Kabul: With a deafening sound, exactly at 8.27 a.m., a perfectly calm morning suddenly turned bloody as a human bomb, alias Khalid, blasted in front of the Indian Embassy at Kabul, Afghanistan killing a police official and 11 Afghani. Although the bomb missed any Indian present in the vicinity, it managed to shatter the embassy’s [...]
Sounding calm and composed, US-Indian Nobel Laureate, Venkatraman Ramakrishan told the media over the phone that he feels honoured after having received the world’s most prestigious award for his “studies of the structure and function of the ribosome”, which is found in cells with nuclei and translates the DNA code into life. He shares this. Thanking his team that comprised of American Thomas A. Steitz and Israeli Ada E. Yonath, the other two having shared the $1.42-million award with him, however, Ramakrishan pleads that good work must be kept aloof from the shadows of commercial victory. “This is a typical mistake that the public or even the press make. None of you called me about my work even two days ago…right?” Ramakrishan told media from Cambridge, Britain. Perhaps there was a cynical tone underlying his addressal to the press where he admitted that the press seemed to be “hung up on Western awards like the Nobel”, and does not perhaps, appreciate good work before they have been idolised by such awards.
Both the Indian and Australian governments’ failure is perhaps the reason behind the incident that has once again stirred violence in Australia between the local Melbourne community and the Indian counterpart residing in the same area. Reportedly, one local skateboarder along with his comrade (aged 25 and 42) who abused a small group of Indians [...]
On October 2nd, on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti, the leader who carved the path of Non-Violence, Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Environment and Forests, told reporters that “some articulation and finalisation of institutional partnership in the field of energy, environment and climate change” is necessary in the wake of the recent global warming. [...]
Only days after the previous assault, a 28 year old Indian student was attacked in the north-west of Melbourne where reportedly the student after getting off a bus at Keilor Plains train station at 12.15 am Tuesday was approached by two men who asked for cigarettes. via GeoWorld After obliging them both, when he turned,he [...]
Fresh terror sent fear waves across the disturbed wing of Western Pakistan, specifically Peshwar, as two suicide bombers managed to kill 16 locals and hrut 90 more. Out of the unlucky 16, 10 were killed at North Western Frontier Province. The area under attack is merely 10 miles away from the US consulate and as [...]
A look at the PM’s face and any Indian will conclude with satisfaction that it had been turned into a good success story. Yes, and indeed, seeing the smiling face we can also safely conclude a safer position at IMF with the conclusion of the G-20 Summit at Pittsburgh. In a very persistent manner that [...]
The Barack Obama championed Security Council is generating a lot of noise as the national security of India is put into serious scrutiny along with those of Pakistan, North Korea and Iran. Pressure is on these 4 countries that have declined to commit to the purpose. India’s permanent representative at UN, Hardeep Puri, sent a [...]
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