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Glass Ceiling Broken: Two Indian Origin Women Feature in Forbes ‘Richest...

Sharing the honour with achievers like media mogul Oprah Winfrey, prolific writer Nora Roberts and Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg, two Indian-origin women have made it to the Forbes list of America’s...

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These 5 Underprivileged Kids Beat Poverty Through Education at IIT-JEE 2017

Success only comes to those who dare to attempt. We bring to you a list of 5 students who are putting every word of this idiom into action and hail from humble backgrounds, who swept their way through...

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Pune Scientist Is Among 41 Researchers Across the World to Receive the Rs....

How does the immune system respond to dengue and zika viruses? How can malignant stem cells be wiped out without harming normal ones? How do we fight obesity? While the rest of the world can only...

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10 Things You Need to Know About World Cup Gold Champion Shooter Heena Sidhu!

She hits the bullseye with every determined shot she takes! Three thousand miles from London, shooter Heena Sidhu triumphed and bagged a gold for India at the International Shooting Sport Federation...

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Neeru Chadha Is the 1st Indian Woman on a UN Law Board. Here’s All You Need...

International Law expert Neeru Chadha has been elected as a judge to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas (ITLOS) on Thursday for a nine-year term from 2017 to 2026. This election marks...

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This 10-Year-Old From Mangalore Is a Roller Skating Champion & Has Won 75 Medals

All of 10, Muhammad Shamil Arshad is a roller skating champion who has 75 medals to his credit. A class five student of The Yenepoya School, in Mangaluru city, Shamil started practising roller skating...

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Once Mocked for Taking Math, This Visually Impaired Girl Tops PG Course at...

When Vidhya Y, took the stage at the 17th convocation of the International Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore (IIIT-B) held on Sunday, a roar of applause resonated among the crowd. Not only...

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21-Year-Old Maharashtra Girl Wins First Kalpana Chawla Scholarship to Irish...

Hailing from Amravati in Maharashtra, 21-year-old Sonal Baberwal, is the first winner of the Kalpana Chawla Scholarship Project at International Space University (ISU). She has been selected and funded...

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From a Tiny Hyderabad Village to Harvard, This Student Beat 2,500 Global...

Hailing from the small village of Pudur in Hyderabad’s Vikarabad district, Anand Masagalla beat 2,500 applicants and got shortlisted for the Harvard Summer Crossroads Programme in an open competition...

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Fighting All Odds, Visually-Impaired Candidate From Karnataka Tops UPSC

A visually impaired candidate from Tumakuru, Kempahonnaiah secured a commendable 340th rank in the Civil Services Examination (CSE) conducted by the UPSC. Kempahonnaiah is a Kannada lecturer at...

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7 Mumbai Students Make Robot to Clean Contaminated Water, Winning Awards at...

Representing India at the FIRST Global Challenge, an Olympics-style robotics competition held in the US from July 16-18, a team of seven students from Mumbai designed a robot called Neutrino that can...

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At Just 21, This Gujarat Student Has Cleared CA, CS and CMA Exams!

Have you ever met an individual with four academic degrees, all at the age of 21? Well, 21-year-old Aditya Jhavar, a resident of Parvat Patiya from the diamond hub of Gujarat, Surat, has successfully...

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16-Year-Old Girl Prodigy Develops AI to Diagnose Grandfather’s Eye Disease

Here’s something you don’t see every day – A 16-year-old girl used her computer science skills to help make an early diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy (which damages blood vessels in the retina leading...

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5 Everyday Heroes We Lost in 2017, Whose Contributions Will Never Be Forgotten

The year 2017 marked the loss of several inspiring and hard-working Indians who made achievements in the field of science, music, art, and social activism. Here are five Indians whose memories will...

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Losing His Vision Did Not Stop IAS Aman From Handling 600 Schools

As a student, Aman Gupta was fond of riding his bike but had to give it up when he was diagnosed with juvenile macular degeneration (macular dystrophy) in 2002. The serious medical condition slowly...

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Washerman’s Daughter Studies Under Street Lights, Scores 95% in CBSE Boards!

For 18-year-old Nidhi Kannaujia, delving deep into the pages of her books allowed her the much needed exodus from the pressing realities around her. Every night, once the entire family was asleep, she...

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Glass Ceiling Broken: Two Indian Origin Women Feature in Forbes ‘Richest...

Sharing the honour with achievers like media mogul Oprah Winfrey, prolific writer Nora Roberts and Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg, two Indian-origin women have made it to the Forbes list of America’s...

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These 5 Underprivileged Kids Beat Poverty Through Education at IIT-JEE 2017

Success only comes to those who dare to attempt. We bring to you a list of 5 students who are putting every word of this idiom into action and hail from humble backgrounds, who swept their way through...

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Pune Scientist Is Among 41 Researchers Across the World to Receive the Rs....

How does the immune system respond to dengue and zika viruses? How can malignant stem cells be wiped out without harming normal ones? How do we fight obesity? While the rest of the world can only...

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10 Things You Need to Know About World Cup Gold Champion Shooter Heena Sidhu!

She hits the bullseye with every determined shot she takes! Three thousand miles from London, shooter Heena Sidhu triumphed and bagged a gold for India at the International Shooting Sport Federation...

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