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NRI scientists help create artificial life in US lab

Scientists Sanjay Vashee, Radha Krishnakumar and Prashanth P Parmar are part of a 24 member team that has for the first time created a synthetic cell... ...

Twenty20 Cricket heads to US with high hopes

Lauderhill, Florida will host two official Twenty20 matches between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at the country's only purpose built cricket stadium.... ...

NRI's body cremated in Dubai a year after his death

Raghu Shivram Shetty who went to Dubai in the early 2000s committed suicide in July '09, but with no known relatives in the UAE or back home in India... ...


2 NRI women elected to British Parliament

Setting a new record for the representation of ethnic minorities in Britain, two UK NRI women have been elected to the House of Commons. Conservative... ...

NRI wins UN green prize for pedal powered light

Canadian NRI Sameer Hajee has won the Sasakawa Prize of the United Nations Environment Programme for a portable light that can be recharged by pedalling... ...


NRI woman leads Opposition in Trinidad and Tobago

Kamla Persad Bissessar has become the first woman Leader of the Opposition in the Trinidad and Tobago parliament, unseating premier Basdeo Panday from... ...

NRI hotelier wins UK Community Award

Joginder Sangar a leading hotelier in Britain was presented the Community Award in recognition of his philanthropic work in the UK. American civil... ...


Sanjay Gupta chosen Young Global Leader by World Forum

US NRI Sanjay Gupta has been chosen by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for its 2010 class of Young Global Leaders. He is the senior vice president and... ...

NRI professor named Innovator of Year by UK agency

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Britain's leading funding agency for research and training in non-clinical life sciences... ...


NRI wins landmark free speech ruling in UK

Simon Singh has won a landmark libel battle that could make it easier for people to criticise contentious scientific claims. Singh can now use... ...

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