Indian-American wins chemistry award
Houston: An Indian-American, who developed an environment friendly field analyser for checking toxic arsenic levels in water, has been awarded a prestigious award for his special contribution in the field of chemistry.
Few takers for Indian languages in the US
Washington: Despite the Indian economy’s rapid growth and the increase in Indo-US ties, Indian languages follow a path less travelled as few students take them up for study in the US, according to a new survey.
Sl Army saves Dutch tourist from cliff fall
Colombo: Sri lankan Army on Saturday rescued a Dutch honeymooner, who fell from a 4,000-feet high cliff while taking pictures of his newly-wed wife, becoming the world’s first man to survive a fall from the Worlds End.
Ebola-hit liberia to reopen borders
Monrovia: liberia said on Saturday it was lifting nationwide curfews and re-opening borders shut last year at the height of the Ebola crisis, after the retreat of an epidemic that has killed thousands.
2K judicial officials punished in China
Beijing: Over 2,000 court officials were investigated for corruption and punished for abuse of power in China last year as part of the anti-graft campaign by President Xi Jinping.
‘89 boys abducted by S Sudan armed group’
Kampala (Uganda): An armed group in South Sudan has abducted at least 89 boys in a northern State, the UN children’s agency said on Saturday. The boys, some as young as 13, were abducted near Malakal. Armed men surrounded the community and searched house by house, forcibly taking boys older than 12, said witnesses, according to the UNICEF statement.