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MacArthur Fellowship for 2 Indian-American scientists

 Two Indian-American scientists are among 23 scientists who have won this year's prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for showing exceptional creativity in their respective fields. The Indian-Americans......

Renowned writer Ved Mehta, who took India to Americans, passes away at 86

 Celebrated Indian-American novelist Ved Mehta, who overcame blindness and became widely known as the 20th-century writer most responsible for introducing American readers to India, has died at his......

Surgeon Atul Gawande among MacArthur Geniuses

 Indian-origin surgeon Atul Gawande, whose many articles and essays on medicine in The New Yorker have made him one of the most recognised of American writers, has won a $500,000 "genius" award from......

Padma honour for American professors Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph

 Two Americans are among the five people from the United States who have been selected for India's prestigious Padma awards this year for their contributions in different fields. Susanne Hoeber......

Indian American teen wins Intel talent search

 An Indian-American teenager has won a prestigious Science talent competition in the United States for his research on devising a more effective and less toxic breast cancer treatment, walking away......

Indian-American named MacArthur Fellow

 Indian-American environmental engineer Kartik Chandran, left, has been named a 2015 MacArthur Fellow and given a 'genius' grant of $625,000 for working on a novel solution to the world's need for......

MIT congratulates Abhijit Banerjee, wife Esther Duflo

 MIT, in a release, said the 'work of Duflo and Banerjee has emphasised the use of field experiments in research, to bring the principles of laboratory-style randomised, controlled trials to......

Breaking Up Business Groups Would Create More Problems

 Policies to break down the business group format are far more likely to be effective, argues Simon Commander. IMAGE: A Youth Congress activist holds a placard featuring Gautam Adani, chairman of......

4 Indians among Fortune's most powerful people in biz under 40

 Four Indians, including a Harvard University professor and the co-founder of India's largest online marketplace Snapdeal, have been named by Fortune in its list of the 40 most powerful, influential......

Economics Nobel for India-born Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, M Kremer

 The trio introduced a new approach to obtaining reliable answers about the best ways to fight global poverty IMAGE: The portraits of Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kreme, who......

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