Bengaluru boy Samay Godika (in picture) has emerged as the winner of the Breakthrough Junior Challenge with $400,000 (over Rs 2.9 crore) as the prize money. While Samay, 16, a student of National Public School-Koramangala, will receive a $250,000 (over Rs 1.8 crore) college scholarship, his ninth and tenth grade science teacher, Pramila Menon, who …
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She is India’s first ever female singer to win a Grammy for the Best Song Written for Visual Media award (with A.R. Rahman and Gulzar) for the song Jai Ho from the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire. Tanvi Shah who began her career in Bollywood with the song Fanaa from the movie Yuva, went on to show her versatility by singing in …
Known in circles as the ‘Indian Sherlock’, Rajani Pandit has to her credit the distinction of being the first female private detective in India. In her 22 years of experience, she has solved over 80,000 cases. Mumbai: In a country like ours where investigating violent crimes is a profession that scares even the most daring of …
A 96-year-old woman from Kerala has topped the qualifying Class IV exam conducted by the Kerala Literacy Mission Authority with a 98 per cent score. She will receive a merit certificate from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan tomorrow (November 1) at the Chief Minister’s Conference hall. Karthiyaniamma Krishnapilla of the Muttom village in Alappuzha had never …
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Nutrition is one of the key pillars of sound physical health and cognitive abilities. It is widely believed that ‘we are what we eat’. On an average, in India the consumption of foods per capita per day is 1.317 kg, which is 2,458 calories. In India, people consume starchy diets which are rich in carbohydrates. This …
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