Musk has an Indian connection! X CEO reveals one of his sons is named after Noble-winning Indian astrophysicist Prof Subrahmanyan ChandrasekharOne of the most revered astrophysicists in the nation, Chandrasekhar was honoured with the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983 for his seminar w...
03 Nov, 2023, 02.55 PM IST
Elon Musk's son also named Chandrasekhar, Union IT minister discovers in UKTaking to Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter, the Minister of State for Entrepreneurship, Skill Development, Electronics and Technology posted ...
02 Nov, 2023, 09.50 PM IST
View: Why this year's Physics Nobel comes as a pleasant surpriseAlfred Nobel's will clearly indicates that these prizes are meant for those inventions that are of the ‘greatest practical benefit to manki...
09 Oct, 2020, 11.27 PM IST
Abhijit Banerjee joins list of Indian, Indian-origin Nobel LaureatesIndian-American Abhijit Banerjee on Monday won the Nobel Prize for Economics, joining the list of Indians and people of Indian origin to gr...
14 Oct, 2019, 06.48 PM IST
Nobel winners Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo worked with Bandhan for anti- poverty programmeThe theory behind the programme was that the poor are trapped in extreme poverty, due to lack of assets and inability to use financial inte...
14 Oct, 2019, 05.59 PM IST
How PIO physicist laid foundation for NASA's mission to 'touch' the SunThe $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe will perform the closest-ever observations of a star.
12 Aug, 2018, 03.12 PM IST
- Google honours astrophysicist Chandrasekhar with doodle
Mumbai, Oct 19 (IANS) Google on Thursday dedicated a special Doodle to mark the 107th birth anniversary of India-born US scientist Subrahma...
19 Oct, 2017, 01.22 PM IST
- Google honours astrophysicist Chandrasekhar with doodle
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Google on Thursday marked the 107th birth anniversary of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, the first astrophysicist to h...
19 Oct, 2017, 12.22 PM IST
Nobel Memorial Wall inaugurated at Rajiv Chowk stationA 'Nobel Memorial Wall' inaugurated at Delhi Metro's Rajiv Chowk station, portions of which bore factual inaccuracies.
10 Oct, 2015, 06.14 PM IST
Royal Society seeks greater interaction between India and UKBritain's prestigious Royal Society will try to foster greater interaction between India and the UK, said India-born Nobel Laureate Venkatr...
25 Jun, 2015, 11.06 PM IST
Yale physicist R Shankar teaches physics combined with a liberal dose of humourAs he starts his year-long course on the fundamentals of physics, Yale University professor R Shankar gives his students a quick synopsis.
21 Mar, 2015, 04.22 AM IST
Scientific progress helped by sharing of ideas, says Nobel laureate Amartya SenNobel laureate Amartya Sen said the march of civilisation and scientific progress was driven through time by "international and inter-regio...
06 Jan, 2015, 04.39 AM IST
XI Metropolis World Congress to begin tomorrow at HyderabadAndhra Pradesh Governor Narasimhan will inaugurate the Congress on October 7 which will be attended by Naidu, Telangana CM among other dign...
05 Oct, 2014, 04.23 PM IST
Innovative changes needed in higher education system: President Pranab MukherjeeThe President emphasised on better coordination among various departments of the universities to achieve excellence.
22 Oct, 2013, 02.45 PM IST
The effect of short supply of world-class mathematicians felt in Indian R&D workWorld-class mathematicians are in short supply, and the effect is felt in Indian R&D work. Hope now rests on newish institutes that are att...
05 Feb, 2012, 03.01 AM IST
- Nobel prize winner Venki Ramakrishnan makes TN proud
US Scientist Dr Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has made his native State Tamil Nadu proud by winning the nobel prize for chemistry.
07 Oct, 2009, 11.12 PM IST
- Chennai B-school GLIM to establish own campus
Great Lakes Institute of Management, a B-school founded by Kellogg's Bala V Balachandran, is setting up its own campus on a 14 acre land ab...
01 Dec, 2006, 01.09 AM IST