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Peace: For fighting oppression, Iranian woman Narges Mohammadi wins the Nobel Prize 2023

October 6, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Iran’s human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, who is imprisoned, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 for fighting against the oppression of women. The media reported on Friday that she has a long history of imprisonment, harsh sentences, and international calls for reviews of her case. “She fights for women […]

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Literature: The Nobel Prize for 2023 goes to Norwegian author Jon Fosse

October 5, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Norwegian novelist and dramatist Jon Fosse has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the year 2023, “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable,” the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday. Fosse’s body of work, written in Norwegian Nynorsk, included several plays, novels, poetry collections, […]

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Roving Periscope: Ousting its first House Speaker, the US makes history since 1776

October 4, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Come September, we all have springs in our feet. But as the month of October approaches each year, the world’s attention gets focused on the United States, Sweden, and Norway. On Washington, because the Opposition ritually flexes its muscles and tries to stall the Administration’s funding ahead of the new […]

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The Nobel Prizes 2023: Three awarded for Physics, another three for Chemistry

October 4, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: The Nobel Prize for Physics (2023) has been jointly won by Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’ Huillier, and the one for Chemistry has gone to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus, and Alexei I. Ekimov. Announcing the Prizes, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the Prize for […]

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The Nobel Prize 2023: Kariko and Weissman share it in physiology/medicine

October 2, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2023 has been awarded to Katalin Kariko of Hungary and Drew Weissman of the United States for their pioneering work to develop vaccines against the COVID-19 pandemic. The two scientists, who had been tipped as favorites, were honored “for their discoveries concerning […]

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Make in India: For PM Modi’s tech push, Google starts making Chromebook laptops

October 2, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Partnering with Hewlett Packard (HP) Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google on Monday started manufacturing its Chromebook laptops in India to push Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of an Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-Reliant India). Over the last few years, India has been expanding its footprint in electronics manufacturing as different tech companies started […]

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Veil: As France moves to ban abaya, Indonesian teacher shaves 14 girls’ heads on hijab issue

August 28, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Amid protests, France moved on Monday to ban the wearing in schools of abaya dresses by Muslim girls, Indonesia imposed a strict dress code in schools, shaving off the heads of 14 female students for not wearing the veil ‘properly.’ Last year, millions of angry women hit the roads across […]

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Countering Turkiye: India and Greece elevate ties to defense, “strategic partnership”

August 25, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: For years, Turkey (now Turkiye) has been supporting Pakistan on the defunct Kashmir issue. Despite New Delhi quickly sending humanitarian assistance in February 2023 following a massive earthquake, that claimed thousands of lives, Ankara continued to side with Islamabad on all international forums. Now, in a tit-for-tat, India has decided […]

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AI&DS: AICTE partners with Jio Institute for faculty development programs

August 18, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Mumbai: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has partnered with Jio Institute for a Faculty Development Program on Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (AI&DS). This collaborative endeavor is being initiated under the ambit of AICTE’s ATAL (AICTE Training and Learning) program, which is designed to upskill and reskill faculty members from AICTE-approved institutions, according to […]

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Technology: Environmentalists exit en masse from Elon Musk-run X

August 16, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Environmentalists have exited en masse from the Elon Musk-run microblogging platform Twitter-turned-X, the media reported on Wednesday. Nearly half the environmentalists active on Twitter, now X, left the platform in the 6 months following Musk’s takeover, which could have serious implications for public discourse surrounding issues such as biodiversity, climate […]

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