New Delhi: Dipa Karmakar, a young woman from Tripura, on April 18 created history by bagging the gold in vaults finals at the test event of the Rio Games. The victory came hours after she became the first Indian gymnast to qualify for the Olympics. A day later, the 22-year-oldContinue Reading
Ashitha and Shakeel were classmates in school and collegeContinue Reading
Washington: If you want to see why folks of Indian-origin – NRIs, PIOs, ABCDs, call them what you will – are hitting the high spots in academic achievement and entrepreneurial excellence, the Science Fair that President Obama is hosting at the White House on Wednesday provides a fair clue. NearlyContinue Reading
DR Congo: Salesian missionaries in Lubumbashi, the second-largest city in the southeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, started Radio Don Bosco Congo, a free educational radio station. Started two years ago, the Catholic nonprofit radio station is inspired by the Salesian founder, St. John (Don) Bosco, and focusesContinue Reading
Priyadarshini Chatterjee is the first from northeastern India to become Miss India titleContinue Reading
Guwahati – An university in northeast India has launched a 10-day study to help PhD scholars undertake professional research in the field of Social Sciences. Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) inaugurated ten day Research Methodology Workshop at Azara campus 3-12 April 2016. Some 18 resource persons and 30 plus research scholars from someContinue Reading
Imphal: The State’s first plastic industry was launch by two Manipuri engineering graduates, Samson Ningombam and Madonna Akoijam. The project is called PEARLEX Enterprises, the start-up aims to revolutionize the sector and promote self reliance. Akoijam in an interview with newsmen said, “I wanted to do something different like contribute somethingContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Ministry of Human Resource and Development on Monday released a list of top 10 educational institutions in the country under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) – a first-of-its-kind indigenous ranking framework. As per the NIRF list for engineering institutions, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras ranksContinue Reading
The university students engage amateur photographers to spread the message of cleanlinessContinue Reading
Says country’s proximity to opium-growing regions behind drug traffickingContinue Reading
