'nicest guy'.
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