TCS donates $35 million to Carnegie Mellon

WASHINGTON: Twice on either side of 1900, Jamsetji Tata traveled to the United States, looking for technologies that would put steel in India’s industrial frame. In America, Andrew Carnegie had “been there, done that” with regards to steel and was divesting some of his fortune into philanthropy, endowing $1 million for a technology school that would eventually become Carnegie Mellon […]

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Karnataka HC stays Sania Mirza’s Khel Ratna award

New Delhi: The Karnataka high court stayed Sania Mirza’s ​Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award after Paralympic athlete H N Girisha filed a plea against the recommendation of the Indian tennis ace for the country’s highest sporting honour, TV channels reported. The 2012 London Paralympics silver medallist Girisha was upset at the way Sania has been recommended by the Union sports […]

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Alexa Gúzman is Miss International El Salvador

Eugenia Avalos, Miss El Salvador Internacional 2014 and Idubine Rivas, Miss El Salvador Internacional 2013, flank Alexa Guzman who was crowned as Miss El Salvador International 2015 during a pageant held in Auditorio Fepade. Alexa will represent El Salvador at the Miss International 2015 pageant. El Salvador is yet to win let alone land in the semis of Miss International. […]

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Singapore firm donates $10m for Nalanda library

Patna: A Singapore company has donated $10 million to build the central library in the newly revived Nalanda International University, a varsity official said on Tuesday. Vice Chancellor Gopa Sabharwal said a five-member team of a Singapore-based RSP construction company visited the university site in connection with the construction of the proposed library. Spread over 446 acres, the university’s new […]

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