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220 cr in India, Pak to face deadly heat if...: Study

If global temperatures rise by 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, around 2.2 billion (220 crore) people living in the Indus River Valley in northern India and eastern Pakistan may......

Six feet gap not enough to prevent virus spread, says study

Physical distancing of two metres — about six and a half feet — may not be enough to sufficiently prevent transmission of virus-carrying airborne aerosols indoors, according to a study.......

US: Indian origin Vin Gopal named vice chair of key Democrat position

Vin Gopal, chairman, Monmouth County Democrats, was last week named deputy vice chair of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee by its chairman, John Currie. He is one of the four people......

Rishi Raj to head Society of Indian Academics

Dr Rishi S Raj, chair, faculty senate, City College of New York, has been elected president, Society of Indian Academics in America. Professor Hrishikesh D Vinod of Fordham University was elected......

Jill Biden's personal touch behind menu and dcor for state dinner

First Lady Jill Biden said after years of strengthening ties, the US-India partnership is deep and expansive as the two countries jointly tackle global challenges. She also previewed to the media......

Now, a device which can generate power from waste water!

In what may turn out to be a boon for developing countries, scientists claim to have created a device which can generate electricity from waste water.A team at Pennsylvania State University in the......

A digital age test of copyright law

Tony Sanfilippo is of two minds when it comes to Google Inc.'s ambitious programme to scan millions of books and make their text fully searchable on the Internet.On the one hand, Sanfilippo credits......

US-India prepare farm initiative before Bush visit

Agriculture officials, experts and private entrepreneurs in India and the US are engaged in hectic activity to give shape to the proposed joint Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture before US......

US colleges not as good as thought of

Under the able supervision of the government, the Indian university system has all but collapsed. Except for a few institutions, an Indian degree is not of much use.So parents, who can afford it or......

'Unless we get 15% exports growth, 8-9% GDP will be difficult'

'I think that the hope of making the Indian economy globally competitive, especially under conditions when the exchange rate is losing competitiveness and against an international environment of......

Penn supports immigration rights organisation

He may be best known for the stoner comedy, Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle, but Kal Penn's concern for immigrants' rights and issues involving Asian-Americans is no schtick.On his website, he......

The Indian who inspired Sean Penn

Graffiti in an Omaha, Nebraska, alleyway in the US quoting Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore left such a deep impression on Sean Penn that it was instrumental in his humanitarian and philanthropic......

''I'm producing Comedy Central's first Diwali movie'

'Hot Mess Holiday airs on December 11 -- it's a really fun story.' IMAGE: Kal Penn on the cover of his memoir, You Can't Be Serious. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kal Penn/Instagram Kal Penn discusses......

Kal Penn: I would love to shoot five Bollywood films simultaneously

'...But my strong suit will not be dancing,' Kal Penn tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com, in the concluding part of the interview. Part I of the interview: 'I'm not related to......

Namesake will make you cry

For the Saturday night world premiere of Namesake, director Mira Nair came dressed in a black Ugandan coat with colourful embroidery. Before the screening, she mentioned to a few people that she......

NRI gymnast fights back to win

"An unbelievable feeling. It truly is an experience I will cherish all my life." Those are the words of Kyle Fernandez, a member of the Oklahoma University (OU) 'Sooners' Men's Gymnastics team,......

UP-born baseballers meet Obama at White House

It was a weekend to remember for Uttar Pradesh-born US baseball league players Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel as they met US President Barack Obama and Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho at the White......

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